Album Review: Goatwhore - Constricting Rage Of The Merciless

Last year, Sammy Duet took shots at metal’s ‘light rock’ trend. With the band’s sixth LP, Goatwhore are sending in the heavy artillery.

A chaotic tribute to the early days of extreme metal, Goatwhore keep the flame of Satan, lit by Venom and Possessed, burning bright, from black’n’roll stomper Baring Teeth For Revolt to death metal bone-breaker Cold Earth Consumed In Dying Flesh. Although far from a sludge record, the venom-spitting savagery expected from the New Orleans scene is in full force. Strap on your bullet belt for a ride into metal’s primal side.