Danish doom metal band Goatsmoker announces new album »E.R.I.S.« on Vinyltroll Records; first single & music video premieres this Friday!

Copenhagen, Denmark based doom metal band Goatsmoker has announced their sophomore album, titled »E.R.I.S.«, scheduled for release on March 20th, 2026 through Vinyltroll Records.

The first single and music video will be premiered this Friday, February 20th, 2026.

Tracklist:
01. Cursed
02. Waiting
03. Gods Of Gunzilla
04. Entropy Reigns In Silence
05. Dakhma

Courtesy of Audible Music:

Goatsmoker is a four-piece Copenhagen-based doom metal band whose sound thrives in the tension between weight and atmosphere. Emerging from the city’s underground in 2015, the band forged its identity in a Cold War bunker – a fitting birthplace for a sound steeped in decay, heaviness, and human fatigue.

Goatsmoker’s music is defined by its insistence on imperfection – downtuned, fuzz-driven guitars, crushing bass, and drums that feel like they measure time in heartbeats rather than beats per minute. The band doesn’t chase precision or genre; they chase resonance, atmosphere, and the human pulse behind their sound. Their 2022 debut »E.O.T.A«. introduced this philosophy: riffs that drag like gravity, compositions that breathe, and an ear for the eerie that makes every note feel inevitable.

Photo credit: Jasper Spanning

Their second full-length album, »E.R.I.S.«, amplifies these ideas into a darker, slower, and heavier form. Recorded live over a week in a freezing barn in rural Sweden, the album captures both the grit of performance and the fragility of humanity. Every hum, creak, and subtle flaw was preserved – nothing was polished away.

The album’s title refers to the track »Entropy Reigns In Silence«, and to Eris, the Greek goddess of strife, as well as serving as a symbolic echo of their debut. Across five tracks, the record explores themes of entropy, decay, and moral collapse, examining a world teetering on the brink from a sharp, anti-religious perspective.

»E.R.I.S.« pre-orders will be available this Friday at vinyltrolden.dk or on the band’s Bandcamp.

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well