PODCAST: Episode 1054 - Goetia's Matt Scott on "Mortuary Cult," D.C. Death Metal, and a Debut Born in a Cemetery

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Chris Elliott caught up with Matt Scott , bassist and vocalist of Washington, D.C., death metal band Goetia , to discuss the band's debut full-length " Mortuary Cult ," released in June, through Carbonized Record s. Matt breaks down how the album came together, its conceptual foundation drawn directly from experiences in an old cemetery in the D.C. suburbs, and what it meant to channel that environment into ten tracks of fast-paced death metal loaded with guitar solos and blast beats. Goetia formed in the fall of 2022 when Matt Scott, guitarist Demir Soyer, and drummer Nadia Tydings-Lynch discovered an immediate chemistry after a single show together. The band self-released their first EP…