Today, I'm showing that my commitment to the bit is at its all time zenith. 2020 is the year of Goat Metal for Glacially Musical.
Why?
I think it's interesting how the goat has become such a ubiquitous sigil for heavy metal.
The Satanic Panic isn't something that happened oh so many years to me, like many metal fans, but something that directly impacted my life.
The Christian Right has long noticed me and labeled me many a thing. None of them true, but now, all of them fun.
So, let's continue to celebrate the metallers that know that goats are KVLT AF.
I'm considering the debut by Noise Metal(?) group Night Goat.
The LP begins with the track, Smearcase on Shorb. Look, right now, I'm into that. Kiddo and I often add an R sound to things..like Hot Dog becomes HaRt DaRg or Lunch becomes LeRnch...so Shorb?
That's dope.
The best way to describe what's going on here with Night Goat is that it kind of sounds like if you're trying to write fuzzed out stoner metal, but you took crystal meth instead of mushrooms.
This album is so frenetic and insane with moments of supreme lucidity.
In what should be shocking to absolutely no one, Night Goat and Cherubs have played some shows together. There two whats in which the bands are significantly divergent, at least to those of us who know how to hear it...
Cherubs's MVP is the bassist. Those songs ride on the backs of the basslines, but for Night Goat, it's the guitar.
The second, when the band heads into moments of azure clarity, Cherubs is more of a rock band, but Night Goat is metal. Neither of these divergences are more significant to me, but either one of them would be enough to make me prefer Milk to Short of Popular.
That's high praise right there.
Milk is the kind of record that will make you squint your eyes and furrow your brow. It's chugging and full of those palm muted riffage that Anthrax and Metallica used to such great extent.
Where the album gets a bit stranger...there's a noticeable lack of melody. Instead of filling up the spaces with guitar solos or instrumental breaks...
Night Goat's vocalist, Julia Bently, unleashes an unfettered amount of raw anger. Certainly, the vocals are mostly unintelligible. Simply put, it makes not difference to me, because music is the universal language of the insane.
Side two...
It begins with a moment of clarity. Thunderous drums and a bass line just falling right into that pocket. A heavy, distorted chord progression falls in step.
Then a double vocal line and into some deftly performed metal. The music has remained precise, though touch on the noisy side, mainly due to production...
It's been difficult to truly capture this album. It's truly avant garde in a way most bands salivate for.
If you're ready to venture into something new, truly new, and unlike the rest....Night Goat has a record for you.
The 300 piece limited edition run of Milk comes on random colored vinyl. My copy is a black, grey, and purple starburst.
It's the absolute perfect color for this record. I'm sorry that you'll most likely be getting a different color.
It's just a perfect pressing as well. It's been played on two of my three turntables with no issues whatsoever.
Great sound. Great pressing.
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