Goatlord (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Goatlord


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Origin = Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Genre = Death/Doom
Black metal
Years_active = 1986—present
Label = Turbo Music JL American Nuclear War Now Productions
Associated_acts = Doom Snake Cult Napalm Death
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Current_members = Joe Frankulin Jeff Nardone Jeff Schwob
Past_members = Ace Still

"Goatlord" is a Death/Doom band from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Biography

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.

There is some question to the band status as there are reports the band has broken up while others state a new album may be forthcoming in later 2007.

Discography

Albums (studio)

* 1991: "Reflections of the Solstice"
* 1992: "Goatlord"
* 2007: "The Last Sodomy of Mary"

Albums (compilations)

*2003: ""

Albums (split)

*2004: "Forshadow / Reaper Of Man" (Split with Nunslaughter)

Members

Current members

* Jeff Schwob - bass, (1986-present)
* Joe Frankulin - guitars (1986-present)
* Jeff Nardone - drums (1986-present)
* Chris Gans - vocals 1991-present

Former members

* Ace Still - Vocals(1986-1991)

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/goatlordusa The official Goatlord site]
* [http://www.nwnprod.com Nuclear War Now Productions]
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=4230 Goatlord's Metal Archives page]