Lovingly pinched from Uber Rock: “They walk through the mist, to an ancient place, gathering for the King, to invoke his name, potion from the darkest well, opens for pagan souls, hear the angels of heaven wailing, as they call for the lord of darkness…” So sing Sweden’s Year Of The Goat on ‘Of Darkness’, the opening track on this 4 track (or ‘gospels’ as the band describe them) mini album. Lucem Ferre is Latin for ‘The bringer of light’ or ‘The son of desert fire’ or good old Lucifer himself. So you get the picture. It’s a dark picture.
Year Of The Goat take inspiration from the occult rock bands of the late sixties and early seventies such as Coven and Black Widow, as well as the likes of Pentagram and early Black Sabbath. The inspiration, however, is much more from the angle of the subject matter of the lyrics and the picture they paint of pagan rituals, Satanism and the dark arts.
Unlike some of their Swedish contemporaries such as Witchcraft and Graveyard, musically Year Of The Goat don’t directly recreate the stylings of that era. Although there is clearly an inspiration and flavour of the early seventies, the band’s sound has a modern feel to it, bringing the concept of occult rock firmly into the 21st century.
Continue reading: Uber Rock: Year Of The Goat – ‘Lucem Ferre’ (Van Records).
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