Volcano (Satyricon album)

Volcano
Studio album by Satyricon
Released October 25, 2002
Recorded August–November 2001
Genre Black metal, heavy metal
Length 64:52
Label Moonfog, Capitol
Producer Satyr
Satyricon chronology
Rebel Extravaganza
(1999)Rebel Extravaganza1999		 Volcano
(2002)		 Now, Diabolical
(2006)Now, Diabolical2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chronicles of Chaos8.5/10[2]

Volcano is the fifth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Satyricon. It was released on October 25, 2002, through Moonfog Productions. The album is one of the band's more successful records, having won several awards including the Norwegian Grammy for Best Metal Album, Alarm awards for Metal Album of the Year, Song of the Year for "Fuel for Hatred" and an Oslo award for Best Overall Album. A video was made for the single "Fuel for Hatred".

Background

The beginning of the first track is a sample of Russell Crowe's dialogue from the movie Gladiator.

Track listing

All tracks written by Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven.

No.TitleLength
1."With Ravenous Hunger"6:40
2."Angstridden"6:23
3."Fuel for Hatred"3:53
4."Suffering the Tyrants"5:08
5."Possessed"5:21
6."Repined Bastard Nation"5:44
7."Mental Mercury"6:53
8."Black Lava"14:29
Vinyl bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."Live Through Me"4:47
10."Existential Fear-Questions"5:34

Personnel

Satyricon

Session

  • Anja Garbarek – vocals on "Angstridden", "Mental Mercury" and "Black Lava"
  • Erik Ljunggren – programming, keyboards

Production

  • Erik Ljunggren – recording and engineering
  • Michael H. Fernando – recording and engineering
  • "Critter" – mixing
  • Espen Berg – mastering

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Norwegian Albums Chart 4[3]

References

  1. ↑ Serba, John. "Volcano - Satyricon : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Kalis, Quentin (7 December 2003). "CoC : Satyricon - Volcano : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
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