Name: The Shadowthrone
Brand: Satyricon

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NPLM44556.2

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-05-28

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Supplier US

WEA /­ ADA

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Sales:8.875

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840588144556

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Satyricon

Genre US

Metal

Label US

Napalm Records

Satyricon is a black metal band from Oslo, Norway, founded in 1991. Originally formed as a death metal band called Eczema, they transitioned to playing black metal the following year and changed their name to Satyricon. The driving force behind the band has always been Satyr (Sigurd Wongraven), who joined in 1991. Drummer Frost (Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad) joined in 1993, and since then Satyricon has primarily operated as a two-man force with occasional session musicians for live performances and album writing.

The early works of Satyricon were heavily influenced by medieval aesthetics and folk music, with "Nemesis Divina" being considered the peak of this era. However, their musical direction shifted with the release of "Rebel Extravaganza" in 1999, embracing an industrial sound and more contemporary imagery. Since then, Satyricon has continued to push boundaries by incorporating heavy metal/rock elements into their music while also gaining mainstream recognition in Norway.

Despite facing challenges such as Satyr's brain tumor diagnosis in 2015 which led to a brief break, Satyricon released their latest album "Deep Calleth Upon Deep" in 2017. The current lineup consists of Satyr on vocals, guitar, bass, and keyboards since 1991 and Frost on drums since 1993.

Only eight months separate the creation of Dark Medieval Times and its successor, The Shadowthrone. But the second SATYRICON album showcased a huge evolutionary leap for its creators. This act of consolidation and refinement has now been remastered and will be reissued with an altered artwork on gatefold vinyl and digipak CD format via Napalm Records. On The Shadowthrone, Satyr truly blossomed as a composer of artful extremity. Even in sonic terms, it stood apart from both tradition and trend, deftly encompassing both primitive, earthbound grit and a suffocating sense of otherworldly vastness. Propelled forward at an infernal pace by the increasingly masterful drumming of Frost and graced with a cameo contribution from Emperor’s Samoth, The Shadowthrone struck the perfect, hellish chord at the exact right moment in time. Within weeks of its release, SATYRICON’s legendary status was effectively confirmed. Informed by the tonality and textures of Norwegian folk music tradition but fuelled by Satyr’s unique vision of black metal, the propulsive, muscular forward grind of grandiose sprawls like “In The Mist By The Hills” threw down a formidable template, upon which SATYRICON have continued to build for more than a quarter of a century. With an altered front cover, that shows Natteglød (1893) by Norwegian painter Harald Sohlberg, The Shadowthrone’s reissue dives deep into the mesmerizing grandeur of Norwegian black metal of the early 90s, where this grand legacy began.

The Shadowthrone

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