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This is the best take.

 

Ok so I'm wrapping up my 5th (6th?) listen of Nemesis Divina right now (Satyricon's 3rd album).

I think I can understand why it stands at 97% on the archives. It's just overall more intense, more mature, and more polished than the first two albums. That's not very descriptive, but the urgency is immediately felt with Satyr's proclamation of "This is Armageddon!" as the first line to the opener "The Dawn of a New Age" which is an absolute mammoth of a song. That's basically the bar being set for the rest of the album, which is just full of dynamic riffs. The incorporation of a grand piano here and there is a nice touch. The aggression is more in line with stuff I tend to lean towards. It's less straightforward blast beats and tremolo picking and more movement and atmosphere. Also, IGN named it as one of the 10 best black metal albums so that's got to count for something, right?

I don't really know what to expect for the next album. It sits at 61% on the archives (which are definitely not the end-all be-all of scores/reviews) and has the difficult task of following up this album. I'll try to keep an open mind, but I'm not sure what I'll be walking in to.

 

Also here's a quick demo from a French thrash band Baphomet that came out last week. Only two songs, but a fun listen. Looking forward to what they do next.

 

@theagentcoma

really been enjoying your reviews of Satyricon!

excited to hear your opinion on the next two

my take is that ND, RE & Volcano are tier 1 records but the two latter ones suffered from classic baseless black metal fan backlash - they are massive & very powerful

 

Woah

 

He has this weird obsession with remaining underground. I don't particularly care for that but it's risky, especially in regards to retaining good band members.

For example, geert to this day remains my favorite vocalist in any hardcore act...yet the band lost him and he's doing some boring acoustic thing back in the Netherlands (it's actually pretty good). I can't blame that on fox entirely but I doubt much was done to keep talent in the band.

 

I think Chad is still my favorite vocalist they had but Geert is a very close second.

 

I'm biased towards Chad because I love NFG lol

 

Riff city!

 

Definitely feels like a nice follow up to Incarnate and Disarm the Descent. Jesse sounds good as well post surgery.

I’m not sure it was the best single since it’s more of a ballad but I’m still excited to hear what they have been working on.

 

wowwwww

 

Hell yes

 

One of my best friend's was in a band in which their vocalist had a connect that set him up to do vocals for Shai at one point. He was deterred by some who knew Fox and said "expect to be told to shut up on tour, not take interviews and to be told what you're gonna sing and not have any input whatsoever on the band." He turned it down because of this. Fox is a super talented guy, but also an insane control freak and a real dickbag to many talented guys that wanted to work with him because of their love for Shai Hulud.

 

Pretty damn good! This is honestly the closest that I think Jesse has sounded to emulating Howard on the mic.

 

late getting around to it but holy heck the full of hell album is great

 

I don’t think he is trying to sound like him...

 

So good.

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...BMAB6BAgJEAU&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov

Old school video with Chad on vocals.

 

One of my faves so far this year

 

No definitely not! That wasn’t how I meant it. Jesse 100% does his own thing, this is just the first time where a song he’s done since being back in the band reminded me heavily of Howard.

 

What was this?

 

Is it not showing up anymore? Alcest announcing that their new album is titled Spiritual Instinct, and that it's out on October 25th via Nuclear Blast. Single and more details still forthcoming.

 

The new Killswitch Engage single is alright. Glad to see they're still doing their thing after almost 20 years even though they don't hit as hard for me as they used to.