Description

The remarkable thing about this album is that the artistic restrictions Satyricon set for themselves seem very similar to those that apply to generic rock music – a catchy hookline, clock set to a certain number of beats per minute… You get the picture. The result is surprising: Never so far has black metal shown such force. The framework the band worked in imposed a new precision and compactness to their music that immediately stimulates the dark emotional center of the brain: It wakes the beast inside, if you will, and as an antithesis to the Holy Grail of rock music this is truly diabolical. Produced by Satyr himself, NOW, DIABOLICAL was recorded in various studios throughout Norway and in the famous Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, Canada. NOW, DIABOLICAL opens a new chapter not only in Satyricon's history, but in that of metal itself. A highly unusual album that should change the way black metal is perceived. Exit stage right: the devil in his carnevalesque attire, the next act is devoted to the grim darkness that lives within every human being, that doesn't listen to any name, but makes its presence felt through music like the one found on this masterpiece. Limited vinyl edition with foldout cover. Black vinyl strictly limited to only 100 copies