Intermezzo II

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Intermezzo II
Extended Play by Satyricon

Publication
(s)

1999

admission

January 1996, January 1999

Label (s) Mystic Production , Nuclear Blast , Moonfog Productions

Format (s)

MC, CD, 12 "

Genre (s)

Extreme metal

Title (number)

4th

running time

20:10

occupation
  • Vocals, guitar, effects: satyr
  • Bass for A Moment of Clarity and INRI : Ingar Amlien
  • Effects at A Moment of Clarity and INRI : Vegard Blomberg
  • Guitar in A Moment of Clarity : Sanrabb

Studio (s)

Ambience Studios, Waterfall Studios, Thorns Facilities

Intermezzo II is the second EP from the Norwegian metal band Satyricon . It was released in 1999 and is dedicated to Bård Owe Haberland, who died in 1997, who, according to the dedication, “lived like a devil and died like an angel” (an allusion to Venom's Live Like an Angel (Die Like a Devil) ).

Emergence

Nemesis Divina was recorded in January 1996 in the Waterfall Studios with the sound engineer Kai Robøle for the album of the same name , the other pieces in January 1999; A Moment of Clarity and INRI were recorded in the Ambience Studios (sound engineer: Mike Hartung), Blessed from Below (Melancholy / Oppression / Longing) in the Thorns Facilities by SW Krupp ( Thorns ) and Satyr. The EP was mastered by Espen Berg and Satyr.

Track list

Music and lyrics except for INRI by Satyr.

  1. A Moment of Clarity - 6:40
  2. INRI ( Sarcófago Cover) - 2:11
  3. Nemesis Divina (Clean Vision Mix) - 5:16
  4. Blessed from Below (Melancholy / Oppression / Longing) - 6:03

Music style and lyrics

Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann from Rock Hard described Satyricon's approach on the EP as “uncompromising, coarse and unpolished”, without the bombast of earlier releases and more closely related to her roots in raw Black Metal : “ Razor-sharp , sawing riffs , blastbeat- drumming ('Inri '- a cover version of Sarcofargo [sic!]) and bloodcurdling screeching ”as well as“ dirty rock'n'roll elements ”in A Moment of Clarity . Blessed from Below (Melancholy / Oppression / Longing) , which mixes black metal influences with electronic music, he compared to Thorns .

reception

According to Mühlmann, Satyr and Frost “after their two-year hiatus prove to be credible musicians far from the consensus-wishy-washy hype. I would never have thought that the Norwegians would revert to their roots so radically. ”He described Blessed from Below (Melancholy / Oppression / Longing) as“ a thoroughly successful experiment, with which die-hard black salsify fans will have their problems ”. Adam Wasylyk of Chronicles of Chaos praised Satyricon's version of INRI and recommended buying the EP if the price was good.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: Satyricon . Intermezzo II. In: Rock Hard . No. 144 ( rockhard.de [accessed on January 28, 2013]).
  2. ↑ Adam Wasylyk: Satyricon - Intermezzo II. Chronicles of Chaos, December 8, 1999, accessed on January 28, 2013 (English).