The Goat of Mendes

The Goat of Mendes is the second studio album by English death metal band Akercocke. It was released on 11 September 2001, through Peaceville Records.

The Goat of Mendes
Studio album by
Akercocke
Released11 September 2001
RecordedApril 2001
GenreBlackened death metal
Length56:38
LabelPeaceville
Akercocke chronology
Rape of the Bastard Nazarene
(1999)		 The Goat of Mendes
(2001)		 Choronzon
(2003)

Release

The Goat of Mendes was released in standard and digipak CD format. The album included a music video for "Infernal Rites". A video for "Horns of Baphomet" was also released in 2001.

Dean Seddon, at the time vocalist of symphonic black metal band Hecate Enthroned, provided backing vocals for the track "The Serpent".

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Chronicles of Chaos8.5/10[1]
Kerrang!favourable[2]
Rock Soundfavourable[3]
Terrorizerfavourable[4]

Akercocke drummer and lyricist David Gray has remarked that The Goat of Mendes is "in my opinion, our best album".[5]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Of Menstrual Blood and Semen"6:25
2."A Skin for Dancing In"7:17
3."Betwixt Iniquitatis and Prostigiators"2:12
4."Horns of Baphomet"7:06
5."Masks of God"4:51
6."The Serpent"3:47
7."Fortune My Foe"1:16
8."Infernal Rites"4:29
9."He Is Risen"4:47
10."Breaking Silence"4:15
11."Initiation"1:11
12."Ceremony of Nine Angles"8:53
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References
  1. Azevedo, Pedro (8 December 2001). "CoC : Akercocke – The Goat of Mendes : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  2. Lawson, Don (May 2001). "[Kerrang! review]". Kerrang! (854).
  3. Exley, Mike (26 July 2001). "[Rock Sound review]". Rock Sound (26).
  4. Schwarz, Paul (June 2001). "[Terrorizer review]". Terrorizer (90).
  5. Gray, David (2009). "[akercocke.com article]". akercocke.com. Missing or empty |url= (help)
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