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## Interview with SATYRICON for Nordic Vision 1994

SATYRICON int with Satyr from Nordic Vision nr 2 / 1994

Satyricon will have a new album out very soon. Something we look forward to for sure. Answered in August 1994 by Satyr.

1. “DARK MEDIEVAL TIMES” HAS BEEN OUT FOR SOME TIME NOW. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENT ?
SATYR: It still rules in my ears, though there is always something which could have been clone better. That album is a very good key to the gates of atmosphere.

2. WITH YOUR SECOND ALBUM PEOPLE WILL SURELY NOTICED YOU. DO YOU EXPECT THE SALES TO “EXPLODE” NOW ?
SATYR: No, I don’t think it will, “explode”, but of course I expect to sell a lot more of the new album. Dark Medieval Times has sold alot, and it’s common that the second album sell
more .

3. YOU HAVE A NEW ALBUM RECORDED CALLED “ON THE SHADOWTHRONE” SOON TO BE RELEASED. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS ALBUM ?
SATYR: It’s an album with a very strong Norwegian feeling and certainly very majestic and nostalgic. The album should be the soundtrack to the rise of the north and the song “Hvite Krists D0d” should be Norway’s national anthem.

4. WHAT’S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE DEBUT ALBUM AND YOUR NEW ALBUM ?
SATYR: Production wise, the new album is stronger. It’s harder, but at the same time even more symphonic. We have played the advance tape for “important” people in the scene and they all froze to ice.

5. IN WHAT WAYS HAVE SATYRICON DEVELOPED SINCE YOUR DEBUT DEMO AND ‘TILL NOW ?
SATYR: In every way, it’s a forgotten past.

6. THE LP VERSION FOR “ON THE SHADOWTHRONE” WILL BE SOMETHING SPECIAL?
SATYR: 1000 copies with a gatefold sleeve and 500/1000 picture discs!

7. CAN WE CALL YOUR DEBUT DEMO A “REAL” SATYRICON DEMO ? I MEAN, YOU ARE NOW THE ONLY MEMBER LEFT FROM THOSE DAYS AND MOST OF THE MATERIAL WERE MADE BY THE OTHER ONES.
SATYR: They made the songs and I was just the vocalist, but since the Autumn of 92 I started doing everything and I still do. The first demo is a real Satyricon demo, but I can’t stand behind the material they made when looking back on it now I think it was better than all the other Death metal shit which was released in 92. At least it was black fucken metal.

8. COULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO SEE SATYRICON LIVE/ON TOUR SOMETIME ?
SATYR: Well, it’s possible but not likely. It will be a nightmare trying to recreate all the arrangements we do in the studio live. We’ll see what the future brings.

9. SATYR ICON WILL ALSO RELEASE A CD WITH DEMO TRACKS. WHEN WILL THIS ONE BE OUT ? WHAT SONG WILL BE ON IT ?
SATYR: It’s not decided when it will be released but probably in Dec/Jan or something. It will be the second demo: The Forest is My Throne, in a limited edition of 1000 copies.

10.YOU AND FENRIZ HAVE PLANS TO RECORD OLD NORWEGIAN FOLK MUSIC IN YOUR OWN VERSIONS. PLEASE EXPLAIN ?
SATYR: The project is called “Storm” and it’s basically old Norwegian folk themes rearranged by Satyr and Fenriz. We will record our album this Autumn and we are extremely enthusiastic about it. The album will be out in late 94 or early 95, entitled “Nordavind”.

11.YOU ARE ALSO HAVING A SOLO PROJECT. WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE ? WHEN WILL THIS BE RELEASED ?
SATYR: Most of the music is already done and it will be released in the beginning of 95. The music has nothing to do with metal. It’s dark, norse, medieval, obscure and melodic. The musicians will be myself of course and Ihsahn(Emperor) and Haavard (ex Satyricon).

12.YOU ARE A BUSY PERSON. DO YOU HAVE ANY SPARE TIME AT ALL ?
SATYR: Too little, it’s very annoying with all these duties all the time. And on top of that I get stressed by phone calls all the time. I wish I had more sparetime so I could slow down a bit. Forest wandering is supreme .soul rest. I will spend more time visiting obscure nature pearls this Autumn. I have already started…

13.VENNLIGST AVSLUTT DETTE HER INTERVJUET MED EN EKSKLUSIV MELDING TIL DE SKANDINAVISKE LESERNE OM MOONFOGS POSTORDRESAf.G !
SATYR: Köp norskt ! Og i disse dager er det vel klart at. alt er ikke norskt selv om det har base her til lands. Drep de kristne.