★★★★★
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is a convenient little phrase that is all-too-often used as an excuse for a band to rest on their laurels and slip into a state of self-satisfaction. Granted, if a band's sound is unique and the quality of their material is sufficient, continuously drawing from the same idea pool can be welcomed by fans and critics alike. Archgoat have a winning formula, and have done ever since the raucously titled EP dropped in 1993...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2015-01-30
★★★★★
Summary: Archgoat drop most of their black metal elements in favor of a more concise, occult influenced death metal assault. 3 of 5 thought this review was well written Prepare thy self for judgement day oh holy one..........the Finnish hordes ov darkness have returned from the blackened bowels of hell to deliver a gore soaked, bestial fusion of perverse black/death metal...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2011-11-03
★★★★★
Reaching out from the abyss, with no goal other than the total desecration of all things Christian, Finland's Archgoat return with Heavenly Vulva (Christ's Last Rites), another document to solidify the band as one of the truest living embodiments of black metal. Only a group with so much history in the art of creating that which is unholy could birth something that possesses such terrifying authenticity...
- exclaim.ca
2011-11-03
★★★★★
Sometimes metal is about more than just the music. Especially black metal...
- www.aquariusrecords.org
2009-06-05
★★★★★
Sometimes metal is about more than just the music. Especially black metal...
- www.aquariusrecords.org
2008-07-29
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