Release Date: October 31st 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD
Only Lucifer And Fuzz - Tracklisting
1.Intro Acida 01:25
2.Lucifer (part I) 06:24
3.Only Lucifer and Fuzz 06:27
4.The Acid Ritual 07:13
5.Malignant Sign ov Evil 06:51
6.Bloody River 08:27
7.Make the Sludge Doom great again 04:18
8.Outro Disperata 00:50
Review
Astral Goat Dominion aren’t your typical Doom/Stoner Metal band as the band create a highly unusual and unorthodox style of music with weird vocal arrangements and outlandish creative themes you wouldn’t expect to go for the WEEDIAN genre. The band feels like ELECTRIC WIZARD jamming with THE MELVINS but still paying homage to the likes of Saint Vitus, Black Sabbath and even KYUSS. Just don’t go expecting a straightforward musical journey with their excellent debut album Only Lucifer And Fuzz.
At some moments the record is just bat-shit crazy and sometimes even confusing but in a good way. There’s a sense of demented gloominess and warped sludgy sounds emitting from your speakers. You will only need to listen to the opening two tracks of Intro Acida and Lucifer (Part 1) that this is going to be one crazed journey into the world of Occult Doom with classic sounding Seventies based Amplifier Distorted grooves generating a sinister atmosphere throughout. There’s some method to the creative madness from Astral Goat Dominion as the vocals are more like chants from a demented madman selling his soul to LUCIFER himself.
The lyrics are equally as strange but they match perfectly to the experimental driven nature of the song which becomes even stranger on tracks such as Only Lucifer And Fuzz, The Acid Ritual and Malignant Sign ov Evil where the band take a slight detour to Psychedelic Freakouts and Prog Rock just for the sheer hell of it. The journey is deeply rooted in Seventies Occult Folklore and Mysticism whilst the music being influenced by sounds of the Seventies Doom Metal and Nineties Stoner Metal scenes.
Astral Goat Dominion do have an outlandish Tribal Rock energy to them which allows the band to play extended trippy instrumental jams for the majority of their music which can also be quite jazzy and funky at the best of times. Though, it’s still part of the satanic DOOMED OUT world. The album won’t be for everyone but if you’re in the mood for something different and highly experimental whilst keeping in line with the Doom/Stoner Metal arena then Only Lucifer And Fuzz is downright original.
I applaud Astral Goat Dominion for creating something crazy and thinking outside of the box for their debut release. This record has all the makings of becoming a CULT RECORD in the years to come and could allow the band to obtain a loyal following within the underground scene.
Excellent and Highly Recommended.
Words by Steve Howe
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