This ones for those who like more extreme stuff. Archgoat is one of my favorite black metal bands. For those who don't know, black metal is an extreme genre of music that features shrieking or snarling vocals, fast drums, heavy distorted guitars, and a bleak atmospheric sound. The genre started with bands such as Bathory and Celtic Frost, but it didn't really become black metal until Norwegian black metal bands like Mayhem and Emperor formed and finished developing its distinct sound.
I kind of like the covers of Archgoat albums, not just this one, but all of them together. Almost every Archgoat album features a pure black background with a white image and red or grey text. The common design between all the albums gives them a nice aesthetic. With this particular album cover, the creepy angel along with the skeletons reflects the satanic themes in the album and gives a feeling of terrifying evil power, which goes well with the album's music.
This album features deep growled vocals, fast relentlessly beating drums, and extremely heavy, evil sounding guitars. There is also a choir which appears in the background occasionally, which gives a cool effect. I am not a huge fan of black metal, but there are certain black metal bands which have a certain sound that I really like, and this is one of them. For some reason, there is something about how the songs are very atmospheric and how the vocals are pushed more into the background, that makes this album have a strong calming effect on me. I actually listen to this album a lot while I'm working, and sometimes before I go to bed.
Archgoat is one of those bands where most of the time, you have no idea what they are saying because of how growled and distorted the vocals are, but if you look up the lyrics, you'll notice that they are written more like poems instead than song lyrics. It's pretty interesting to read the lyrics and they are usually pretty cool. Since Archgoat is satanic black metal, the lyrics also usually have a strong satanic theme.
Without a doubt, my favorite song on the album is "Grand Luciferian Theophany". That song has the most coherent vocals out of all of them, has cool lyrics about participating in a satanic ritual, and is the most catchy and memorable song on the album.
Some other good songs on the album are "Nuns, Cunts, & Darkness," "The Apocalyptic Triumphator," and "Congregation of Circumcised." Also honorable mention to "Intro (Right Hand Path)," That one is pretty cool because it sounds like cultists sacrificing a pig, and the cut from that song to the next song, "Congregation of Circumcised," which is a very fast passed song in comparison, works well. Overall, I'd say this is a good album, even the songs I didn't mention are pretty good, and it is definitely worth checking out, especially if you are a fan of black metal.
I kind of like the covers of Archgoat albums, not just this one, but all of them together. Almost every Archgoat album features a pure black background with a white image and red or grey text. The common design between all the albums gives them a nice aesthetic. With this particular album cover, the creepy angel along with the skeletons reflects the satanic themes in the album and gives a feeling of terrifying evil power, which goes well with the album's music.
This album features deep growled vocals, fast relentlessly beating drums, and extremely heavy, evil sounding guitars. There is also a choir which appears in the background occasionally, which gives a cool effect. I am not a huge fan of black metal, but there are certain black metal bands which have a certain sound that I really like, and this is one of them. For some reason, there is something about how the songs are very atmospheric and how the vocals are pushed more into the background, that makes this album have a strong calming effect on me. I actually listen to this album a lot while I'm working, and sometimes before I go to bed.
Archgoat is one of those bands where most of the time, you have no idea what they are saying because of how growled and distorted the vocals are, but if you look up the lyrics, you'll notice that they are written more like poems instead than song lyrics. It's pretty interesting to read the lyrics and they are usually pretty cool. Since Archgoat is satanic black metal, the lyrics also usually have a strong satanic theme.
Without a doubt, my favorite song on the album is "Grand Luciferian Theophany". That song has the most coherent vocals out of all of them, has cool lyrics about participating in a satanic ritual, and is the most catchy and memorable song on the album.
Some other good songs on the album are "Nuns, Cunts, & Darkness," "The Apocalyptic Triumphator," and "Congregation of Circumcised." Also honorable mention to "Intro (Right Hand Path)," That one is pretty cool because it sounds like cultists sacrificing a pig, and the cut from that song to the next song, "Congregation of Circumcised," which is a very fast passed song in comparison, works well. Overall, I'd say this is a good album, even the songs I didn't mention are pretty good, and it is definitely worth checking out, especially if you are a fan of black metal.
Archgoat - The Apocalyptic Triumphator
Side A:
1.) Intro (Left Hand Path)
2.) Nuns, Cunts & Darkness
3.) The Apocalyptic Triumphator
4.) Phallic Desecrator of Sacred Gates
5.) Grand Luciferian Theophany
6.) Those Below (Who Dwell in Hell)
2.) Nuns, Cunts & Darkness
3.) The Apocalyptic Triumphator
4.) Phallic Desecrator of Sacred Gates
5.) Grand Luciferian Theophany
6.) Those Below (Who Dwell in Hell)
Side B:
1.) Intro (Right Hand Path)
2.) Congregation of Circumcised
3.) Sado-Magical Portal
4.) Light of Phosphorus
5.) Profanator of the 1st Commandment
6.) Funeral Pyre of Trinity
2.) Congregation of Circumcised
3.) Sado-Magical Portal
4.) Light of Phosphorus
5.) Profanator of the 1st Commandment
6.) Funeral Pyre of Trinity
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