Vengeful Ascension

Vengeful Ascension is the seventh studio album by blackened death metal band Goatwhore, released on June 23, 2017 by Metal Blade Records.[1][2]

Vengeful Ascension
Studio album by Goatwhore
Released	June 23, 2017
Genre	Blackened death metal, thrash metal
Length	41:53
Label	Metal Blade
Goatwhore chronology
Constricting Rage of the Merciless (2014) Vengeful Ascension (2017)

In addition to the standard release, a special "Spell Book" edition was also released, limited to 3000 copies. This edition includes a 40-page hardcover book containing lyrics and imagery relating to the album, the album itself on CD, and a bonus CD containing 13 additional tracks featuring several live recordings, cover songs, etc.[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Forsaken"	3:40
2.	"Under the Flesh, Into the Soul"	4:33
3.	"Vengeful Ascension"	4:14
4.	"Chaos Arcane"	3:57
5.	"Where the Sun Is Silent"	4:35
6.	"Drowned in Grim Rebirth"	4:14
7.	"Abandon Indoctrination"	4:19
8.	"Mankind Will Have No Mercy"	3:48
9.	"Decayed Omen Reborn"	4:25
10.	"Those Who Denied God's Will"	4:08
Total length:		41:53

Bonus CD (included in the limited edition "Spell Book" release)[3]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Alchemy of the Black Sun Cult" (Live in Cincinnati, OH - March 1, 2017)	3:31
2.	"Collapse in Eternal Worth" (Live in Cincinnati, OH - March 1, 2017)	4:01
3.	"In Deathless Tradition" (Live in Phoenix, AZ - December 5, 2015)	4:30
4.	"Cold Earth Consumed in Dying Flesh" (Live in Phoenix, AZ - December 5, 2015)	4:25
5.	"FBS" (Live in Phoenix, AZ - December 5, 2015)	3:51
6.	"The All-Destroying" (Live in Phoenix, AZ - December 5, 2015)	3:30
7.	"Parasitic Scriptures of the Sacred World" (Unreleased live bonus track from Constricting Rage of the Merciless)	3:30
8.	"(Don't Need) Religion" (Motörhead cover & Japanese bonus track from Blood for the Master)	2:36
9.	"Between the Immense and the Dead" (Digital edition bonus track from Carving Out the Eyes of God)	4:01
10.	"Alchemy of the Black Sun Cult" (Live Japanese bonus track from Carving Out the Eyes of God)	3:39
11.	"In the Narrow Confines of Defilement" (Live Japanese bonus track from Carving Out the Eyes of God)	4:56
12.	"Under a Funeral Moon" (Darkthrone cover & Japanese bonus track from A Haunting Curse)	4:17
13.	"Into the Crypt of Rays" (Celtic Frost cover from the Goatwhore/Epoch of Unlight split EP)	3:49
Total length:		50:43

Personnel

• L. Ben Falgoust II – lead vocals
• Sammy Duet – guitars, backing vocals
• James Harvey – bass
• Zack Simmons – drums

References

1. "Goatwhore's New Album "Vengeful Ascension" Set For June Release". theprp.com. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
2. "Goatwhore's Seventh Album Will Be A "Vengeful Ascension"". loudwire.com. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
3. "Goatwhore "Vengeful Ascension (Spell Book)" 2xCD - Metal Blade Records". Indie Merch. Retrieved 22 June 2017.