Darkthrone began in the late 80's as a
thrash/death metal act & progressed through
technical death/doom metal experimentation to
become legends of the black metal world & one of
the original leading bands of the Norwegian scene.

"Goatlord" is the title of what was to originally
be Darkthrone's second album. The style followed
very much in the vein of the debut, "Soulside
Journey", with a mid-paced melodic, yet technical
death metal style. After the recording of the
tracks in their completed demo form in 1991,
however, Darkthrone's focus shifted towards black
metal & so the album was shelved, while work
commenced on what was to be the Norwegian black
metal milestone, "A Blaze in the Northern Sky",
which did actually incorporate some parts from the
"Goatlord" tracks.

"Goatlord" was only ever recorded instrumentally,
& so it wasn't until 1994 that Fenriz added vocals
to the songs, with the album eventually seeing a
release on the band's then label, Moonfog
Productions in 1996.

This 2-CD edition of "Goatlord" includes the bonus
track "A Blaze in the Northern Sky" in its
original form & also a commentary disc with Fenriz
& Nocturno reflecting on the tracks & their
inspirations at the time of writing the material,
as the music plays in the background. Also
features new cover artwork, as selected by the
band, which they feel better represents the band's
vision, as opposed to the image featured on the
Moonfog version of the album.