''Deep Calleth Upon Deep'' is the ninth studio album by Norwegian

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band

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. It was released on 22 September 2017 under

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. A music video was made for "To Your Brethren in the Dark", directed by Laban Pheidias. The video (the first from the band in nine years), features American actresses Tonya Cornelisse, Jesse Hotchkiss, Diana Wyenn and Shawn Kathryn Kane. In January 2018, the album was nominated in Norway for the Spellemann Award for best metal album. However, the winner was '' E'' of Enslaved. ENSALVED – Win Spellemann Metal Award
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Background

''Deep Calleth Upon Deep'' began to be composed in early 2015. However, in late September/early October of that year Satyricon frontman,

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, was diagnosed with a benign

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. Due to this situation, the production process for a new album suffered significant delays, while he underwent months of non-surgical treatment and recovery. Finally, the album was recorded between March and April 2017 in Oslo Klang, a recording facility in downtown

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, Norway, and Armoury Studios in

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, Canada. The disc features guest session musicians such as

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(Satyricon's live bassist), jazz saxophonist

Håkon Kornstad Håkon Games Kornstad (born 5 April 1977 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (tenor saxophone, bass saxophone, flute and live looping) and classically trained singer (tenor), known from bands such as Wibutee and Kornstad Trio, and co ...

and some members of

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, but their contributions are somewhat lower than in other albums of the band. It was mixed in July by Mike Fraser, who had already worked with Satyricon in '' Now, Diabolical'' (2006). The musical style is very similar to their previous albums, with a

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mostly slower, structures influenced by

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music and an accessible and commercial sound. It has been described as a more

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direction, instead of the more traditional

. The singular cover art comes from an obscure illustration by recognized Norwegian artist

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, drawn in 1898.

Track listing

Personnel

Satyricon

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: vocals, lead guitar, keyboards *

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: drums

Session musicians

: bass, rhythm guitar *

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(track 6), backing vocals (tracks 4 & 5) *Arild Stav:

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*Hans Josef Grih: cello *Frode Carlsen:

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*Bjarne Magnus Jensen: violin *Jan Olav Martinsen:

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*Tom Ottar Andreassen: wind instruments

Production

*Arranged and produced by Satyr *Recorded at Oslo Klang, in a 500 year old storehouse and at the Armoury Studios, Vancouver. *Design – Halvor Bodin *Engineered by – Bjarne Stensli, Erik Ljunggren, French Horn, Jan Olav Martinsen *Front cover illustration – Edvard Munch *Mastered by – George Tanderø *Classical arrangements,

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– Kjetil Bjerkestrand *Mixed by – Mike Fraser *Photography – Johan Wildhagen

Charts

References

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