Carving out the Eyes of God
Occupation
- Ben Falgoust: Voice
- Sammy Duet: Guitar
- Nathan Bergeron: Bass
- Zack Simmons: drums
Carving out the Eyes of God is the fourth studio album by the American band Goatwhore. It was released in 2009 via Metal Blade Records.
Formation
On 21 November 2008 the band played at their performance in the Ridglea Theater in Fort Worth, Texas for the first time the piece Carving out the Eyes of God. On 26 November 2008, it announced that the recording of their next album for February and March 2009. The recordings took place in Saint Petersburg, Florida in the Manna Studios with producer Erik Rutan place; was mastered by Alan Douches album. On 22 April 2009 Carving out the Eyes of God as the title of the album, June 23, 2009 was announced as the date of publication. The album Apocalyptic Havoc introductory piece was played for the first time on 13 May 2009 in the show at SiriusXM Liquid Metal Radio and uploaded on 20 May 2009 by the band. As of May 27, 2009 Pre-order the album were possible for the band signed 666 CD cases and numbered.
Title list
Style of music and texts
The band's style on Carving out the Eyes of God is strongly reminiscent of Celtic Frost, but also to Motörhead, Venom, Hellhammer and Morbid Angel; Bands like Venom and Celtic Frost also be specified by the band themselves as influences. The song moves between the black -metal- typical, gritty, and the death-metal - typical growling.
The title is based on the idea that God created the world have created in six days and rested on the seventh day; Ben Falgoust was reading a short story by Clive Barker, in which God did not rest on the seventh day, but tarnished and tired created all evil and abominable. For all the evil would be as fair as all the best and would be in balance. This also shows that, if there were a God, he was wrong.
Reviews
Justin M. Norton of About.com recommended Carving out the Eyes of God recommended carving out the Eyes of God listeners with a penchant for dirty and direct Metal and praised Ben Falgoust for " one of the finest vocal Performances in an already impressive extreme metal career ". His colleague Chad Bowar it was one of the best albums of the year. For Jackie Smit of Chronicles of Chaos Album outperforms its predecessor A Haunting Curse. Tom Gibbons from Thrash Hits designated Carving out the Eyes of God as metal equivalent of Hurricane Katrina, which destroyed Goatwhores hometown New Orleans. Scott wrote Alisoglu of Blabbermouth.net, "it will easily one of the purest metal albums of 2009 ", shortened from the band cited as " one of the purest metal albums of 2009". Goz of GASPetc.com found the previous releases of the band not very impressive, whereas it was excellent live. However Carving out the Eyes of God is versatile enough to not be in the middle monotonous and boring. Leonard Pierce of The A.V. Club counts Carving out the Eyes of God among the 30 best albums of the decade; Ben Falgousts vocals and lyrics were greatly exaggerated and Sammy Duets guitars sounded " wilder than ever before. Both a culmination and a progression, Goatwhore reminds listeners why metal has a terrifying reputation. "