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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: SATAN

Satan’s rise continues. The NWOBHM veterans’ latest album is turning heads across the globe. Festival appearances at Frost and Fireland and Dominion are just around the corner.

But there’s always time for a beer., guitarists russ tippins and steve ramsey joined rushonrock’s simon rushworth and rich holmes in their favourite newcastle watering hole….

It’s an early Monday evening in Newcastle’s Trillians bar.

For once, a band isn’t sound checking.

And that’s unusual for ‘Trills’, given its place as Tyneside’s venerated home of rock and metal – a bastion which has survived changing musical landscapes, city centre gentrification and a global pandemic.

On the wall is an enormous list of acts who’ve graced its hallowed stage. Sick Of It All . Napalm Death . At The Gates . Exodus . It’s a real who’s who of international talent.

Geoff Tate always hits the venue when he hops across the pond. Recent years have seen Trillians host rising US metal outfits Bewitcher , Visigoth and Unto Others .

However, we’re drinking with an entirely home-grown duo tonight.

Emerging in 1979, NWOBHM legends Satan were built on the same streets as Trillians. The same streets that, in the late 70s and early 80s witnessed the rise of Venom , Raven , Tygers of Pan Tang , Avenger , Tysondog et al.

Guitarists Steve Ramsey and Russ Tippins are, therefore, on familiar ground.

And they have a lot to talk about.

With bandmates Brian Ross , Graeme English and Sean Taylor , they’ve just released Earth Infernal , their sixth studio album, and fourth since their 2011 resurrection.

The reception to Earth Infernal has eclipsed even that of their 2013 comeback, Life Sentence , or 2018’s sorcerous Cruel Magic .

And the boys are in demand.

On June 18 they’ll be playing the Frost and Fireland in Derry-Londonderry, alongside the likes of Cirith Ungol , Gama Bomb , Midnight and fellow North Easterners Mythra . It’s a spin off from California’s Frost and Fire festival, which was founded by Satan manager (and Cirith Ungol /Night Demon bassist) Jarvis Leatherby . More on him later.

And on July 31, they’ll be on North East soil for Dominion , the region’s first open air metal festival, which will take place in County Durham. Satan will be sharing a bill with Cradle Of Filth , Blind Guardian , Svalbard , Onslaught , Dawn Ray’d and more.

Indeed, Satan are a regular feature at metal fests across the world, thanks to a renewed interest in the band: interest that’s only accelerated since their ‘one-off’ reunion show at Wacken Open Air .

“We enjoyed it, but that was as far as it went,” Tippins says of that 2004 gig, sipping on a pint of Motörhead Overkill ale. “We’ve done that now, we’ve done a gig! To me, that was it.”

It wasn’t ‘it’.

The seed had been sown.

Satan would rise again.

The spark was back.

“As soon as we started playing again, it was like, ‘wow this is exactly the same’,” says Ramsey. “That’s why we got back together.”

By 2013, they’d released Life Sentence to a world hungry for authentic, ‘traditional’ heavy metal.

Satan’s 2011 performance at Germany’s Keep It True festival was, for Ramsey, a watershed moment. Songs from their debut, 1983’s Court In The Act , were greeted like long lost friends.

“Before the gig we went into the hall,” recalls the guitarist.  “We weren’t headlining, we were third or fourth down on the bill and they asked us to do a signing session.

“We sat down behind a couple of tables and we were there for an hour and a half. It was basically the whole crowd!

“It was so weird because we never got anything like that when we were together in the 80s. We were playing smaller shows. It was nothing like that!”

Did that come as a surprise?

“It’s weird, especially as we weren’t together for all that time and you find out that people are still listening to Court In The Act ,” replies Ramsey. “Some of them are the same age as our own kids!

“It’s the internet. The internet sort of ruins your life and then also builds other careers for you.

“People are selling less records, but on the other hand the kids can listen to what they like. We’re not relying on the press any more to tell us what to listen to.”

The US connection

Satan 2022 is a very different Beelzebub to the bunch of young North East lads trying to make it through the 80s metal minefields.

They’re signed to Metal Blade , who, ironically would have been a perfect fit for the quintet back in 1983.

They also don’t take any crap.

“You learn so much shit when you are younger that when you get your second bite of the cherry you set the boundaries… and you don’t let people take the piss out of you,” Ramsey asserts. 

Satan also have some powerful allies.

And a long-held aversion to managers has been put aside, thanks to Jarvis Leatherby, who also looks after NWOTHM stars (and Tippins faves) Visigoth and black rock ‘n’ roll crew Midnight , among others.

Night Demon’s frontman has helped Ramsey, Tippins and co. build on their recent creative endeavours… and spread their metallic hellfire across the USA.

Ramsey says: “When we built it back up it was getting to the point where it was ridiculous. We were touring the States and we didn’t have a manager.

“Night Demon were supporting us at a gig in San Francisco. We turned up at a gig and the drum kit was unplayable. Jarvis sorted something out and said, ‘if you want any help I’m interested in helping the band out’.

“And that’s how it started. We had nothing to lose.

“He’s such a fan of the band. He was never working with the band to make money, he wants to see us succeed.”

