GOATWHORE To Kick Off US Headlining Shows TONIGHT As European Tour Draws Near; Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven Full-Length Out Now On Metal Blade Records!

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GOATWHORE is kicking off 2023 with a short run of US headlining shows beginning TONIGHT, January 5th in Pensacola, Florida. The trek runs through January 14th in Long Beach, Mississippi with support provided by Caveman Cult, Herakleion, and others on select dates. The band’s latest live run serves as a precursor to their month-long European tour with Revocation, Alluvial, and Creeping Death. Tickets are on sale now! See all confirmed dates below.

GOATWHORE:
1/05/2023 The Handlebar – Pensacola, FL w/ Herakleion
1/06/2023 The Orpheum – Tampa, FL w/ Caveman Cult, Herakleion
1/07/2023 Gramps – Miami, FL w/ Caveman Cult, Herakleion
1/08/2023 Conduit (Formerly Haven Lounge) – Orlando, FL w/ Caveman Cult, Herakleion
1/12/2023 Freetown Boom Boom Room – Lafayette, LA w/ Golgothan, Herakleion
1/13/2023 Twist Of Lime – Metairie, LA w/ Skulldozer, Cranial Sledge, Vatic Decryption
1/14/2023 Trax Bar – Long Beach, MS – w/ Skulldozer, Killhammer, Herakleion
w/ Revocation, Alluvial, Creeping Death:
1/19/2023 Kulturzentrum Schlachthof – Wiesbaden, DE
1/20/2023 Matrix Bochum – Bochum, DE
1/21/2023 Doornroosje – Nijmegen, NL
1/22/2023 Logo Musik & Bier GmbH Veranstaltungsservice – Hamburg, DE
1/23/2023 Nefertiti på Valand (Jazzföreningen) – Gothenburg, SE
1/24/2023 John Dee – Oslo, NO
1/25/2023 Pumpehuset – Copenhagen, DK
1/27/2023 SO36 – Berlin , DE
1/28/2023 AJZ – Chemnitz, DE
1/29/2023 Hirsch – Nürnberg, DE
1/30/2023 Modra Vopice – Prague, CZ
1/31/2023 Akvárium Klub – Budapest, HU
2/01/2023 Viper Room – Vienna, AT
2/02/2023 Backstagen Halle – Munich, DE
2/03/2023 Kofmehl – Solothurn, CH
2/04/2023 Alchemica Music Club – Bologna, IT
2/05/2023 Le Rex De Toulous – Toulouse, FR
2/06/2023 Bóveda – Barcelona, ES
2/07/2023 Copernico – Badrid, ES
2/08/2023 Stage Live – Bilbao, ES
2/10/2023 Travbendo – Paris, FR
2/11/2023 The Black Lab – Lille, FR
2/12/2023 Islington Assembly Hall – London, GB
2/13/2023 Rebellion – Manchester, GB
2/14/2023 Whelan’s – Dublin, IE
2/15/2023 Asylum – Birmingham, GB
2/16/2023 The Fleece – Bristol, GB
2/17/2023 Zappa – Antwerp, BG
2/18/2023 Kulturzentrum Faust – Hannover, DE

GOATWHORE will be touring in support of their Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven full-length, released in October via Metal Blade Records. Undeniably their most accomplished album to date in sound, concept, and execution, the twelve-track offering earned the #9 position on Billboard’s Current Hard Music Albums chart upon its first week of release and stands among the most volatile and plainly dangerous records to come out of 2022. Wrote Spin Magazine in part of the record in their The 10 Best Metal Albums Of 2022 piece, “Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven cherry-picks the best bits from various subgenres — the guttural intensity of death metal, the trilling majesty of black metal — and assembles them into songs that feel almost regal in their hateful conviction. A lot of the credit here goes to guitarist Sammy Duet, whose riffs snarl and gnash but also glint like light off a sacrificial dagger. Vocalist Louis Benjamin Falgoust II moves skillfully from screech to bellow, turning songs like the title track and ‘The Bestowal Of Abomination’ into hellish anthems, bringing damned souls to life…”

Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven was produced by Jarrett Pritchard (Exhumed, 1349), and tracked primarily at Studio In The Country in Bogalusa, Louisiana under pandemic restrictions. Additionally, the band recruited acclaimed producer Kurt Ballou (Converge, High On Fire, Gatecreeper, Code Orange) to mix the record with final mastering duties handled by Grammy-award winning engineer Ted Jensen (Ghost, Gojira, Cult Of Luna). The record is tied together by the art of longtime collaborator Jordan Barlow whose cryptic use of sigils holds deeper meaning to the record’s totality.

Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven is available on CD, digitally, and LP on multiple color variants. Preview and purchase yours today at: metalblade.com/goatwhore.

View the band’s previously released videos for “Born Of Satan’s Flesh” at THIS LOCATION and the title track at THIS LOCATION.

“Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven cherry-picks the best bits from various subgenres — the guttural intensity of death metal, the trilling majesty of black metal — and assembles them into songs that feel almost regal in their hateful conviction.” – Spin Magazine’s 10 Best Metal Albums Of 2022

“Angels… consistently rages without ever devolving into the samey sounding banality that plagues so many less adept practitioners. Angels… just gets better the longer it plays.” – Decibel Magazine

“…The interplay between frontman Ben Falgoust’s diverse array of growls and guitarist-vocalist Sammy Duet’s goblin shrieks is terrific, and their masterful transitions between black-metal speed, thrash riffage and just plain ripping death metal heaviness is unmatched.” – Revolver on “Born Of Satan’s Flesh”

“A vicious brew of blackened thrash and death metal is GOATWHORE’s M.O., and ‘Born Of Satan’s Flesh’ hits that multi-genre intersection at blinding speeds. Guitarist Sammy Duet rains down precision riffs while frontman Louis Ben Falgoust II spouts blasphemies through his bellowing snarl. The accompanying performance clip offers a glimpse at what it would be like to witness the brutality live.” – Consequence

“…the band’s most diverse, epic and savage release all at once — an impressive feat for any band this deep into its career.” – Blabbermouth

“Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven is a dark, evil, misanthropic piece of art that new and old fans of the band are likely to find truly gratifying. This album is worth your time and undivided attention.” – MetalSucks

“Angles Hung From The Arches Of Heaven proves yet again that one of the hardest working bands in metal can continue to impress us with their tried and true brand of blackened extremity.” – Metal Injection

“Twenty-five years into their career, GOATWHORE is here to do what they do best: rip, shred and tear with their signature blend of death, black, thresh and traditional metal, without apology, no quarter given.” – Knotfest