Goatwhore unleash new video for “Apocalyptic Havoc”!


Goatwhore has finished filming a video for the first single from Carving Out The Eyes Of God! Apocalyptic Havoc, which has quickly become a fan favorite live song, was recently filmed by acclaimed video director, Dave Brodsky (The Red Chord, Unearth, The Black Dahlia Murder). Check out the video now and make sure to yell along with one of the most “metal” lyrics of all time: “Who needs a god when you’ve got Satan?!?!”



Fans can check out the video online now HERE.


GOATWHORE


Tour w/ Obituary, Krisiun, The Berzerker, Warbringer

09/03 Tucson, AZ The Rock

09/04 Mesa, AZ U.B.'s Bar

09/05 Farmington, NM Gator's

09/06 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater

09/08 San Marcos, CA Jumping Turtle


09/09 Los Angeles, CA Key Club

09/10 San Francisco, CA Slims


09/11 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater

09/12 Seattle, WA El Corazon

09/14 Victoria, BC Sugar

09/15 Vancouver, BC Plaza Club

09/16 Prince George, BC Roll-A-Dome

09/17 Calgary, AB Warehouse

09/18 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room


09/19 Regina, SK The Riddell


09/20 Winnipeg, MB Royal Albert Arms

09/21 St. Paul, MN Station 4

09/22 Milwaukee, WI The Rave

09/23 Mokena, IL Pearl Room

09/24 Cleveland, OH Pirates Cove

09/25 Toronto, ON Opera House

09/26 Quebec City, QC Imperial

09/27 Montreal, QC Foufounes Electriques


09/28 Syracuse, NY Westcott Theatre

09/29 New York, NY Blender Theatre at Gramercy

09/30 Worcester, MA Palladium

10/01 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero

10/02 Raleigh, NC Volume 11

10/03 Asheville, NC Orange Peel

10/04 Louisville, KY Headliners Music Hall

10/05 Nashville, TN The Muse

10/06 Sauget, IL Pop’s


10/07 Ft. Worth, TX Lola’s

10/08 San Antonio, TX Scout Bar

Tour w/ Eyehategod, Pig Destroyer

10/23 Baltimore, MD Ottobar

10/24 New York NY The Temptress Boat Cruise

10/25 Cambridge, MA Middle East no Pig Destroyer w/ Anal Cunt


http://www.myspace.com/goatwhore

GOATWHORE Hits Billboard Top 200 Chart with New Album ‘Carving Out the Eyes of God’!


Los Angeles, CA – July 2, 2009 – New Orleans, LA’s sons of American no-frills black metal meets death and roll, GOATWHORE, have just broke the Billboard Top 200 chart with their latest release Carving Out the Eyes of God, coming in at #190! In addition to hitting the Top 200 Chart, Carving Out the Eyes of God also debuted on the Billboard Hard Music chart at #33, the Billboard Top New Artist (Heatseekers) Albums chart at #16, and the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart at #34. GOATWHORE also carved out a spot for themselves on Canada’s charts coming in at #48 on Independent chart and #79 on Hard chart.



BILLBOARD TOP 200 Debut @ #190

Billboard Hard Music Debut @ #33

Billboard Top New Artist (Heatseekers) Albums Debut @ #16

Billboard Top Independent Albums Debut @ #34


About the band:

Emerging from the swamplands of New Orleans, Louisiana — a city rich with urban legends of voodoo curses, ghosts and murder — Goatwhore was formed in 1997 by guitarist Sammy Duet (Acid Bath, Crowbar, Ritual Killer etc.). Their history is a winding one marked by lineup shifts, temporary paralysis, haunted studios, and the survival of one of the five most destructive hurricanes in US history. Influenced by the raw savagery of bands like Venom and Celtic Frost, their unrefined, fuck-all approach to black metal first revealed on the Serenades To The Tides Of Blood demo and expanded upon on the now legendary Eclipse Of Ages Into Black debut nearly a decade ago earned the band instant underground credibility.


Fresh off a successful US tour as direct support to pagan-loving label-mates Amon Amarth, Goatwhore has now teamed up with Abigail Williams for the Conquer & Curse Tour 2009, which will cover over 60 dates throughout North America. Joining the tour will be Daath, Abysmal Dawn and Success Will Write Apocalypse Across The Sky. From there, the band will embark on another US jaunt with Obituary through the fall.



