Review: Goetia – Mortuary Cult

Review by Sandre the Giant Released: 12th June 2026 US death metal newcomers Goetia have risen from the ashes of Washington DC’s Perpetuated, and have been getting talked up by a number of people I respect online so I thought I’d give their debut full length record ‘Mortuary Cult’ a go. Based on experiences they had in an old graveyard in the city’ suburbs, expect some super fast and tight death metal carnage. ‘Mortuary Cult’ is out now through the venerable Carbonized Records. After the haunting, scene-setting intro track, ‘Lanterns of the Dead’ roars into life with a fearsome collection of killer riffs and surprisingly fluid and melodic soloing. The band have a very old school death metal crunch to them, but there’s sneaky modern melodeath virtuosity peeking through as well. The gnarled atmosphere clashes violently with a vibrant and savage insistency, with songs like ‘Bestial Tomb’ and ‘Tortures in Time’ thrusting forward desperately for air amongst the eldritch production. It all…