Through their punishing and dreamy instrumentals, Goliathan tells stories as vast as geologic time itself. Tales of epic beginnings and inevitable ends, of the epochal crawl of continents, apocalyptic future landscapes and, perhaps most impactfully, of nature finally—and violently—reclaiming its rightful dominion over man.
The L.A-based instrumental doom/ post-rock outfit already had two releases under its belt—their 2017 debut, Awakens, and 2018 follow-up, Albion. And now they’ve unearthed some raw, primal, early recordings that date all the way back to ’06, documenting the band’s first and most primitive incarnation. An epic, three-song, 37-minute set—Artifact features “The Beast Has Awakened,” “If It Could Cry, We Would Surely Drown in Its Tears” and an early alternate version of “In the Path of the Giant, Technology Is Laid to Waste,” which also appears on the band’s debut EP, Awakens. In preparation for their release, the songs on Artifact were remixed by Toshi Kasai (Melvins, Red Sparowes, Helmet), and mastered by Gene Grimaldi (Failure, Fantômas). The set will be released digitally, and on limited-edition 10-inch vinyl Oct. 30., the vinyl featuring the first two tracks, with “Laid To Waste” available as a digital exclusive.
Vents recently had time to discuss the new archival release with Goliathan guitarist Kevin Cogill.