In an oversaturated metal landscape where sub-genres spawn sub-sub-genres and the very definition of “metal” seems blurred by cross-pollinating madness, sacred are the bands who stay true to their roots. Goatwhore spew the sort of sinister, fist-clenching, speaker-searing sound that made metal so forbiddingly enticing in the first place. The year of the ‘Whore is truly upon us! Carving out the Eyes of God was released June 23rd, 2009.


“Their most varied record to date. Songs sear with an old-school, punk propelled urgency that comes from years of Motorhead, Venom, and Hellhammer worship.” 4/5 Revolver Magazine


“the band’s tightest, most guitar-driven offering to date. An unholy smorgasbord of rigid tempo shifts, gargantuan hooks, blasting black mass anthems and Falgoust’s soot and venom snarl…” Decibel Magazine


“The 10 track could make even the most stubborn Nordic black metal fans squirm, as the stabbing and slashing guitars and Ben Falgoust’s dark sermon growling never have sounded better.” The Daily News McKeesport


“GOATWHORE have gone above expectations this time around…destined to be their version of The Blackening by MACHINE HEAD for their genre as they have perfected their art and this album will turn up in many ‘Best Of’ lists for 2009!” perfect 10/10, SMNnews.com



“…one of 2009's purest metal albums, one that could very well end up to be considered the quartet's watershed release…nefariously black and sadistically thrashing in a way that is uniquely GOATWHORE.” Blabbermouth.net


GOATWHORE is:

Ben Falgoust - vocals

Sammy Duet - guitar

Nathan Bergeron - bass

Zack Simmons – drums


http://www.myspace.com/goatwhore


http://www.goatwhore.net/

Goatwhore’s “Apocalyptic Havoc” to premiere exclusively on Sirius/XM’s Liquid Metal!


Starting Wednesday, May 13th, fans can tune into to hear the first single from Goatwhore’s upcoming new album, Carving Out The Eyes Of God. The track, Apocalyptic Havoc, is the first song from the album and sets the tone for the entire sequence of 10 punk-flavored road-ragers, blast-laden black metal rituals and Satan-hailing anthems. Carving Out The Eyes Of God will be available everywhere on June 23rd.

Make sure to tune into Sirius/XM’s Liquid Metal starting Wednesday, May 13th to get your first taste of Carving Out The Eyes Of God before the band hits the road in support of the album. Listeners can also submit their requests for Goatwhore to Liquid Metal by clicking HERE.

GOATWHORE
05/29 Lafayette, LA Grant Street Music Hall w/ Crowbar
06/13 Houma, LA The City Club
Tour w/ Abigail Williams, Daath, Abysmal Dawn, S.W.W.A.A.T.S
06/24 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
06/25 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
06/27 Raleigh, NC Volume 11
06/28 Virginia Beach, VA Peppermint Beach Club
06/29 Baltimore, MD Sonar
06/30 Louisville, KY Uncle Pleasants
07/01 Waterloo, IA Spicoli's Grill
07/02 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
07/03 Thunder Bay, ON Black Pirate Pub
07/04 Winnipeg, MB Royal Albert Arms
07/05 Regina, SK Exchange
07/06 Saskatoon, SK Walkers
07/07 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room
07/08 Calgary, AB The Underground
07/10 Victoria, BC Sugar Nightclub
07/11 Vancouver, BC The Biltmore
07/12 Seattle, WA El Corazon
07/13 Portland, OR Satyricon
07/14 San Francisco, CA Thee Parkside
07/15 West Hollywood, CA Whiskey
07/16 San Marcos, CA Jumping Turtle
07/17 Las Vegas, NV Cheyenne Saloon
07/18 Farmington, NM Gators Bar Grill
07/19 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
07/20 Kansas City, MO The Riot Room
07/21 Nashville, TN The Muse
07/22 Danville, VA Plan B
07/23 New York, NY The Blender Theatre
07/24 West Springfield, VA Jaxx Nightclub
07/25 Hartford, CT Webster Theater
07/26 Montreal, QC Foufounes Electriques
07/27 Toronto, ON Wreck Room
07/28 Rochester, NY Penny Arcade
07/29 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
07/30 Mokena, IL The Pearl Room
08/01 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
08/02 Edelstein, IL The Hub
08/03 Tulsa, OK Marquee
08/04 Oklahoma City, OK The Conservatory
08/05 Houston, TX Scout Bar
08/06 San Antonio, TX Scout Bar
08/07 Ft Worth, TX Lola's
08/08 Austin, TX Red 7
08/09 Amarillo, TX The War Legion Underground
08/10 Albuquerque, NM The Compound
08/11 Tucson, AZ The Rock
08/12 Mesa, AZ U.B.'s Bar

