[Mp3-320] Satyricon - Now Diabolical (2006)[Colombo-bt.org]

Title: Now Diabolical

Year: 2006

Genre: Black Metal

Bitrate: 320 kbps



TRACKLIST

1. Now, Diabolical

2. K.i.n.g.

3. The Pentagram Burns

4. A New Enemy

5. The Rite Of Our Cross

6. That Darkness Shall Be Eternal

7. Delirium

8. To The Mountains



REVIEW

On Now Diabolical Satyricon continue the trend they begun on Rebel Extravaganza and continued on Volcano. They've simplified their sound even more, stripping away any extraneous components or flourishes, in the process revealing a dark and machine-like structure that if anything makes them more menacing. Now, Diabolical is a focused and relentless grooving wall of clock-work precision that is as intense as it is catchy. Never thought I'd use the word catchy in reference to an extreme metal band but damned if it isn't. It's not that the the songs are simple, key changes, rhythm changes and dynamics abound. But Satyricon use repetition to emphasize those changes and to build tension. There's a certain amount of restraint in this cd. Frost for example rarely plays blast beats but lays down an almost tribal by way of AC/DC thing. Satyr's guitars are simplified and locked perfectly with the percussion which makes for a monstrous unity of sound. Riding over the top are Satyr's chilling vocals. Which I think are the best he's ever done. I suppose one could make the argument that Satyricon are black metal in lyrical content only these days. I prefer to think they are redefining the genre. They've certainly come a long way from their early masterpiece Dark Medieval Times and that's ok as they continue to forge a new, interesting and dark as f*ck direction for themselves.



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