Goatlord began in 1985 although they did not release their first demo until June 1987. Their initial offering was a mixture of sludge and death metal only titled 1987 Demo. A cult following grew and tape-traders re-named this first demo as Forever Black Dwell in Hell, a line take from the song "Unholy Black Slut". Their second demo, Sodomize the Goat was a much deeper look into the Goatlord depravity and metallic sound. Goatlord began to change their musical style into a slower and more convincing mode of metal sound and continued to record only one more demo in 1991 before tensions grew about the band's progression. The majority of the members wanted to go towards a slower, more droning approach and the debate continued until vocalist Ace Stills ventured off with his own band Doom Snake Cult.
Goatlord's received a recording contract with Turbo Records and with their remaining members, began to work on their first full-length record without Ace. They had hired Mitch Harris of Napalm Death as their replacement vocalist. The entire album was recorded with Mitch as the vocalist and only a few last-minute adjustments needed to be compiled before mastering. At this time Ace returned and asked to rejoin the fledgling band. The remaining members conceded and briefly re-united. It was unknown to the band that when Ace laid down his vocal tracks for the album, he recorded over Mitch's vocal tracks, destroying them. There weren't any other versions of Mitch's vocals and those tracks are lost forever. While Mitch's vocals did not appear on that album his contributions to back-up vocals did make it on the Reflections of the Solstice album.
In 2007 Nuclear War Now Productions released their CD The Last Sodomy of Mary. This album contains 9 songs that were recorded after Reflections of the Solstice but were unreleased until now. The die-hard LP version comes with a second vinyl with 7 additional tracks of unreleased/live/cover material.
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Hi Jeff, great to see you! Well, if I except the hangover I am right now with and the heat it is ok here... Working, vodka, music and attending gigs now and then. So far I saw the mighty Amebix and Pentagram (Chile), and now I am watching forward to see Korgull The Exterminator from Spain on Saturday... Do you know them? Lost the enthusiasm in updating myself with Black Metal bands but THIS ONE is really good!!
hi jeff, the bass is virtually a no exsistant mode at the moment, due to health probs, and the correct guideance,im also trying to play music, in standard e with a ten watt lead guitar amp,so im finding it a bit hard,i will get there . it would be nice if i can get heavier gauge bass strings, new amp, etc.then down tune and start again,i have knowone really to guide me on whats what.ive been told to get a drummer involved for my timing,I DONT WANT TO BE PUT OFF PLAYING/LEARNING EVEN THO LIFE IS HELL AT THE MOMENT.HOPE UR OK.IVE BOUGHT EVEN MORE G,LORD RARE SINGLES[PIC DICS] AND 1 ST EDITION STUFF. I CANT GET ENOUGH OF GOATLORD, THEY MEAN THE WORLD TO ME.HOPE SI,DARKNESS ARE DOING WELL. THIS IS THE PIC DISC I BOUGHT WITH NUNSLAUGHTER.IF U HAVE ANY THING THAT LINKS GOATLORD TO ANYTHING, BADGES, SHIRTS, VIRTUALLY ANYTHING PLZ LET ME KNOW.
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