Satyricon is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Satyr (Sigurd Wongraven) and Frost (Kjetil Vidar Haraldstad). They rose to prominence in the early 1990s with albums such as Dark Medieval Times and Nemesis Divina and have continued releasing records and touring into the 2010s and beyond.

Formed in the early 1990s; principal members include Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven (vocals/guitar) and Kjetil "Frost" Haraldstad (drums). Key early albums cited in reviews: Dark Medieval Times (1994), The Shadowthrone (1994), Nemesis Divina (1996). The band performed with the Chorus of the Norwegian Opera & Ballet in Oslo (Live at the Opera, 2015) as noted in reviews.

DeBaser reviews present Satyricon as a seminal Norwegian black metal act whose early 1990s records (Dark Medieval Times, The Shadowthrone, Nemesis Divina) are widely praised. Later releases divide opinion: some critics welcome stylistic evolution, others lament loss of the old spirit. Overall reception across reviews is mixed but acknowledges the band's importance.

For:Fans of Norwegian black metal, metal historians, listeners curious about Satyricon's discography

 ...And the corpses are finally flowing, swollen and putrescent, in the river below the bridge on which I stand and amusedly observe...

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 I find myself in serious difficulty trying to describe the greatness of "Nemesis Divina."

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 "Mother North - How can they sleep while their beds are burning? Mother North - Your fields are bleeding Memories... The invisible wounds Pictures that enshrine your throne (gone??) A future benighted still they are blind Pigeonhearted beings of flesh and blood Keeps closing their eyes for the dangers that threat... ourselves and our nature And that is why They all enrage me Sometimes in the dead of the night I mesmerize my soul Sughts and visions prophecies and horror They all come to me Mother North - United we stand (together we walk) Phantom North - I'll be there when you hunt them down Satyr"

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