Volcano (Satyricon album)

Volcano

Studio album by Satyricon

Released

25 October 2002

Recorded

August 2001–November 2002

Genre

Black metal

Length

1:04:52

Satyricon chronology

Rebel Extravaganza
(1999)

Volcano
(2002)

Now, Diabolical
(2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Chronicles of Chaos	8.5/10^[2]

Volcano is the fifth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Satyricon. It was released on 25 October 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 first track is a sample of Russell Crowe's dialogue from the movie Gladiator.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven.

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
9.	"Live Through Me"	4:47
10.	"Existential Fear-Questions"	5:34

Personnel

Satyricon

Satyr (Sigurd Wongraven) – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, arrangement, production, recording, engineering, mixing and mastering
Frost (Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad) – drums

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

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

Satyricon

Satyr Frost Wargod Exhurtum Lemarchand Samoth Kveldulv Steinar Gundersen Jonna Nikula Gildas Le Pape Anders Odden

Studio albums	Dark Medieval Times The Shadowthrone Nemesis Divina Rebel Extravaganza Volcano Now, Diabolical The Age of Nero Satyricon

Compilation albums	The Forest Is My Throne Ten Horns – Ten Diadems

EPs	Megiddo Intermezzo II My Skin Is Cold

Live albums	Live at the Opera

Singles	"K.I.N.G."

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