Trivax – Azrael عزرائیل
Description
| The Great Satan | ||||
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| Studio album by
Trivax
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| Released | 30 May 2025 | |||
| Recorded | August 2024 | |||
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| Genre | Black metal[1] | |||
| Length | 42:28 | |||
| Label | Osmose | |||
| Producer | Samuel Turbit | |||
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| Singles from The Great Satan | ||||
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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]
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
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Blabbermouth |   [1] |
| Metal Hammer | [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
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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.
- Shayan – lead vocals, guitars, baglama, oud
- Sully – bass, backing vocals
- Matt – drums
- Vickie Harley – operatic vocals (tracks 5, 7, 8)
- Mother – lead vocals, lyrics (track 5)
- Greg Chandler – engineering, recording
- Samuel Turbit – producer, mixing, mastering
- Nestor Avalos – artwork
- NecrosHorns – photography
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