Goatwhore

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating

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Last 12 Months Rating

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Critic Consensus

Based on 22 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Goatwhore is rated as a remarkable live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Goatwhore concert reviews describe live shows and performances as intense, symphonic, and melodic.

ON TOUR

Slay, Glasgow, United Kingdom (December 6); Newcastle University Students' Union, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (December 7); Corporation, Sheffield, United Kingdom (December 8); Rebellion Club, Manchester, United Kingdom (December 9); Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, United Kingdom (December 10); Face Bar, Reading, United Kingdom (December 12); The Arch, Brighton, United Kingdom (December 13); The Garage, London, United Kingdom (December 14); The Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom (December 16); Voodoo, Belfast, United Kingdom (December 20); The Grand Social, Dublin, Ireland (December 21); White Oak Music Hall, Houston, United States (March 20)

FESTIVALS IN 2024

Hells Heroes Festival 2025

March 20 - 22, 2025

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Latest Release

Angels Hung from the Arches of Heaven (7 October 2022)

Artist Info

Genre

metal

Origin

New Orleans, United States (1997 - present)

Bio

Goatwhore is a blackened death/thrash metal band from the swamps of New Orleans, LA. They were formed by well known musicians from the Louisiana metal scene.

Has Performed With

Black Breath

Critic Concert Reviews

Scenestr (Australia)

July 31, 2024

I meet with a small army of black tees and battle jackets, who are out for a little neck wrecking at Brisbane's The Triffid (28 July).

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Twin Cities Media (USA)

June 26, 2017

Sure, it was a Sunday night and the headliner didn’t go on until midnight leading to a super slow moving morning for me today, but it was all worth it.

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Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

August 21, 2016

FESTIVAL Bloodstock Festival 2016 – Day 3 (Sunday)

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V13 (Canada)

June 26, 2015

Last time they were here I had skipped watching their performance to get something to eat, so I felt obligated to go and check out what exactly it was that everyone was freaking out about.

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New Noise Magazine (USA)

June 15, 2015

NOLA’s finest Satanic quartet, alongside the punk-ified headbangers in Black Breath and Ringworm as well as the upstart grinders in Theories…this tour had beer tinged sweaty goodness written all over it from the start.

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Distorted Sound Magazine (UK)

November 24, 2014

Manchester, UK

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The Music (Australia)

July 6, 2012

Despite still being derivative in spots (see Dark Tranquillity, among others), the melodic death/symphonic black metal crew upped their game considerably from previous occasions this reviewer had caught them.

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