Knuckleduster

If I could have been worked with any musical act at any point in history, I would have been a roadie for Goatsnake circa the turn of the millennium. No band in history has ever quite so vividly described through sound the godlike feeling of power that comes from riding a sizzling hot Harley across a desert highway. You can bet some good times were had on those tours.

Greg Anderson's biker doom titans are finally releasing their long out of print 2000 CE album Flower Of Disease on Southern Lord, not to mention re-forming for a few dates sometime soon if we're lucky. You know what? I'm gonna say it. Goatsnake were fuckin' awesome. And if you happen to be unacquainted with these monsters, let me just say that you can't argue with a group of rock n' rollers whose credentials include stints in the Obsessed, Sunn O))), Thorr's Hammer, Scream, Asva and Burning Witch. A solid cross section of sludgecore, punk, stoner rock, black metal and doom you think? Nah, Goatsnake don't go in for your obscure genre categorizations. It's just heavy rock, and who can't get behind that? Surely we've all spent enough time rocking out in smoky rec rooms and basements to set aside our differences and enjoy some mammoth riffs, hedonistic manly rock god vocals, massive sing along hooks and a seriously heavy-duty mix courtesy of Nick Raskulinecz.

Here's footage from the first Goatsnake show in 5 years at this year's Roadburn festival at Tillburg in the Netherlands. Enjoy, and pick up this stone classic of a rock n' roll album when it comes out if you know what's good for ya. Maybe if you're really lucky these gunslingers will be rollin' into your town soon.