The Goat Review presents an annual special: the year in review of black metal 2024. Your time is precious. We did the listening for you! Have a good squeeze if you please.
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Annus in Morte – The Year in Death Metal 2024
The Goat Review presents an annual special: the year in review of death metal 2024. Your time is precious. We did the listening for you! Ho! Ho! BLEEEEEEEUUUUUGH!
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Last Call at the Goat Press 2024, Part 3
Metalligator sat at his desk stumped, staring at the slowly falling snow outside the office window. “I was sure I had him this time”—a mutter escaped as he tossed aside his “Spiderman” album…
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This Week In Metal, 2024 Week 50
Another week, another round of metal reviews in the bag. Words are tough, so we assembled the highlights. And if you want to read the latest reviews for the new offerings from Ulver, Thy Catafalque, Mandroïd of Krypton, Sergeant Thunderhoof, Stenched, Pillar of Light, Moss Upon the Skull, and Lord Sin. A blowout offering for the last weekly circular of 2024!!
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Lord Sin – Confessions Review
What has our fledgling staffer gotten themselves into this time? A bag of mushrooms? Oh for heaven’s sake… at least it’s the weekend…
Read moreLast Call at the Goat Press 2024, Part 2
Finally! I got the pictures of Spiderman!!!!!!
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Moss Upon the Skull – Quest for the Secret Fire Review
Psychedelic death metal, to put it bluntly, lacks a strong definition. Often the genre is aesthetically dependent or rooted in how many Gilmourisms the guitarist deploys per solo. No matter how wet the reverb, nor how boomer the bends, these two approaches miss the fundamental underpinning of psychedelic music. But what if the riffs were really, really dank?
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Pillar of Light – Caldera Review
The second a band chooses to use a Lewandowski painting for their cover, they set a certain expectation. Ever since his association with Bell Witch’s seminal funeral doom album, Mirror Reaper, this decision implies a certain confidence in quality. Detroit’s own Pillar of Light should know this. With the quiet-loud formula brought to bear on their debut album, Caldera, they make the case that they earn this monolithic cover through sheer emotional heft. It just might blow your top off.
Read moreLast Call at the Goat Press 2024, Part 1
Last call! Last call! This is the last call at The Goat Review! “Metalligator, I want pictures of Spiderman on my desk tomorrow!” Scuttlegoat yells. […]
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Crypts of the Unknown: Loss – Horizonless
