Are Satyricon nationalist?
“Politics is stupid, and all this stuff with immigration, it’s not my concern. I’m a musician and like to be creative. I don’t want to think about things like that. So I wouldn’t say that.” So the pride Satyr feels in Norway is not really to do with a crude xenophobia but is cultivated by a deep suspicion of the modern age. An age that marches forward at breackneck speed, in the process discarding society’s sense of Place and belonging. “Sure. That’s why we are getting towards Armageddon, I believe. Things are going too fast and people forget about culture and heritage. They’re only obsessed by technology and getting one step ahead all the time. Of course, that can be helpful, but in the end it will fall back on ourselves.” Anyone who has got a copy of “Shadow Throne” will not fail to see the constant reference to landscapes -or more importantly Norwegian landscapes in state of primeval energy -fuelled by twilight’s glimmer and the fading rays of Sol. Satyricon are all about such a lan
