Akercocke Albums - The Goat of Mendes, Choronzon, Rape of the Bastard Nazarene, Antichrist, Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone (Paperback)

Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Chapters: The Goat of Mendes, Choronzon, Rape of the Bastard Nazarene, Antichrist, Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 17. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Goat of Mendes is the second studio album by English blackened death metal band Akercocke, released in 2001 on Peaceville Records. It is available in standard CD format and digi-pack format. Akercocke drummer and lyricist David Gray remarks that this is ..".in my opinion, our best album..." (David Gray, 2009 Akercocke.com) "Goat of Mendes, as its title suggests, is shrouded in an almost palpable sense of the unholy: witness the frequent references to assorted arcane deities (not only Lucifer, but also Baphomet, Sheol and countless diabolically named others), the ritual carnality of 'A Skin for Dancing in'and 'Breaking Silence' (sample lyric: 'Manipulate crucifix/To masturbate and penetrate'), or the gleefully overt blasphemies of 'Masks of God'and 'He is Risen' (Dark Prince Lucifer is risen/Proclaiming the age of Satan')." (Dave Everley KERRANG Issue 853 May 2001) "Probably the Black metal band most likely to achieve international recognition in the near future..." (Joel McIver, EXTREME METAL 2 - Omnibus press 2005) "The first two tracks alone justify the asking price. 'Of Menstrual Blood and Semen' and 'A Skin for Dancing in' are both minor works of genius...Finest of all is the closing epic, 'Ceremony of Nine Angles'; a fiendish maze of discordance, precision Blasting, and awesome heaviness." (Dom Lawson, KERRANG Issue 854 May 2001) " 'Unnerving' that's the word...the best way to describe the strange effect the cold atmosphere of 'Goat of Mendes' has on you...The Blast, probably Akercocke's most important tool, is to them a primal release of ...http: //booksllc.net/?id=17168