Vocalist Sigurd “Satyr” Wongraven of Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON was interviewed on the latest installment of “The MetalSucks Podcast”.
On his relationship with drummer Frost (real name: Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad), who has been the only other permanent member of SATYRICON since 1993:
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Satyr: “I think the mutual respect would be the most obvious thing that comes to my mind. And I think the fact there’s an incredibly strong friendship, but it’s not a friendship based on seeing each other on a regular basis. It is a professional relationship with a strong personal friendship that does not need to be nurtured in a social way. I think that’s a couple of things that seem to me as pretty obvious as to why we’ve been doing this so long and so well together.”
On whether he feels like his relationship with Frost is “like a marriage” and whether he hopes to continue working with the drummer well into the future:
Satyr: “I certainly hope to be working with him in some capacity always. I really like his drumming, I like his attitude toward music and I think he’s a really interesting person. So, yeah, I also like working with other people and people that I haven’t worked with before and collaborating with other musicians makes me a better one. But I would always want to do something with Frost as long as I play music.”
On whether he thinks SATYRICON‘s longevity is attributed to the fact the band has constantly updated its sound:
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Satyr: “I think about literally the word ‘relevant.’ AC/DC has been going on for a really long time and they used to be one of my favorite bands. I still think even on their new record, there’s one or two good songs, but it’s more or less the same all the time. I don’t know; it works. I think it’s nice to listen to it because it’s really good, but is it relevant? I don’t know. When a lot of people show up apparently, it’s relevant. It’s an open question, but most lovers of more marginalized art and really underground stuff will argue that art is not a necessity like fresh air and water that we can drink and food and medicine. Those are things that we can’t do without, but we can do without art, but then a lot of people are going to argue, what kind of life would that be? It’s also interesting how people, especially in hard times, they turn to art. If no one is trying to do anything interesting and move things forward, then what is there for us to enjoy? That’s the way I see it.”
Via Blabbermouth.com