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'''''Goatlord''''' is a demo album by Norwegian band [[Darkthrone]], released in 1996.<ref name=MetalReviews/> The album was re-released by Peaceville Records in 2011, with new artwork approved by the band and a second disc containing commentary from Fenriz and Nocturno Culto.
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==Background==
 
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''Goatlord'' was written in 1990 as the follow-up to Darkthrone's [[death metal]] debut album, ''[[Soulside Journey]]'',<ref name=MetalReviews>James (September 2009). [http://www.metalreviews.com/reviews/detail.php3?id=5698 "Darkthrone - Goatlord"]. ''Metal Reviews''. Retrieved 1 August 2013.</ref> and was recorded in late 1990 and early 1991 as an instrumental rehearsal tape.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110725010237/http://peaceville.com/artistbio.php?aid=11 "Peaceville Artists: Darkthrone"]. ''Peaceville Records''. Retrieved 1 August 2013.</ref> The album was scrapped when the band changed style from death metal to [[black metal]] in favor of ''[[A Blaze in the Northern Sky]]''.<ref name=MetalReviews/> Most of the lyrics for ''Goatlord'' were written in the autumn of 1990, with some additions in 1994 for the last two songs.<ref>[http://www.nordicvisionmag.com/articles/08/darkthrone1.htm "Goatlord on the dark throne"]. ''Nordic Vision'' '''8''': 34. Winter 1997. Retrieved 1 August 2013.</ref> The vocals were recorded in 1994 by [[Fenriz]].<ref name=MetalReviews/> The female-sounding vocals were also recorded by him, partly using pitch shifting.<ref name=MetalReviews/> [[Sigurd Wongraven|Satyr]] of the band [[Satyricon]] is credited for the opening screams in "Rex" and "Sadomasochistic Rites".
 
  
 
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Goatlord
Studio album by Darkthrone
Released 24 October 1996
Recorded 1991 (instruments)
1994 (vocals)
Genre Death metal, black metal
Length 37:50
Label Moonfog
Producer Darkthrone
Darkthrone album chronology
Total Death
(1996) 		Goatlord
(1996) 		Ravishing Grimness
(1999)
Alternative cover
2011 Peaceville Records reissue cover

Goatlord is a demo album by Norwegian band Darkthrone

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Rex"   3:48
2. "Pure Demoniac Blessing"   2:35
3. "(The) Grimness of Which Shepherds Mourn"   4:23
4. "Sadomasochistic Rites"   4:04
5. "As Desertshadows"   4:42
6. "In His Lovely Kingdom"   3:24
7. "Black Daimon"   3:50
8. "Toward(s) the Thornfields"   3:37
9. "(Birth of Evil) Virgin Sin"   3:25
10. "Green Cave Float"   4:02
Total length:
 37:50
  • In 2011 reissue version contain a bonus disc. All tracks in Disc 2 are actually the same as Disc 1 (minus track 11) but with commentary by Fenriz & Nocturno.

Credits

Band members
Guest musician
  • Satyr - Backing vocals on "Rex" & "Sadomasochistic Rites"
Production
  • Linda K Røed - Cover art (2-cd)
  • Matt Vickerstaff - Layout (2-cd)
  • Tomas Lindberg - Logo
  • Union of Lost Souls - Design
  • Nocturno Culto - Design

References

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