Goatwhore is an American blackened death metal band (although they prefer to define themselves as playing “just straight heavy metal”), formed in 1997 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Goatwhore was created in by singer/guitarist Sammy Duet following the breakup of his former band, Acid Bath. Soilent Green singer L. Ben Falgoust II, guitarist Ben Stout, bassist Patrick Bruders, and drummer Zak Nolan completed the lineup, which debuted with the demo Serenades to the Tides of Blood; Goatwhore’s proper debut LP, The Eclipse of Ages into Black, followed in early 2000. Funeral Dirge for the Rotting Sun appeared in 2003 before the band jumped to Metal Blade for the fall release of 2006′s A Haunting Curse. They performed at both Ozzfest 2008 and Ozzfest 2010.
In 2009, Goatwhore released their fourth album, entitled Carving out the Eyes of God, and toured with Obituary, among others. In January and February 2010, they embarked on the ‘Bound By The Road’ Tour with DevilDriver, Suffocation, and Thy Will Be Done.
In 2010, the band was confirmed as contributing to the soundtrack for Namco Bandai Games‘ 2010 remake of Splatterhouse.
In early 2012, the band released their fifth album, entitled Blood for the Master.
On March 10, 2014, the band completed recording their sixth album, Constricting Rage of the Merciless, which was released on July 8.
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Albums:
The Eclipse of Ages into Black (2000)
Funeral Dirge for the Rotting Sun (2003)
A Haunting Curse (2006)
Carving out the Eyes of God (2009)
Blood for the Master (2012)
Constricting Rage of the Merciless (2014)
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