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artist: Slow Goat
title: Where the Wisest Fear to Tread
year: 2026
genre: Metal
type: Album
label: Independent
language: English
rel. date: 2026-07-10
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
runtime: 00:46:18
size: 106.1 MiB / 8 tracks
rip date: 2026-07-10
source url: https://open.qobuz.com/album/wpp9i0d01cqha
tracklist:
01. Downward 0:58
02. Fallen Child 4:23
03. Visions / Fell Ritual 10:52
04. Love Like Water 4:21
05. Dark Procession 7:42
06. Wilting 6:40
07. Sisyphus 4:43
08. Under the Glass 6:38
release notes:
Where the Wisest Fear to Tread took shape over nearly four years, growing
with us as we pushed and refined the ideas behind it. The music is close
to our hearts, and we're excited for you to hear it.
There are no heroes or triumphant victories in these songs. Yet there is
persistence in the face of inevitability, endurance through futility, and
an embrace of that which evokes suffering. Where the Wisest Fear to Tread
explores darkness and realms beyond, from the terror within waking
nightmare, to the stark reality reflected back in the mirror. The album
title itself, a line from the track "Fell Ritual," serves equally as a
warning and invitation to bear anguish. And while many of the album's
themes draw on personal experience and a compulsion to look inward, we
encourage the listener to derive their own meaning, or simply none at
all. The record does not offer resolution so much as it documents the act
of pressing forward despite it.
Sonically, we wanted the album to have real weight and gravity without
sacrificing the raw edge of our live experience. One of our main
songwriting philosophies is to approach the music live-first; It needs to
feel full and complete on stage as one vocalist, guitarist, bassist, and
drummer. To that end, we didn't rely heavily on studio magic to make the
music something it's not, rather, we used things like overdubs or effects
to embellish on an already-strong core.