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Clockwise from top left: Jerry Paper, John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus, Avishai Cohen, Ben Lukas Boysen Courtesy of the artists hide caption
The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle at his home in Durham, N.C., where he wrote and recorded Songs for Pierre Chuvin in 10 days. Lalitree Darnielle/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
SOAK's Grim Town is on our short list of the best new albums out on April 26. Ellius Grace/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Mountain Goats' In League With Dragons comes out April 26. Jeremy Lange/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Mountain Goats' In League With Dragons is out April 26 on Merge. Jeremy Lange/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
John Darnielle performs with The Mountain Goats at a 2015 concert in Birmingham, Ala. David A. Smith/Getty Images hide caption
The Mountain Goats' new EP is called Hex of Infinite Binding. Jeremy M. Lange/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sasha Banks (shown here at a WWE Live Duesseldorf event in 2017 in Duesseldorf, Germany) is the subject of a new song by The Mountain Goats. Lukas Schulze/Bongarts/Getty Images hide caption
The Mountain Goats perform on Mountain Stage. Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage hide caption
The Mountain Goats On Mountain Stage
The Mountain Goats' new EP is all about Ozzy. DL Anderson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Laura Jane Grace (left) is one of 14 artists covering The Mountain Goats' All Hail West Texas track-by-track. Ryan Russell, DL Andersoni/Courtesy of the artists hide caption
The Mountain Goats' new album, Goths, is out May 19 Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"[Goth] was a convenient shorthand for the type of music that you liked if you had a kind of a morbid imagination and favored minor keys," says John Darnielle. Jeremy M. Lange/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Shakey Graves, Trio Mediaeval, The Mountain Goats, Mr. Mitch, The War On Drugs, Elliot Moss, GAS Courtesy of the artists hide caption
In 'Universal Harvester,' Mountain Goats Lyricist Reaps A Creepy Crop
"[Death metal] is a very passionate music. It's also really dark and gory--and I like that stuff." - John Darnielle, of the Mountain Goats. DL Andersoni hide caption
The Mountain Goats' new album, Beat the Champ, comes out April 7. Lissa Gotwals/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
John Darnielle's new book is Wolf In White Van. DL Anderson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption