Although this song was previously released on Bandcamp (as a demo), this track is an entirely different performance, recording, and mix which was part of the complete LP session.
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777 really hits its stride from track 3 onward, making it very difficult to choose a favourite. Yes, the music and vocal delivery are heavily influenced by Electric Wizard, but this is no bad thing given that EW are the undisputed Lords of Doom. Still, Goya are a distinct entity, carving out their own style, and this is pretty damn good for a debut album. The stoned and spaced guitars are amazing. Also, I wish that my past lovers had been as filthy as some of the bass tones on this recording!! Master of Alchemy
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All of Goya's releases are excellent. I don't know the how or why, but Obelisk towers above all, the apotheosis of their career to date. It is music with which the listener becomes one, a heavy and layered sound invoking the darkest psychedelic psychosis of unconscious desires. The lyrics are dark and taboo, somewhere between Hüsker Dü's Diane and Slayer's Beauty Through Order/Playing with Dolls. Witchcult Today era EW is an obvious ref, both music and vocals, but Goya are way beyond pastiche. Master of Alchemy
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ALL HOPE ABANDON, YE WHO ENTER HERE. Through me you go into a city of weeping; through me you go into eternal pain; through me you go amongst the lost people. Hope not ever to see Heaven. I have come to lead you to the other shore; into eternal darkness; into fire and into ice. Do not be afraid; our fate cannot be taken from us; it is a gift. - Inferno, Dante Alighieri.
The cover image of Satan is a still from the 1922 Swedish-Danish silent film Häxan, written & directed by Benjamin Christensen Master of Alchemy
A terrifically woozy slab of psychedelic stoner rock, where big riffs grind against saxophones, omnichords, and more. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 17, 2018