Talie Helene

ZERO TOLERANCE
ISSUE 033 – JAN / FEB 2010

“I know that whatever lies ahead of us is going to be really interesting.” – Satyr

Satyricon frontman Satyr has spoken to Zero Tolerance Magazine about his band’s previously announced ‘new chapter’ and forthcoming down-time. During a joint interview with Shining’s Niklas Kvarforth, Satyr shares his experiences of the Noughties and looks ahead to the next decade. He says: “It’s going to be a big challenge, but we thrive on big challenges. We don’t know what the future holds, but even though we have a lot of faith in the future and we feel like this decision to take a break feels right, we feel really good about it. I know that whatever lies ahead of us is going to be really interesting. I have already, just the fact that I know that we’re taking a break, has made by brain work at a faster rate. I’m excited. I’ve told Frost that there are new things that I want him to start on now, and I’ve ordered some new instruments that I’ve not used before. We’re looking into new song writing techniques, different mental approaches and also there are some good things from the past that we’re going to try and build on. From a spiritual point of view, for the last couple of records it’s been very useful to do a lot of the writing in cabins. The majority of Age Of Nero was written that way. I’m thinking about maybe renting a house, just to get away from it all, work in an environment with nothing.”

Satyr and Kvarforth share the cover of the new issue of Zero Tolerance, which marks the dawn of a new decade in extreme and underground music, and features additional contributions from Ihsahn, Sigh, Skullflower and De Profundis. ZT writers also share their own personal takes on the last ten years, and even undertake the unenviable task of whittling down their favourite releases to a mere ten.

Zero Tolerance editor Calum Harvie said: “As we’ve just entered a new decade, we thought it interesting to reflect upon how extreme music has changed over the past 10 years. Because the underground is so diverse, we appreciated from the outset that trying to identify just one band or album as being the artist / release of the decade would be utterly meaningless and blinkered, which is why we have interrogated a swathe of musicians to share with us their personal experiences. We like to be in good company, so who better than Satyr and Niklas Kvarforth to give us a revealing insight into their personal experiences of the decade.”

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Since its inception in 2004, Zero Tolerance has set the agenda for extreme music, representing the sonically unacceptable without compromise, exposing the darkest, most obscure recesses of the musical imagination and celebrating its diversity. From black, death and folk metal through to industrial, noise, power electronics and neofolk, Zero Tolerance has consistently covered the music that other publications simply don’t even know about – and while they play catch-up, ZT remains several steps ahead.