Satyricon
My Skin is Cold

THE REVIEW

Once finished listening to this short EP, it's almost obligatory to insistently ask why on earth the Satyricon made such a commercial choice before releasing the actual full-length, expected by the end of this year. Discovering what they have offered through this "work," I am simply disappointed and nauseated both by the compositional quality of the much-acclaimed new track "My Skin is Cold" and the live songs, which I would consider almost useless, inappropriate, and without a motivated logical connection from the band itself.

Before criticizing them heavily, though, I can’t help but let myself be carried away by the wonderful memories for which I adored this band. I would immediately like to recall how precious and esteemed their flourishing past was, in which they were consecrated with historical pieces like "Mother North," "Forhekset," "Filthgrinder," and with albums to which no objections can be found to obtain the simple pretext of contesting them. A band that during its career has amazed us, made us live virtual "wars" with pleasant medieval contours, and has fascinated us through their ability to make their sound unique, both innovative and aggressive, and in the darker metal scene, it certainly cannot go unnoticed. What does this meager EP want to pass down to us? That the next album will be very similar in global quality to this useless mini-album? If we already had this certainty, I would be the first from this moment on to suggest completely giving up on this band, which has now had its time, and all it will publish in the future may almost no longer interest anyone. From my point of view, it would be completely useless to put a product on the market meant only to ridicule their past and unfortunately change the course of events.

The song "My Skin is Cold" is the plausible example because surely fans, but especially critics, cannot be satisfied with a song that, from a technical point of view, seems completely meaningless, made up of no more than 3 chords and which absolutely fails in the intent of representing their glorious past. Look, if it were a pre-album joke, I could even accept it, but if all the songs on the next full-length resemble this style of composing music, they are really in trouble and will suddenly see that they will no longer be welcomed by those same fans who had followed them with open arms on all their exciting tours or sang with their hearts in their throats pieces from high-profile albums like "Nemesis Divina" or "Dark Medieval Times," but by a new generation (which could represent either a majority or a minority compared to the previous ones) that, alas, due to its poor musical culture, will still be able to accept them even so.

The question is mainly directed at them! Do you want to end your, indisputably, flourishing career so miserably, or make it in time to change your mind? (sounds like a rhyme!) It would be a one-star rating out of five, but I prefer not to rate them, giving them another chance, which they will soon be able to play with the release of the next full-length. Doubts and uncertainties...