Hellgoat ‎– Death Conquers All lp

Hellgoat  ‎– Death Conquers All lp

"In their quest to provide the definitive versions of Hellgoat‘s full-lengths thus far Boris Records have now reissued their second album, ‘Death Conquers All’, on vinyl which I guess was originally released in 2011 as a CD only release through the since inactive Graveless Slumber Records. ‘Death Conquers All’ saw the Atlanta, Georgia based project still entirely enamored with the old spirit of early second wave black metal while taking a small step away from the primitive Von-esque beatings of their debut ‘Blasphemy From Serpent Tongues’ (2005), which received its own reissue back in 2017. Frantic and brutal as if intentionally conjuring the rapacious bulge of early Beherit, Profanatica and the reckless brutality of Black Witchery there is no point on ‘Death Conquers All’ where that core trio aren’t snapping out blasting speed or bestial stomping horror. Their raw, lo-fi approach to guitar tone provides a grating wall of ear-piercing Satanic black metal noise that will admittedly only appeal to a the most true and raw niche of black metal. The goal is clear from the first howl of “Slay the Lamb”; An over the top mockery of the holy lie lay ahead, set to recklessly brutal and ruinous black metal that distinctly aims towards the early classics of United States black metal with some grey area explored between the old masters of primitive brutality and modern war metal. A bit of a far cry from their current line-up’s more streamlined sound and an ancient relic compared to the slick thrust of related project Vimur." - Metal-Archives