http://www.myspace.com/goatwhore


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GOATWHORE announces ‘Carving Out the Eyes of God’ as the title of their new studio album

New Orleans, LA’s sons of American no-frills black metal, GOATWHORE, have just announced that the title of their fourth full-length album, and second for Metal Blade, will be Carving Out the Eyes of God. For the follow up to 2006’s A Haunting Curse, GOATWHORE headed back to St. Petersburg, FL to record with producer Erik Rutan at Manna Studios with mastering being handled by Alan Douches of West West Side.

Vocalist Ben Falgoust comments on the direction of the new album; “I don't really know how to explain this. I don't want to come off with the typical speech about how this record is our best yet and all of that. I will say that I am quite pleased how it has turned out and all parts relating to it. I feel every member put a great deal of effort into their part of the project. I even feel Erik Rutan busted his ass even more this time to make us feel that we didn't take any steps backwards in the recording and production of this release…I don't even really care what the critics say. I think the end result is basically coming up with something you have put a lot of work into and the satisfaction achieved in completing it. I will say that the new material is ripping metal and we still have that ‘Goatwhore’ sound, whatever that may mean for each individual that enjoys or hates what we do. Just look at it as another step in the evolution of this band. Each person that hears it will have his or her own perception of it. Like it or not, we don't have a say in it. The only thing we can do is just keep writing the way we do and accept the criticism. Doesn't mean we are gonna listen to the criticism and change. Just give it an honest listen and if you dig it, awesome! If you don't, then pass it on to a friend or use it as a new drink coaster.”

Guitarist Sammy Duet had this to add; “Dark, heavy, evil. Erik Rutan did one hell of a job on it. If you don't like it… kiss my ass.”

Track listing to Carving Out the Eyes of God:
1. Apocalyptic Havoc
2. The All-Destroying
3. Carving Out the Eyes of God
4. Shadow of a Rising Knife
5. Provoking the Ritual of Death
6. In Legions, I Am Wars Of Wrath
7. Reckoning of the Soul Made Godless
8. This Passing into the Power of Demons
9. Razor Flesh Devoured
10. To Mourn and Forever Wander through Forgotten Doorways

Carving Out the Eyes of God available everywhere June 23rd 2009

Don’t forget to catch GOATWHORE live as they tour with label mates Amon Amarth and Lazarus AD and Prosthetic Records Skeletonwitch. The band will also be playing some shows in FL and LA, one of which will be with fellow NOLA act Crowbar, and will be hitting the road this fall with Obituary, Krisiun, The Berzerker, and Warbringer.

GOATWHORE
Tour w/ Amon Amarth, Skeletonwitch, Lazarus A.D.
04/22 Buffalo, NY The Town Ballroom
04/23 Millvale, PA Mr. Smalls
04/24 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
04/25 Hartford, CT Webster Theater
04/26 Baltimore, MD Sonar
04/27 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
04/28 Norfolk, VA The Norva
04/29 Raleigh, NC Volume 11 Tavern
Tour w/ Amon Amarth, Skeletonwitch, The Absence
04/30 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
05/01 Orlando, FL The Club at Firestone
05/02 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
End Tour
05/03 Tampa, FL Crowbar
05/04 Tallahassee, FL Engine Room
05/29 Lafayette, LA Grant Street Music Hall w/ Crowbar
06/13 Houma, LA The City Club

GOATWHORE is
Ben Falgoust - vocals
Sammy Duet - guitar
Nathan Bergeron - bass
Zack Simmons – drums

http://www.myspace.com/goatwhore
http://www.goatwhore.net/


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