Today, Hells Headbangers' announces July 26th as
the international release date for Goat Semen's highly
anticipated new EP, Fuck Christ, on CD, 12" vinyl, and
cassette tape formats.
At ground zero of the rebirth and resurgence of South American black/death at
the dawn of the new millennium, Goat Semen delivered one
of the most classic demos ever with their self-titled 2002 demo, which has seen
countless re-editions in the past two decades. As their legendry grew to
enviable levels, so, too, did the anticipation for these Peruvian devils' debut
album. But alas, time passed and the fervor 'n' anticipation for that first
full-length reached critical mass in the metal underground, taking on almost
mythical status (not unlike Sadistic Intent's long-promised debut LP). Finally,
it saw the unlight of day in 2015 as Ego Svm Satana: the ultimate
Goat Semen statement, in the making for literally a
decade, the album became something of a veritable travelogue across the history
of South American metal barbarity the prior three decades. The very end, and
also the beginning, Ego Svm Satana was suitably CLASSIC, as
expected.
But, Goat Semen are never one for half measures, and much
like that full-length took at least a decade before it emerged from hellfire
fully formed, they've only released live albums and a couple splits since then
- nothing as substantial as a fully-new recording. Now, nearly a decade after
that momentous debut album, Goat Semen return with a
comparatively quick-hitting EP in Fuck Christ. Much like its
unapologetic & unadorned title, the Peruvian devils waste no time, kicking
in immediately with a swirlingly sulfurous maelstrom of classic Goat
Semen proportions. For a record that comprises five stout songs in 19
electric minutes, Fuck Christ feels simultaneously longer and
quicker than that runtime suggests, so respectively satisfying and urgent is
that hammering barbarity. Naturally, it wouldn't be Goat Semen if
everything wasn't attacking from every angle all at once, the feeling of
imminent implosion lurking around every dark 'n' diseased corner; compared
to Ego Svm Satana, Fuck Christ exacerbates
that mania to an almost overwhelming degree even when the intensity dips down
to a doomed trudge. But perhaps the most unique element on this new record is
how relatively clean and clear its recording is, with each and every instrument
sounding sharp and powerful - nothing "muddy" about Goat
Semen fucking Christ here - which in turn makes the band's
inherent grit & grime sound stranger and more depraved. Put another way,
there's nothing to hide behind here; there's simply no escape from Fuck
Christ.
For those who still hail the old gods of equally early Sarcofago, Krisiun,
Hadez, Sextrash, and Mystifier, no matter when their records arrive, you can
always count on Goat Semen to Fuck Christ!
In the meantime, hear the recently revealed track "Midnight
Worship" HERE at Hells Headbangers' official YouTube channel.
Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Goat Semen's Fuck Christ
1. Midnight Worship
2. Los Ojos de Judas
3. Fuck Christ
4. Heed the Call
5. Prophets of Hell
