Goatlord | ||||
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Demo album by Darkthrone | ||||
Released | 24 October 1996 | |||
Recorded |
Norway 1991 (instruments) 1994 (vocals) |
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Genre | Death metal, black metal | |||
Length | 37:50 | |||
Label | Moonfog | |||
Producer | Darkthrone | |||
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Goatlord is a demo album by Norwegian band Darkthrone, released in 1996. 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.
Goatlord was written in 1990 as the follow-up to Darkthrone's death metal debut album, Soulside Journey, and was recorded in late 1990 and early 1991 as an instrumental rehearsal tape. The album was scrapped when the band changed style from death metal to black metal in favor of A Blaze in the Northern Sky. Most of the lyrics for Goatlord were written in the autumn of 1990, with some additions in 1994 for the last two songs. The vocals were recorded in 1994 by Fenriz. The female-sounding vocals were also recorded by him, partly using pitch shifting.Satyr of the band Satyricon is credited for the opening screams in "Rex" and "Sadomasochistic Rites".