Goatwhore’s Wicked Universe

“In Goatwhore’s wicked universe, sexuality and the supernatural always go hand-in-hand –– an unsurprising paradigm, considering that the quartet hail from one of North America’s most haunted cities.”

So writes Pitchfork, in talking about the New Orleans, Louisiana band’s latest record, 2014’s Constricting Rage of the Merciless. They’ve been around since the late 1990s, finding a label home most recently on Metal Blade.

In that time, you can hear them tweaking their sound, playing with black and thrash metal as to which, Pitchfork says, vocalist Louis Ben Falgoust’s “range of growls and screams lend … terrific contrast.”

Goatwhore are in the Exchange on Wednesday, June 24 with Black Breath, Ringworm, and Theories. Doors at 7:30 p.m. Advance tickets are $20 plus service charges and are available at Vintage Vinyl, Madame Yes, and online at TicketEdge. Tickets available at the door barring a sell-out. All ages and licensed.