SATYRICON

Release Year: 2017
Artist Origin: NOR
Style: cold sophisticated modern black metal

if you think the previous self-titled full-length was too much of a deviation from traditionally grim agenda, then this latest comeback of Satyr and Frost, regardless of atmospheric and melancholic nature, sounds more familiar to what they have been up to this modern age, blowing off the dust from sharper, more ambitious approach - obviously, dudes do not refuse dark, brooding textures in a continuous search for new forms of expression, presenting even subtle progressive elements, yet there is a certain move towards complexity and haunting episodes again, exploring isolation and introspection on the way, effectively strengthened by minimalist design with a philosophical cover artwork borrowed from Edvard Munch; Austrian first press three panel digipak edition