The Goat of Mendes

by Akercocke

The Goat of Mendes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 2001
  • Label: Peaceville
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 56:42
  • Community rating: 3.29/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Martin Bonsoir, Jason Mendonca, Paul Scanlan, Peter Theobald, David Gray

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Donning bespoke tailored suits to deliver sophisticated, satanic extremity, the London ensemble's sophomore album is a masterpiece of complex black/death metal. The record masterfully intertwines brutal, dissonant blast beats with clean, gothic vocal passages, emphasizing themes of the occult and dark sexuality.

Genres

Descriptors: satanism, occult, dissonant, blasphemous, progressive

Tracklist

  1. Of Menstrual Blood And Semen - Studio (6:26)
  2. A Skin for Dancing In - Studio (7:18)
  3. Betwixt Iniquitatis and Prostigiators - Studio (2:13)
  4. Horns of Baphomet - Studio (7:06)
  5. Masks of God - Studio (4:52)
  6. The Serpent - Studio (3:47)
  7. Fortune My Foe - Studio (1:16)
  8. Infernal Rites - Studio (4:30)
  9. He Is Risen - Studio (4:48)
  10. Breaking Silence - Studio (4:16)
  11. Initiation - Studio (1:11)
  12. Ceremony of Nine Angles - Studio (8:53)

Credits

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