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- Date Released: June 23, 2009
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Metal
- Label: Metal Blade Records / INgrooves
Death metal-ers still roaring and growling, but now even deeper in the groove
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We Say...
New Orleans bile-chokers Goatwhore are turning into the Motörhead of death metal. While their last album, 2006's A Haunting Curse was a blur of piercing black metal grind and lightning-quick blastbeats, new album Carving Out The Eyes Of God focuses on a more rollicking chug, songs that have the choogle of classic thrash 'n' roll, but played with death metal intensity. (And, oh yeah, it's blasphemous as hell, if the title wasn't indication.) Vocalist Sammy Duet still roars and growls like he's trying to tear open the sky (even adding the occasional Hetfieldian "ooh!"), but is now caught deep in grooves instead of fighting to be heard over an unrelenting deathblast. Drummer Zack Simmons must have been inspired by his touring gig as the sticksman for psychedelic black metal cosmonauts Nachtmystium, since the more black-leaning tracks ("Carving Out The Eyes Of God," "In Legion, I Am Wars Of Wrath") are less about showing off his ridiculous chops and more about laying back and creating a blizzardy atmosphere. Goatwhore are no longer trying to wow you with their speed and precision; with better grooves and more memorable riffs, they're a far heavier and satisfying headbang.
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They Say...
New Orleans' Goatwhore has taken their meld of blackened death metal to new and nastier places on Carving out the Eyes of God, their fourth album proper. Unlike the last two, 2003's Funeral Dirge for the Rotting Sun and Haunting Curse, the dark atmospherics that punctuated them is gone, leaving only an attack: feral, brutal, and beautifully recorded. Of course this last adjective is one that will either bring the punters to or repel them from the album -- the black metal underground has already decided they sold out (after all, they are on Metal Blade), while fans drawn to death metal will welcome the sonic improvement: you can hear every single lyric here, whether it is growled or shouted by Louis B. Falgoust II. The guitar sounds by founder Sammy Duet are massive, Zack Simmons' drums are thuddingly clear and unmuddied, and for a change, you can actually discern the sound of Nathan Bergerou's bass. Some of this will be no surprise to longtime Goatwhore fans, since they've been on this quest for a while now. Sonics are the good news. Musically, there is a formula that this album follows track for track without cessation: a riff for 20 seconds, then a new riff for another 20, a third which lasts for 25 or 30 seconds, and then a mish-mash of all three for the rest of the cut. As a result, this makes hearing the entire 40-minute set in one sitting rather difficult. Stand-out tracks on the set are "Provoking the Ritual of Death," "Reckoning of the Soul Made Godless," and "Razor Flesh Devoured." There isn't really anything new here, but that said, there doesn't really need to be. Carving out the Eyes of God is so flawlessly executed it makes up for its lack of originality.
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| 01. |  |
Apocalyptic Havoc |
3:16 |
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| 02. | |
The All-Destroying |
3:13 |
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| 03. | |
Carving Out The Eyes Of God |
4:19 |
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| 04. | |
Shadow Of A Rising Knife |
4:38 |
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| 05. | |
Provoking The Ritual Of Death |
3:43 |
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| 06. | |
In Legions, I Am Wars Of Wrath |
4:33 |
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| 07. | |
Reckoning Of The Soul Made Godless |
3:50 |
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| 08. | |
This Passing Into The Power Of Demons |
4:26 |
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| 09. | |
Razor Flesh Devoured |
4:16 |
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| 10. | |
To Mourn And Forever Wander Through Forgotten Doorways |
4:18 |
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10 Total Tracks, 40:32 Total Length
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Credits
- Erik Rutan - Producer // Erik Rutan - Engineer // Erik Rutan - Mixing // Brian J. Ames - Artwork // Brian J. Ames - Layout Design // Sammy Pierre Duet - Guitar // Sammy Pierre Duet - Vocals // Sammy Pierre Duet - Cover Art // Sammy Pierre Duet - Layout Concept // Sammy Pierre Duet - Group Member // Louis Benjamin Falgoust - Vocals // Louis Benjamin Falgoust - Artwork // Louis Benjamin Falgoust - Layout Concept // Louis Benjamin Falgoust - Group Member // Shawn Ohtani - Engineer // Nathan Bergeron - Bass // Nathan Bergeron - Vocals // Nathan Bergeron - Group Member
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