Darkthrone - Goatlord (1996) [Reissue] (2010)

 

 Darkthrone started as a death metal group, but having released ‘Soulside Journey’ they decided to abandon the technical death metal style and transformed into a black metal band. The band’s sound has diversified over their career to include elements of traditional heavy metal, thrash, doom, death and speed metal, as well as crust punk. They mainly stopped playing live since 1991 and their last show was in 1996 featuring Satyr as their (one-off) live bassist. Since 1993 Darkthrone has been a duo consisting of Fenriz (Gylve Nagell) and Nocturno Culto (Ted Skjellum).

Goatlord is a rehearsal tape recorded between Soulside Journey and A Blaze In The Northern Sky, containing songs which were scrapped after the band changed direction from being Death Metal to Black Metal. The vocals were added in 1994.

 Most of the lyrics for Goatlord were written in the autumn of 1990, with some additions in 1994 for the last two songs.

 Satyr from the band Satyricon was in charge of the screams for the songs "Rex" and "Sadomasochistic Rites".

 According to Fenriz, he was the one who performed the "female" vocals.

 

Tracklist:

Side A
1.     Rex     03:48
2.     Pure Demoniac Blessing     02:35
3.     (The) Grimness of Which Shepherds Mourn     04:23
4.     Sadomasochistic Rites     04:04
5.     As Desertshadows     04:42

Side B
6.     In His Lovely Kingdom     03:24
7.     Black Daimon     03:50
8.     Toward(s) the Thornfields     03:37
9.     (Birth of Evil) Virgin Sin     03:25
10.     Green Cave Float     04:02

37:50

 

Line up:

• Fenriz : Drums, Vocals
• Zephyrous : Guitars (rhythm)
• Dag Nilsen : Bass
• Nocturno Culto : Guitars (lead)

 

 

Label: Back on Black. BOBV191LP

Originally recorded as rehearsal tape in 1990-1991.
Vocals added in 1994

 Fenriz claims the album was released in 1997 (in the liner-notes on the LP version released in 2002), it was actually most likely released late in 1996.