The Shadow of the Horn

Retro thrashers Goat Horn wanna know what’s so goddamn funny?

Goat Horn singer/bassist Jason Decay is every parent’s worst nightmare. Whatever happened to that nice young boy who grew up in the Ottawa Valley listening to John Cougar Mellencamp? He sold his soul to Satan for Sebastian Bach’s haircut and a 6-pack of Laker Premium Lager. Now when his mom calls her son in  Toronto to see how he’s adjusting to big city life, she hears Manowar declaring jihad against “all those who play false metal” on his answering machine. “Actually, I don’t think she’s called me here yet,” laughs Decay. “She’d probably think it was weird if I ever left a normal message on my answering machine.”Maybe Mrs. Decay didn’t mind the gloom-and-doom atmospherics and slow Cathedral crawl of Goat Horn’s full-length debut Voyage to Nowhere, but she should be thrilled with the band’...

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