I remember seeing some pretty wretched reviews for Now, Diabolical when it was released - claims that Satyricon had finally deconstructed and dumbed-down their sound to a simplified parody of their once-feral greatness. I didn’t think so - sure, it was minimalist, but not toothless - it still seethed in the right places, and rocked [...]

I dismissed Satyricon long ago. After listening to the first song on Volcano it became apparent I was too hasty. While they bear little resemblance to their glory days of nearly a decade ago, luckily they resemble even less the late 90’s version that turned me away. Satyricon seems to be one of those bands [...]