GOATWHORE – Upcoming Tour Dates

The following dates are confirmed:

05/29    Lafayette, LA                 Grant Street Music Hall w/ Crowbar

06/13    Houma, LA                    The City Club

Tour w/ Abigail Williams, Daath, Abysmal Dawn, S.W.W.A.A.T.S

06/24    Atlanta, GA                    The Masquerade

06/25    Jacksonville, FL  Jack Rabbits

06/27    Raleigh, NC                   Volume 11

06/28    Virginia Beach, VA          Peppermint Beach Club

06/29    Baltimore, MD                Sonar

06/30    Louisville, KY                 Uncle Pleasants

07/01    Waterloo, IA                  Spicoli's Grill

07/02    Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry

07/03    Thunder Bay, ON           Black Pirate Pub

07/04    Winnipeg, MB                Royal Albert Arms

07/05    Regina, SK                     Exchange

07/06    Saskatoon, SK    Walkers

07/07    Edmonton, AB                Starlite Room

07/08    Calgary, AB                   The Underground

07/10    Victoria, BC                   Sugar Nightclub

07/11    Vancouver, BC   The Biltmore

7/12    Seattle, WA                   El Corazon

07/13    Portland, OR                  Satyricon

07/14    San Francisco, CA          Thee Parkside

07/15    West Hollywood, CA       Whiskey

07/16    San Marcos, CA  Jumping Turtle

07/17    Las Vegas, NV   Cheyenne Saloon

07/18    Farmington, NM Gators Bar Grill

07/19    Denver, CO                   Larimer Lounge

07/20    Kansas City, MO The Riot Room

07/21    Nashville, TN                 The Muse

07/22    Danville, VA                   Plan B

07/23    New York, NY                The Blender Theatre

07/24    West Springfield, VA       Jaxx Nightclub

07/25    Hartford, CT                  Webster Theater

07/26    Montreal, QC                 Foufounes Electriques

7/27    Toronto, ON                  Wreck Room

7/28    Rochester, NY                Penny Arcade

07/29    Cleveland, OH                Peabody's

07/30    Mokena, IL                    The Pearl Room

08/01    Milwaukee, WI   The Rave

08/02    Edelstein, IL                  The Hub

8/03    Tulsa, OK                      Marquee

08/04    Oklahoma City, OK         The Conservatory

08/05    Houston, TX                  Scout Bar

08/06    San Antonio, TX Scout Bar

08/07    Ft Worth, TX                  Lola's

08/08    Austin, TX                     Red 7

08/09    Amarillo, TX                  The War Legion Underground

08/10    Albuquerque, NM           The Compound

08/11    Tucson, AZ                    The Rock

08/12    Mesa, AZ                       U.B.'s Bar

New Orleans, LA's sons of American no-frills black metal, Goatwhore, have named their fourth full-length album, and second for Metal Blade Records, "Carving Out the Eyes of God."

For the follow-up to 2006's "A Haunting Curse," Goatwhore headed back to St. Petersburg, FL to record with producer Erik Rutan at Mana Recording with mastering being handled by Alan Douches of West West Side Music.

Vocalist Ben Falgoust comments on the direction of the new album; "I don't really know how to explain this. I don't want to come off with the typical speech about how this record is our best yet and all of that. I will say that I am quite pleased how it has turned out and all parts relating to it. I feel every member put a great deal of effort into their part of the project. I even feel Erik Rutan busted his ass even more this time to make us feel that we didn't take any steps backwards in the recording and production of this release… I don't even really care what the critics say. I think the end result is basically coming up with something you have put a lot of work into and the satisfaction achieved in completing it. I will say that the new material is ripping metal and we still have that ‘Goatwhore' sound, whatever that may mean for each individual that enjoys or hates what we do. Just look at it as another step in the evolution of this band. Each person that hears it will have his or her own perception of it. Like it or not, we don't have a say in it. The only thing we can do is just keep writing the way we do and accept the criticism. Doesn't mean we are gonna listen to the criticism and change. Just give it an honest listen and if you dig it, awesome! If you don't, then pass it on to a friend or use it as a new drink coaster."

Guitarist Sammy Duet had this to add; "Dark, heavy, evil. Erik Rutan did one hell of a job on it. If you don't like it… kiss my ass."

Track listing to "Carving Out the Eyes of God":

01. Apocalyptic Havoc
02. The All-Destroying
03. Carving Out the Eyes of God
04. Shadow of a Rising Knife
05. Provoking the Ritual of Death
06. In Legions, I Am Wars Of Wrath
07. Reckoning of the Soul Made Godless
08. This Passing into the Power of Demons
09. Razor Flesh Devoured
10. To Mourn and Forever Wander through Forgotten Doorways

"Carving Out the Eyes of God" available everywhere on June 23rd.

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