Goatcraft Torment cover

Released 20 years ago

Goatcraft Torment

Urgehal · 2006

51 min · 10 tracks · black metal

Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

60 /100
Foothills
Higher than 20% of albums we've rated

Its tight, riff-led attack and occasional thrash-like groove changes keep the songs lively, while the writing remains close to established black-metal conventions.

What we noticed

  • The record stays centered on distorted guitar riffs, with blast-driven passages repeatedly giving way to more measured, thrash-like grooves.
  • There are no long ambient interludes or acoustic breaks; the ten tracks keep the album moving in a direct song-by-song sequence.
  • The final stretch moves from the driving attack of “Selvmordssalme” into “Sentiment of Chaos” and the closing “Et steg nærmere Lucifer,” without a separate outro.
Composition 25% of the score
6/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
6/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
6/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
5/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
7/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 3/10

Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 Goatcraft Torment 4:00
  • 2 Risus sardonius 5:14
  • 3 Antireligiøs 6:15
  • 4 Dødsmarsj til Helvete 4:18
  • 5 Satanic Black Metal in Hell 4:33
  • 6 Nefastus nex necis 5:50
  • 7 Gathered Under the Horns 5:08
  • 8 Selvmordssalme 6:00
  • 9 Sentiment of Chaos 2:43
  • 10 Et steg nærmere Lucifer 6:59

Reference: MusicBrainz · Wikidata