Before the odd ultra-sludgy LP with the electronic drums and long before Darkthrone paid tribute with its Goatlord CD, Goatlord were dirgy and shoddy underlings on the Las Vegas metal scene along with Papsmear, 5150, and Righteous Pigs. This is raw black/doom at its most amateurish, but rather than destroy my weakening brain trying to describe Goatlord’s first demo, I’ll just submit an original article from my IAN fanzine:

(Good goatess, that was embarassing. I was only a very wee, small child.)

GOATLORD * 4-song demo 1987 [23.6MB .rar]

Nuclear War Now has released a nice red vinyl edition of some rarities, check the details on Goatlord’s MySpace page.

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