Very old school doom, with up front Christian lyrics. "Aquired" it the otherday.

I heard this album a couple of years ago...I don't recall it really sticking with me...I'll have to see if I can hear it again...I think they have a MySpace presence...

This may be easier than I thought! Just went to their MySpace page and found this...posted yesterday:

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For every person that makes a picture comment and a site comment that is just showing how crazy you are about Goliath and his music + post a bulletin with a link to Goliath telling all of your friends to add Goliath will receive....a download link with the entire cd. in MP3 format. That's how much We at Bad Ass Management want you to get the word out!

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My, how GOLIATH has changed...Mick is still in charge & GOLIATH is active...but this doesn't appear to be the same band....

http://goliathrocks.spruz.com/

Found that link on the MySpace page linked in the CDA GOLIATH forum...

Mick annoys the hell out of me

I don't get it... Whats he doing? Its not a new album, it was released back in 01!! Have they been re-recorded perhaps? They sound different, more metal and less doom.

I must admit I know nothing about Mick Rowe... I didn't even know he was in the band until I read your earlier post.

He's been around the Christian scene a long time, dating back to the band TEMPEST in the late 80s with his brother Jamie Rowe (then "J.R. Rowe"). Jamie went on to GUARDIAN and Mick did whatever.

He's done GOLAITH, NINETEEN88, MIDNIGHT ORCHESTRA, tried his hand at Outlaw Country music (I think) and tried to launch himself as a solo pop artist (sounding kind of like a Christian Vertical Horizon)...plus he co-owns a tattoo shop w/ his wife.

He was accused (falsely, as it turns out) of some pretty heinous things last year that sullied his rep...a rep that was already sullied a bit (according to other posts from people who've dealt with him...I never have) by his own apparent actions.

I've never met him, don't know him and have no opinion of him personally...I'm only going by what I've seen online...which, as we know, isn't exactly 100% reputable.

Mick has always been an odd little duck. He's not a bad musician. He just wants to do anything and everything.

I love the music on The Gate, but there's all this noisy, annoying preaching samples in between every song - which really detract from the overall album. I recently made myself a copy without all of the samplage, so I need to give it a fresh listen.

I think the "new" CD may just be a repackaging of The Gate, but it would certainly be very cool if it was new recordings or even the original ones without all of the samples. We'll see. I may grab it anyway, just for kicks.

I also have the three demos that Mick and David Benson did together prior to the first GOLIATH album being released and, IMO, it's the best sounding material either of them has ever done. Too bad it didn't work out.

I was never that impressed by David Benson...maybe I need to give it another chance...

I'll post these demos for you somewhere so you can check them out.

Coolness...thanks!