Danish doom metal band Goatsmoker releases sophomore album »E.R.I.S.« today on Vinyltroll Records and plays release show tomorrow!

Copenhagen, Denmark based doom metal band Goatsmoker presents their sophomore album, »E.R.I.S.«, which was just released this Friday, March 20th, 2026 through Vinyltroll Records.

Listen to »E.R.I.S.« on all major streaming platforms!

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.

Following the single and video predecessor »Gods Of Gunzilla«, the band releases its second album »E.R.I.S.« via Vinyltroll Records today – singer and guitarist Andreas Krohn states in connection with the album release:

“We are so excited to share this release with the world, and especially to celebrate it this Saturday when we share the stage with two amazing bands – our long-time stoner doom friends from Aalborg, Tripplegänger, and our shaman doom brothers from the void, Buskas.

We are super grateful that these bands are coming from afar to celebrate with us – and of course, we hope to fill the venue with even more great people ready to enjoy a full night of doom and immense heaviness.”

»E.R.I.S.« is released on vinyl in two limited editions and digital formats, and the vinyl can be ordered via Bandcamp HERE and Vinyltroll Records HERE.

Tomorrow, March 21, Goatsmoker will play a release concert at Basement in Copenhagen with special guests Trippelgänger and Buskas, and tickets can be purchased HERE.

Photo credit: Jasper Spanning

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.

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.

Produced and mixed by the band itself and mastered by Simon Sonne (ORM), »E.R.I.S.« channels both chaos and control. Its five sprawling compositions merge doom’s weight with the texture and patience of post-metal. From the monolithic heaviness of »Gods Of Gunzilla« to the unpredictable, almost progressive shifts in »Entropy Reigns In Silence«, and the hypnotic repetition of »Cursed«, the album traces a spectrum of doom both immediate and cosmic. Guest vocals by Lasse Flaaten Husmer of the Copenhagen Boys’ Choir add a haunting edge to the track »Dakhma«, reinforcing the album’s sense of desolation and grace. The amazing artwork done by Dylan J. Davis.

»E.R.I.S.« is a document of surrender, patience, and witness – the sound of a band fully embracing imperfection, space, and time, and of a world unraveling toward its own impending doom.

Recorded and mixed by Andreas Krohn.
Mastered by Simon Sonne Andersen.
Backing vocals on »Dakhma« by Lasse Flaaten Husmer.
Artwork by Dylan J. Davis.

Line-up:
Andreas Krohn – Guitars & Vocals
Magnus Ohmsen – Guitars
Alex Falkesgaard – Bass
Ole Kaspersen – Drums

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