Megiddo - Mother North in the Dawn of a New Age
| Megiddo - Mother North in the Dawn of a New Age | |
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| Extended Play by Satyricon | |
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Publication |
1997 |
| Label (s) | Moonfog Productions , Nuclear Blast |
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Format (s) |
CD, 12 " |
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running time |
20:50 |
| occupation |
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Satyr |
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Studio (s) |
Waterfall Studios |
Megiddo - Mother North in the Dawn of a New Age , often referred to as Megiddo for short , is the first EP by the Norwegian metal band Satyricon . It was released in 1997.
Emergence
Night of Divine Power was originally released in 1993 under the title The Dark Castle in the Deep Forest on Satyricon's debut album Dark Medieval Times . The material for Nemesis Divina , on which The Dawn of a New Age originally appeared in 1996, was written between the fall of 1993 and the winter of 1995. Night of Divine Power and the Motörhead cover Orgasmatron were recorded in the Waterfall Studios, Forhekset on April 2nd, 1996 live in Essen . The remix of The Dawn of a New Age by Apoptygma Berzerk was made at the APB in Oslo . The EP was produced by Satyr in the House of APB, it was mastered by HP
Track list
- The Dawn of a New Age (Remix by Apoptygma Berzerk ) - 5:45
- Night of Divine Power (remake of The Dark Castle in the Deep Forest ) - 5:50
- Forhekset (live) - 4:16
- Orgasmatron - 4:59 ( Kilmister , Burston , Gill , Campbell )
Music genre
The EP contains samples from Root , Laibach and Morbid Angel . The band experimented with electronic music on the remix of The Dawn of a New Age and the cover of Orgasmatron .
reception
Kai Wendel from Rock Hard was of the opinion that with this release the band would “split their fan base into two camps, because they are entering musical realms into which no Black Metal band has so consistently ventured before. It takes a lot of courage to mix a blast like 'The Dawn Of A New Age', the ' Nemesis Divina ' opener, into a rather idiosyncratic industrial version with normal vocals. Die-hard Schwarztod fans are sure to clap their hands over their heads and wonder what that has to do with their favorite music. They are compensated by 'Night Of Divine Power', a new, extremely brutal version of the classic 'The Dark Castle In The Deep Forest' and a live recording of 'Forhekset'. At the end of the EP all electro sound freaks get their money's worth, provided they like Motörhead. Satyr & Co. took on 'Orgasmatron' and turned the Lemmy classic into a spacey Black-Industrial number, which would interest me what Mr. Kilmister thinks of it. Anyway, the answer to the question: What can or must we expect from the next Norwegian long groove? ”Steve Hoeltzel of Chronicles of Chaos wrote that the remix of The Dawn of a New Age was“ not quite so terrible as my sarcasm probably makes it sound, ”he still doesn't like it. In Night of Divine Power , the new recording of The Dark Castle in the Deep Forest , he sees no point; the sound is a bit cleaner, even polished, but the piece loses atmosphere compared to the original. Forhekset's live recording sounds “muddy”, but better than expected from the accompanying text, but the piece belongs to the bland and uninspired material that is typical of the overrated album Nemesis Divina . Once again one of the extremes is heading towards the mainstream; he was glad he didn't have to pay for this EP.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kai Wendel: Satyricon . Megiddo - Mother North In The Dawn Of A New Age. In: Rock Hard . No. 120 ( rockhard.de [accessed on January 28, 2013]).
- ↑ Steve Hoeltzel: Satyricon - Megiddo. Chronicles of Chaos, September 14, 1997, accessed January 28, 2013 .