Staff Infections – January 2020

Welcome, friends, to the first edition of Staff Infections in 2020. You might have noticed we took last month off, and that’s because we thought you probably didn’t need another list-based feature to read alongside all the year-end lists we were cranking out. The slate, however, is now clean, so let’s see what the heck the staff has been listening to lately.

We have a pretty resounding winner this month, with Bütcher’s 666 Goats Carry My Chariot. That sounds very evil and all, but can you imagine trying to make a U-turn in that son of a bitch? Practicality of chosen transportation aside, Bütcher seems to be making some pretty epic heavy metal, if the album’s nine-minute title track is any indication. A review of 666 Goats Carry My Chariot is likely forthcoming, but enjoy a taste below until then.

Second place this month is a three-way tie between Judas Priest’s Sin After Sin, Kawir’s Adastreia, and Worm’s Gloomlord. You can catch a little Priest on the embedded Spotify playlist below. Sadly, Worm and Kawir are apparently too evil, or maybe just too cool for Spotify, but I’ve provided some samples so you all can get your fix of filthy black metal.

 

That’ll do it for this month. Here’s hoping 2020 finds you happy and healthy, or at least on the road to getting there. Be sure and share your own playlist in the comments, and just for fun, how about letting us know your favorite metal song with some kind of goat reference in the title. I reckon this is mine:

• Captain
  Judas Priest – Sin After Sin
  Judas Priest – Stained Class
  Emperor – IX Equilibrium
  Bütcher – 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
  Zemial – Nykta
  Raphael Weinroth-Browne – Worlds Within
• Fetusghost
  Rwake – Rest
  Converge – The Dusk in Us
  Venenum – Trance of Death
  Chapel of Disease – …And as We Have Seen the Storm, We Have Embraced the Eye
  Hällas – Excerpts From a Future Past
  Ur Draugr – With Hunger Undying
• Danhammer Obstkrieg
  Worm – Gloomlord
  Kawir – Adastreia
  Philip Glass – Music in 12 Parts
  Sentinel Beast – Depths of Death
  Machetazo – Ruin
  Drautran – Throne of the Depths
• Ryan Tysinger
  Kawir – Adraseia
  Varathron – His Majesty At The Swamp
  Bütcher – 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
  Macabre Omen – Gods Of War – At War
  Kawir – Isotheos
• Zach Duvall
  Worm – Gloomlord
  David Bowie – Hunky Dory
  Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
  Autechre – Chiastic Slide
  Killing Joke – Night Time
  Horizon’s End – Skeleton Keys
• LoneWatie
  Bütcher – 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
  Wilderun – Veil of Imagination
  Horizon’s End – Skeleton Keys
  Lunar Shadow – Far From Light
  Ansur – Warring Factions
• Andrew Edmunds
  Vicious Rumors – Digital Dictator
  The Adicts – Smart Alex
  Nile – Vile Nilotic Rites
  Organectomy – Existential Disconnect
  Excruciation – Last Judgement
  Gruntruck – Inside Yours
• Manny-O-War
  Bütcher – 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
  Credence Clearwater Revival – Green River
  Incantation – Vanquish in Vengeance
  Neil Young – Are You Passionate
  Psychotic Waltz – The God-Shaped Void
  Advance Base – Nephew in the Wild
• Dave Pirtle
  Saigon Kick – The Lizard
  Blackguard – Storm
  Persecutor – Rebirth
  Xoth – Interdimensional Invocations
  Obsequiae – Palms of Sorrowed Kings
• Jeremy Morse
  Oath of Cruelty – Summary Execution at Dawn
  Blood Incantation – Hidden History of the Human Race
  Judas Priest – Sin After Sin
  Détente – Recognize No Authority
  Iron Maiden – The Book of Souls
  Unfathomable Ruination – Enraged and Unbound