SPOTLIGHT ARTIST - GOATWHORE

Band Name: Goatwhore Band Website: www.goatwhore.net Band Members: Ben Falgoust , Sammy Duet, Nathan Bergeron, Zack Simmons Band Biography: Goatwhore is a black metal band from the swamps of New Orleans, LA. They were formed by well known musicians from the Louisiana metal scene. The band's unusual name originated from an experience one of the bandmember's friends had with a skanky stripper. They first came together in 1996/97 when Sammy Duet (former Acid Bath/Crowbar guitarist) and Zak Nolan (former drummer of Goatwhore) jammed together as a little sideproject when Acid Bath was taking a break. They soon made some four track demos. When Acid Bath fell apart in 1997 (due to the tragic loss of bassist Audie Pitre) they dedicated more time to Goatwhore (formerly known as Kilgore). They quickly turned into a 4 piece with the addition of Ben Falgoust and Pat Bruders. Rotten Records signed the band at first, yet in 2004 Goatwhore was offered a deal by Metal Blade Records, who they are signed with now. With its 2000 Rotten Records debut, "The Eclipse of the Ages Into Black," Louisiana miscreants Goatwhore explored old school satanic black metal as no American act had before. The band's flame-throwing ferocity and blasphemous conviction hailed such pioneers as Bathory and Venom and offered respite to purists grown weary of the fanciful, over-orchestrated musings of Europe's contemporary black metallurgists. Goatwhore's new second effort, "Funeral Dirge for the Rotting Sun," ventures into darker, less conventional territory. Probing the pitch-black recesses of mind and soul in a disturbing, introspective examination of dark forces at work, and unleashing it all with a feral hookiness and atmospheric flare, the band steps beyond the bounds of mere black metal into a realm all its own. While the band's raw vicious tone remains, and Falgoust and Duet's high-end, low-end vocal tradeoffs ensure plenty of menace, there's more order to the chaos on "Funeral Dirge." The unrelenting tempos and buzz-sawing guitar that fueled "Ages" have been refined to provide "Vengeance of Demonic Fury" or "Baptized In A Storm Of Swords" with more structure, depth and texture. Goatwhore takes a rather drastic turn on "As The Sun Turns To Ash" and "Fires of the Judas Blood." With their dramatically slower pace and eerie vocal/guitar interplay, they echo Celtic Frost's ground-breaking Into The Pandemonium and lend an even more ominous air to the album. The band's work was delayed in 2003 by an auto accident involving Falgoust, then on tour with Soilent Green. Touring resumed in 2004, this time in Japan. Signing to Metal Blade Records in July 2004, the band started writing songs for what would become their third full length album and their first recording on their new label. Goatwhore's debut album from Metal Blade Records "A Haunting Curse" was released September 5, 2006. "Alchemy of the Black Sun Cult" is the first single and video from "A Haunting Curse". It first aired on MTV2's HeadBanger's Ball on October 7th, 2006. The broadcast version notably omitted the word "Christ" from the lyric "Murdering The Slaves Of Christ" because it was thought that US broadcasters would not approve that sentiment for air. "Alchemy of the Black Sun Cult" was nominated for Best Video of 2006 on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball. Goatwhore recently finished a set of U.S. west coast tour dates with Sunn O))) and Celtic Frost. In early 2007, they will continue touring with God Forbid, Arsis, Mnemic, The Human Abstract (January), and Byzantine (February) as part of The Chains of Humanity tour. Review Of This Band By Mistress Malice: I'll always remember seeing Goatwhore play live at Zeppelins, in Metairie, LA! Their shows were so widely loved that Zepplins would be packed to the point that we could feel the humidity dripping off the warm body next to us. Their energy on stage is so crazy that it becomes contagious and the crowds literally lose their fucking sanity! I've personally been in a few Goatwhore mosh pits and I consider Myself lucky to have stumbled out without any injuries! I will honestly say that I've never been much of your typical groupie girl when it comes to My love of music but when I think of Goatwhore two words still come to mind... Goatwhore Gangbang! LOL!

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