1.	Intro
2.	Heavens Ablaze
3.	Black Womb Gnosis
4.	All Christianity Ends
5.	In Extremis Nazarene
6.	Rats Pray God
7.	Empyrean Armageddon
8.	Blessed in the Light of Lucifer
9.	Worship the Eternal Darkness
10.	Burial of Creation

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Worship the Eternal Darkness

Archgoat

Type: Full-length
Style: Black / Death Metal
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Year: 2021
Country: Finland

This album was released on 26th November, 2021.

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Tracklist

Intro
Heavens Ablaze
Black Womb Gnosis
All Christianity Ends
In Extremis Nazarene
Rats Pray God
Empyrean Armageddon
Blessed in the Light of Lucifer
Worship the Eternal Darkness
Burial of Creation

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Archgoat - Worship the Eternal Darkness review by Warblackmetal666

Archgoat is one of those band who were pretty good when they begin their career, but have become more and more talented with the time. Now, in my opinion, Archgoat is by far the best black/death band and clearly one of the greatest too. All their album are fucking great and are all better than the previous ones. Let's review this this Finnish pearl.

So, let's start with the good point. Firstly, this album is more black metal than the other, if you know what i mean. Like in the song "Black Womb of Gnosis" for example that is for me one of the best song of this album. The riffs are more black metal than black/death, like in the album "The Light Devouring Darkness" but on a completely different way. The riffs are one of the most important point of this album, they are AWESOME. Each riff is good, and they are really different compare to the other albums, the best example for me is the riff of "Rats Pray God", there is a kind of death n roll influence that is really cool. Another great point about the guitar is that some song have a solo, a thing that we do not see often in black/death. Also, the voice of Lord Angelslayer is like always really deep and dark, the perfect voice for this album. Another good point is the intro that is fuck top. It's dark, weird, satanic, creepy, everything that makes a good intro! This is also something that i love of Archgoat, they are pushing the antichrist and satanic thing at another level, and not only on this album. Just look at the album cover all their album (that have some of the best art ever IMO), the name of the songs, the lyrics, everything is extremely blasphemous and i love that.

There is not a lot of bad point on this album but still there is some. The first one that i see is that at the end, it become a bit repititive. Like i said previously the riff are awesome, but sometimes they are really similar to each other and at the end it can become a bit boring, especially for the people who more like more technical music where the riff and the chorus are always totally different, like Emperor for example. You have to like blasting non-stop riff to like this album, and i do so that's why i like this album but i know some people can't stand Archgoat or black/death band in general like Blasphemy or Black Withchery because of that. Another point that i will not really count like a bad point are the drums, they are not really good but not bad too, they do the job.

To finish this review, i will say that this album is awesome and with the years, Archgoat is becoming better and better. This album have become my top 3 Archgoat album, with The Light Devouring Darkness and Heavenly Vulva at the first and second place. This band is constantly becoming better and i really hope that they will continue to release stuff and that they will come to Montréal one day so i can finally see them live! So, hope you enjoy this full-lenght and have a blasphemous day.

Warblackmetal666

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Archgoat - “Worship the Eternal Darkness” (2021)

Archgoat
“Worship the Eternal Darkness”

Origin: Turku, Varsinais-Suomi, Finland

Genre: Black Metal

Label: Debemur Morti

Only the most glorious of desecrations and only the most perverted of blasphemies are what truly satisfy me. To torch the cross! And to hate-fuck the virgin whore until she squirms; attempting to fight back her unholy climax. Naturally, it’s only the most brutal goat-worshipping black metal that really gets my grease flowing. From Finland and straight out of the earliest days of Scandinavian BM did Archgoat emerge one blasphemous eve, dripping with depravity and ready to Satanize everything and everyone in their path. The world of black metal has taken to their crimes with utter glee and why shouldn’t we? For no one does black metal like Archgoat, except of course for their countless emulators: Profanatica, Black Witchery and Azazel to name a few. Get ready to immerse yourself in the very pits of Hell you’ve been conditioned to run away from. In 2021, Archgoat released “Worship the Eternal Darkness” via Debemur Morti.

Imagine being right there in it: Hellish ritualistic fucking, great Daemons to oversee and calling forth the light of Lucifer to illuminate this orgy of defilement. And as the rats pray to their coward god, we the desolate ones revel in the pleasures of the flesh. Hear the sheep unnervingly bay to the sound of Satanized vixens who so eagerly offer up their flesh for Him during the intro. Renowned masters of visualization have Archgoat proven to be since their inception and this record is certainly no exception.

Now, imagine a world free of Christianity: no crutches for anyone and no more fear of Hell, just all the room our species needs to grow ever more intelligent and ever more wise. A utopia! And one alive with the sound of lowly, grimy and fucking brutal black metal a la “All Christianity Ends” - ring their own church bells to signify the end before we turn around and burn them all to the fucking ground in the name of Satan - His Infernal Majesty…

“Blessed in the Light of Lucifer” - blessed crepuscular rays to illuminate the skies above us as we so boldly writhe in the ecstasy of the pits below. And Satan his self to call him forth. Another brilliant visualization set to all those gut-churning riffs and oppressive rhythms we’ve come to know so well. Within “Worship the Eternal Darkness”. You’ll discover - underneath all of the brutality and filth - a fairly conventional Finnish black metal album, particularly as you take in “In Extremis Nazarene” and the titular track. And instead of making comparisons to other Finnish BM bands, we can hear how Archgoat has basically influenced every single Finn under the Black Mark since the beginning. You can hear a little Horna, some Sargeist and a touch of Satanic Warmaster in every progression through each ungodly passage. Even a bit of greasy black & roll action during “Rats Pray God”.

There’s so much more to this band than what you initially get at surface level. Dig a few feet past the brutality and you’ll find rich melodicism, haunting atmospheric elements and masterful compositions as realized by one of black metal’s ultimate power-trios. This is shit that intimidates. Play it loud in your car with the windows down and check out the looks you get. Fucking pure danger, fucking pure gold as it was in the days of yore when black metal struck dread into the hearts of churchgoers who feared for the sanctity of their places of worship. Overlords of the Scandinavian scene are Archgoat and their reign is one that has been both celebrated and criminally overlooked. One of THE original second wave black metal bands alongside Mayhem, Darkthrone and Rotting Christ. And their music only sweetens with age - a bold vintage spiked with virgin nectar and just as sweet as sin. Arguably the greatest of all time and true champions of the Satanic path. Hail Archgoat!

Captivation: 9/10
Cover Art: 8.5/10
Concept: 10/10
Production: 10/10
Revisitabilty: 9/10

Final Score: 9/10

Experience “Worship the Eternal Darkness” by Archgoat right here as presented by Black Metal Promotion:

https://youtu.be/yEsY4spZQzA?si=cbBd7HSOitgvvayt

~Jeger