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artist: Lord Belial
title: Kiss the Goat (Sic Transit Gloria Mundi)
year: 1995
genre: Black Metal
type: Album
label: No Fashion Records
language: English
rel. date: 1995-05-00
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Full Stereo
runtime: 00:45:13
size: 117.57MB
rip date: 2025-11-23
source url: https://www.deezer.com/album/12384184
tracklist:
1. Hymn of the Ancient Misanthropic Spirit of the Forest 5:20
2. Satan Divine 3:59
3. Grace of God 4:14
4. The Ancient Slumber 5:40
5. Into the Frozen Shadows 5:36
6. The Art of Dying 1:39
7. Osculum Obscenum 3:00
8. Mysterious Kingdom 6:08
9. In the Light of the Fullmoon 5:01
10. Lilith - Demonic Queen of the Black Light 4:36
release notes:
Formed in 1992, the foursome dual, Lord Belial set a goal to create
music filled with emotion, passion, and energy. Creating a name for
themselves, Lord Belial eventually toured with various known acts such
as Dismember and Disfear. Also, becoming known for their playing
abilities, they were featured on a Bathory tribute compilation.
After two demos, in the year of 1994, Lord Belial set to create the
first LP entitled "Kiss the Goat". After a publishing issue, their first
LP was finally released. Featuring well placed production, "Kiss the
Goat" shines immediately upon first listen. At about 1 minute into the
opening track the bass guitar is fully audible, playing a harmony lead,
and thus showcasing a glimpse that Lord Belial knows the art of "riff
transition" and "intimate conveyance".
"Kiss the Goat" eloquently provides varying tempo shifts in every track,
complimenting the vocals very tastefully. On "Satan Divine", the
listener will notice the track begins with a mid-tempo double bass
pattern that leads directly into a common thrash chug. Slowly gaining an
increase in momentum using a bass-snare pattern, the listener is then
dropped from 180 bpm down to 75, as the vocalist "Dark" screams "FOREVER
DARKNESS, FOREVER HELL".
The electric guitar work stands out in the area of solid riffing
transitions, as mentioned earlier. Always working well with the bass
guitar, they create melodic harmonies giving deep mental feeling, so as
to convey the emotional despair of each track. Notably on "The Ancient
Slumber", also being one of my favorite tracks, the guitars give a
constant melody change-up. As the track progresses, it builds to my
favorite part of "Kiss the Goat". At exactly 2:44 "The Ancient Slumber"
places a perfect emotional pressure over my body. Using a major tempo
drop coupled with a bass melody, flawless tremolo notes work in
conjunction with a fast paced ride pattern. At this moment the world
around me disappears and I fall into oblivion. This high last for
exactly one minute as the riffs change again. Lord Belial could have
kept the sequence of notes the same for the rest of the song and I would
have been happy. In my opinion this is where the album falls short.
While the compositions are fantastic, they sometimes lose the feeling
that gave me the initial high.
Highlights from "Kiss the Goat" do not end there. In many instances,
folk elements are included, fitting very well as the harmonies between
the electric and bass guitars do. "Into the Frozen Shadows" uses a
flute, adding a further backing element of emotion which works perfectly
into the following instrumental, "The Art of Dying". "The Art of Dying"
holds powerful emotion with the use of acoustic guitars and a dissonant
electric guitar popping in for only a moment in the middle of the track.
Anyone interested in top-notch Black Metal emerging out of the mid 90's
should not pass on this listen. "Kiss the Goat" has some of the best
original compositions and is a near flawless record, standing tall
amongst the classic BM greats.
internal notes:
upgrade for the archives.
Lord_Belial_-_Kiss_The_Goat_-_uSWE (1999-09-15) is of unknown quality,
Lord_belial-kiss_the_goat_(japanese_version)-1995-ss (2002-02-10) is a
192kbps rip (the bonus track not included here, but available on
Lord_Belial-Ancient_Demons-2008-GRAVEWISH.