Metal Reviews

My favorite album by the band, if there's any fans here, what are your thoughts? Is it not grim enough for you? Too much of a change? Honestly I think it's their best effort and I absolutely love the style they had going on this album.

There's just plenty of great tracks to rock out to on this album. I realize that may not be very kvlt, but it's the truth. Possessed, Fuel For Hatred, Suffering the Tyrants, Black Lava... Shit, man. I think they're all good.

I was fishing through reviews on good ol' MR, and saw this received a ridiculous 64/100. This is truly a great album, even if you're butthurt about Satyricon changing it up. Easily a 90/100 in my book.

I used to hate it, not least for Black Lava going on for like twenty freaking minutes, but I've come around after getting into Now Diabolical and Commando Stones In The Water The Age Of Nero. Not heard any of them for a while, actually.

Latter Satyricon all gets a bit boring really.

The likes of Nemesis Divina, Dark Medieval Times and The Shadowthrone rule supreme.

Gee do they print you guys off on copy machines, or what?

Those are great albums, but I'll take Volcano over all 3 of those any day.



I'm usually against long ass songs myself... But there's something about Black Lava I really love. This whole album has an awesome black metal/rock kinda feel to it... You know? You can really sorta groove to this one... I can't really explain it I guess. I can just pop this thing in, and I know I'm gonna be hit with some sweet riffs. I love the drums on this album, too.

I just love what they have going on here, and what they've been doing since. While Now, Diabolical was their weakest effort, IMO, The Age of Nero was a great redeemer.

I'm a big fan of this kinda black metal, the kind with a rock n roll kick in the ass. Vreid's I Krig reminds me of this style, as well.

i pretty much just listen to it for Fuel for Hatred, I can remember trying really hard to listening to it on my way back from Flagstaff a looong time ago but Satyr's voice ruined it

Really? Satyr is probably my favorite black metal vocalist. =(

There are certainly better... Frost is a better drummer than Satyr is a vocalist, for sure. And yes, Fuel For Hatred's initial riff does tend to go off in my head like an air raid siren announcing a bombing run of headbanging.

Well, instrumentally and even vocally you could say the band is mediocre, but they put it altogether in a way that completely kicks ass.

I think the only BM vocalist I'd put against of Satyr is Abbath... Then again I'm probably forgetting several vocalists.

The new songs slay in live situations.

True. When did you see them? When I saw them recently they held out Mother North until a second encore and lots of the crowd chanting for it.

Vreid I probably like better than recent Satyricon because it still contains some of the tendencies of Windir along with a faster assault of Black N' Roll than Satyr and co.

At Metalcamp. They played the best gig I've ever seen on borrowed equipment; all their stuff was still in Roskilde, down to the last wire, down to the last shirt. Frost playing Filthgrinder on a borrowed kit... amazing. Mostly they played material from the last three albums, save for the inescapable Mother North... and a track from Dark Medieval Times. How cool is that? What major black metal act would do that?

Just a summary of my opinion, although I did quite enjoy Now, Diabolical. Isn't Darkthrone playing this style now though, although ND is very different from The Cult is Alive.

Yeah definitely, after hearing I's awesome Between Two Worlds a few days ago, Abbath has pretty much become my fave BM vocalist.

And of course along with the vocalist of DsO.

I'm not too sure, honestly I've never been a Darkthrone fan. Haven't listened to anything by them recently, but if they're rockin' the BM like Satyricon, I'll have to check it out.

I'd say check Khold out first. Darkthrone rocking sounds next to nothing like Satyricon rocking.

Absolutely love Khold, I picked up Hundre whatever the hell it's called after it was reviewed.

Ruins from Australia are worth checking too, although they don't rock so hard the riffs are kinda similar here and there. Very different effect though.