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When the Singapore based Pulverized Records
was put to rest earlier this year Sathanas and other bands with them were
suddenly left without a label to support them. The new album from Sathanas has
instead been released by Blackmetal.com, owned by Deborah Jaffe of Master /
Slave Relationship. Sathanas is not a pure black metal band since they have
lots of thrash and death metal influences, something that helps in making
their music a lot more interesting and dynamic. They should therefore also
appeal to many fans who aren't hardcore black metal fanatics. Sometimes they
remind me of Old Man's Child at their best even though Sathanas is more death
metal-ish than their Norwegian colleagues. Most black metal bands aren't that
generous when it comes to riffing but luckily Sathanas are as the listener
will learn immediately from the great heavy rhythm on the opening track
"Winged Black Spirit" which is one of the highlights of the album together
with the magnificent "Queen Of The Netherworld". Even though the production
is good enough I think Sathanas could improve in this area and with the right
label support I think they could become one of the leading black/death metal
hybrids.
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1. Winged Black |
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Spirit 2. To Bring Torture 3. Empire Daemonum 4. Thy Dark |
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Heavens 5. March Through Fire 6. Queen Of The Netherworld |
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7. Curse Your Saviour 8. Banished To Eternity |
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