The Great Satan (album)

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The Great Satan
Trivax - The Great Satan.jpg
Studio album by
Trivax
Released30 May 2025 (2025-05-30)
RecordedAugust 2024
Studio
  • Ritual Sound, North Yorkshire
  • Priory Recording Studios, Birmingham
Genre Black metal [1]
Length42:28
Label Osmose
Producer Samuel Turbit
Trivax chronology
Eloah Burns Out
(2023)		The Great Satan
(2025)
Singles from The Great Satan
  1. "Operation Ramadhan"
    Released: 29 April 2025
  2. "Here Comes the Flood"
    Released: 19 May 2025

The Great Satan is the third studio album by UK-based Iranian metal band, Trivax. [2] It was released on 30 May 2025, through Osmose Productions, in LP, CD and digital formats. [3]

Contents

Background

Consisting of nine tracks with a total runtime of approximately forty-two minutes, the album was noted as encompassing elements of death, black and thrash metal, and incorporating influences of goth and acoustic Eastern instrumentation. [1] [3] It addresses religious radicalism in Iran and the Iranian Revolution's involvement in the country's retreat from progressivism. [1] The album's cover art depicts Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran in 1979. [1] The Great Satan was recorded and engineered by Greg Chandler at Priory Recording Studios in Sutton Coldfield, [a] and produced, mixed and mastered by Samuel Turbit at Ritual Sound in North Yorkshire. [2] The first single of the album, "Operation Ramadhan", was released on 29 April 2025. It was followed by the second single, "Here Comes the Flood", on 19 May 2025. [b]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Blabbermouth described the album as "a fierce celebration of freedom and spits in the face of theocratic lunacy," and "fearless, dynamic and elaborate, captured by a crystal clear, crisp production," rating it eight out of ten. [1] Perran Helyes of Metal Hammer assigned it a rating of eight, describing energy exhibited on the album as "overwhelmingly an empowering fist in the face of oppression and a defiant declaration of freedom." [3]

Track listing

The Great Satan track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Atash"2:58
2."To Liberation and Beyond"5:01
3."Lawless Eternal..."3:48
4."Here Comes the Flood"6:32
5."The Great Satan"3:34
6."Daemon's Melancholie"7:13
7."Ya Saheb Az Zaman"1:05
8."Operation Ramadan"8:17
9."Tamam Shod"4:00
Total length:42:28

Personnel

Credits for The Great Satan adapted from Bandcamp.

References

  1. ↑ Adapted from Bandcamp.
  2. ↑ Adapted from Spotify.
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gorania, Jay (25 May 2025). "The Great Satan". Blabbermouth . Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 Weaver, James (31 March 2025). "Trivax announce new album The Great Satan". Distorted Sound. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Perran, Helyes (July 2025). "Trivax – The Great Satan". Metal Hammer . No. 401. Future plc. p. 97. ISSN   0955-1190.
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