Provocator - Satan, Chaos, Blood, and Terror (2018)

I have not been feeling good for a rather long while at this point, less and less competent at being myself. Thankfully there are albums like Satan, Chaos, Blood, and Terror by Provocator (now featuring Lord Astaroth from Kurgaall on vox) which sounds like Lord Astaroth is calling you from inside a club to rant about whatever is going on in their life, growling and screeching while Provocator is playing somewhere behind them, enshrouded in dry ice and stale vape exhalation. Lord Astaroth's vocals are the dominant aspect of this album, mixed WAY LOUDER than the music which seems almost monophonic and buried underneath which some listeners might find annoying or distracting but I find adds to the delightfulness of Satan, Chaos, Blood, and Terror, which is also a title I adore and especially like that there are three commas in that title, whether on accident or on purpose matters little to me. Satan, Chaos, Blood, and Terror seems to be about the War In Heaven or the resumption of said war once everybody gets out of hell and can ride war-goats into battle against the legions of heaven which is certainly a theme visited before by other black metal bands and likewise, Provocator do not stray far from goats/bullet-belts sonically either and that is something to love especially especially when you are not feeling well or up to much as howling winds swirl around your weekly motel room with Lord Astaroth howling and fuming as well it is the next best thing to them bringing you hot soup of, idk, angel intestines in a skull chalice or something? sometimes it really is the thought that counts! This album is so rad! <3