The Goat once waxed poetically about the challenges of wearing your influences on your sleeve a little too much. One potential offender, Fabricant, overcame this issue by adjusting for the time that had passed, imagining a Demilich that never stopped making music and took in new ideas without ever losing track of who they were. Fathomless Ritual is a Demilich worship band as well and similarly don’t feel like a total ripoff. Even still, do they do more than just play riffs like lesser gods?
Read moreChapel of Disease – Echoes of Light Review
If the only way metal can innovate is to stop being metal altogether, it will go the same way as mainstream rock—it will die. Chapel of Disease are not Imagine Dragons of course. OR ARE THEY?
Read moreSpiritual Deception – Semitae Mentis Review
There is nothing wrong with deathcore per se, but many reviewers cannot help but be frustrated at how often it gets packaged as something else to broaden its marketability. Spiritual Deception operate under the guise of being a progressive or even technical death metal band, but it might take a bit more than that to trick our Goat.
Read moreDissimulator – Lower Form Resistance Review
It riffs. The amount of times an album has been explained to me with just these two words is staggering. The quality of “having riffs” is enough for many a metalhead, thrashers in particular, to fall in love with an album. That said, Dissimulator riffs. But is that all?
Read more$LAMUARY 2024 – Week 4
January is a time for resolution, reflection, new beginnings, and SLAM. Join us for the last (2024) Slamuary at The Goat Review to DROP HAMMERS! IT’S THE FINAL SLAM DOWN!
Read moreUnsouling – Vampiric Spiritual Drain Review
Unsouling describe their personal style as broadly death metal, but they are eager to highlight influences from darkwave and gothic music. Frankly, they might be right about their influences, but in cases like these, the promo blurb also sets expectations. So just how well do Unsouling practice what they preach?
Read more$LAMUARY 2024 – Week 3
January is a time for resolution, reflection, new beginnings, and SLAM. Join us for Slamuary at The Goat Review to DROP HAMMERS ON 2024.
Read moreCancer Christ – God is Violence Review
In Cancer Christ’s warped denomination, our boys in blue are very much despised by the lord, Jesus legitimizes his war crimes by the size of his genitalia and the death penalty applies mostly to those of the ruling class. Satire has to hurt and Cancer Christ understand this—it is time to take off the velvet gloves. DO YOU WANNA READ A GREAT FUFUFUCKING REVIEW!
Read moreScuttlegoat’s Favorite Albums of 2023
The Goat Review presents an annual special: Scuttlegoat’s Favorite Albums of 2023. Find out what our lord and savior deems worthy.
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