GOATWHORE To Perform At New Orleans' 'House Of Shock'
September 26, 2009GOATWHORE will perform on Halloween night (October 31) at House of Shock, the infamous haunted attraction in New Orleans.
House of Shock is a haunted attraction started in 1993 by Philip Anselmo (PANTERA, DOWN),Ross Karpelman (DOWN keyboardist),Jay Gracianette and Steven Joseph (who toured with PANTERA in various road-crew capacities) as a fun alternative to the average Halloween party. Since then it has grown into a huge event spanning the entire month of October and is rated one of the top ten haunted attractions in the country.
The House of Shock will be open every weekend in October starting October 2.
For more information on the House of Shock, go to this location.
GOATWHORE's new album, "Carving Out The Eyes Of God", sold around 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release to enter The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 190. The CD landed at No. 67 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
"Carving Out The Eyes of God" was released in the U.S. on June 23 via Metal Blade Records.
For the follow-up to 2006's "A Haunting Curse", GOATWHORE headed back to St. Petersburg, Florida to record with producer Erik Rutan at Mana Recording Studios, with mastering being handled by Alan Douches of West West Side.
A 2009 Fuse TV mini-documentary on House of Shock can be viewed below.
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