Do Satan look back in anger?

In many ways, Satan have never had it so good.

Their post-reformation album run has seen their work appear in myriad Album Of The Year lists, and the festival bookings have come thick and fast.

It contrasts sharply with their first life, back in the 80s.

Ross, who fronted Satan for Court In The Act , departed in 1984 and made a slew of albums with Blitzkrieg . He was replaced by Lou Taylor , who had previously sung with Satan. The band then changed their name to Blind Fury and released Out Of Reach in 1985. “When we got Lou in the band he didn’t want to be in a band called Satan and we just wanted him to be the singer,” Ramsey explains. “We looked up to him. He was older than us. We felt what we were doing wasn’t working. In hindsight you think we should have just stuck to our guns.”

A second opus under the Satan moniker – Suspended Sentence – dropped in 1987, with Michael Jackson behind the mic, before another name change and the emergence of Pariah in 1988.

Two albums ( The Kindred and 1989’s Blaze Of Obscurity ) followed, but by the start of the new decade, the ‘Satan’ line-up had dissipated… and Ramsey and English went on to co-found influential folk metallers Skyclad .

It’s a convoluted tale.

And underlying Satan’s troubled first chapter is the wasted potential of Court In The Act , a debut revered by today’s NWOBHM enthusiasts.

Hell, even James Hetfield wears a Satan patch on his battle jacket.

“When Court In The Act came out someone sent us a photo of one of the main record stores in San Francisco and there were racks of Court In The Act , Ramsey remembers. “We got letters saying that in San Francisco we were are a big band! And we were saying, ‘we can’t be, no one has offered us a show, the record company says we haven’t sold any records’.

Negative press coverage was also a huge blow.  

“We were ridiculed in the press,” says Tippins. “Reviewers were more interested in making a joke out of the name. We were poleaxed by the abject failure of Court In The Act . We really took it to heart. It broke the band up really.

“Looking back now we really should have done what we have done over the last ten years.

“We never really did that thing that we have done over the last ten years, which is to get some consistency going with the product, some continuity between the records… so it’s a body of work. That’s really starting to pay off now. If we had done that in the 80s it might have been a very different story.”

In a metal scene of Cattle Decapitations , Nunslaughters and Goatwhores , Satan could be considered a fairly tame name.

But did the band’s moniker – originally drawn out by a schoolboy Ramsey in the pair’s technical drawing class – kill their chances of stardom in those early days?

“We were into Black Sabbath and we thought it would be a cool name for a heavy metal band,” Ramsey recalls with a grin. “My mam said, ‘Are you sure? That’s a bit dodgy’. I said, ‘Mam we are a heavy metal band like Black Sabbath!’.

“None of our families were religious so we didn’t have any of that. They didn’t bat an eyelid until we started getting all the shit.

“When we toured with Running Wild in the mid-80s, Christians started turning up at shows trying to stop kids going in, thinking we were preaching bad things.

“Then you start to realise, is that holding the band back? And you don’t want anything holding you back.”

Maybe the jury is still out…

“It definitely didn’t open doors. But it didn’t hold us back either.”

There’s certainly no holding Satan back now.

Thanks to songs like Burning Portrait and The Blood Ran Deep , Earth Infernal could turn into their most successful album yet.

Sure, the hands of fate could have been kinder to the Newcastle outfit (not to mention those miserly reviewers).

And Ramsey admits that the razor sharp, fast-paced and more progressive-leaning metal of their debut made them “stand out like a sore thumb” from the rest of the NWOBHM pack. “There was nothing like us,” he says. “But instead of getting separated in a positive way because we were different, it was negative.”

“I wouldn’t change anything,” muses Tippins as Trillians starts to fill up. “I have had a pretty good life. I wouldn’t want to change any of that by changing one thing in the past.”

Words by Rich Holmes.

Satan’s Earth Infernal is out now on Metal Blade.

Satan play the three-day Dominion Festival at Ushaw Historic House, Chapels & Gardens, County Durham on July 31. For tickets click here .

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Earth Infernal is a product of the times that birthed it, and could only be the work of Satan . Having churned out cutting edge heavy metal throughout the 80s - and reunited in 2011 - their sixth full-length maintains the high standard they long ago set, and it is perhaps their timeliest release. " For two years the world has been preoccupied with politics and pandemics and while we were all looking the other way our planet has continued to get hotter, " says guitarist Russ Tippins. " Our Earth is now infernally hot. Almost irreversibly so. We are on a one way trip to Hell and dragging our children and their children along with us. Yes, Satan has something to say about global warming. "

Following up 2018's stunning Cruel Magic is no mean feat, a record that Tippins views as a "game changer" for Satan . " It feels like we jumped up a level or two. As if everything we'd worked towards since the reunion had suddenly clicked into place. The band's profile really blew up and the media reviews were sensational. In commercial terms we were high on every metal chart and even broke into the German national charts. We were kind of taken aback at the sudden success. " Still, this did not mean that the guitarist sat around reveling in these triumphs, for as soon as that record was complete he began working on demos for what came next, and continued to write prolifically following its release. With no specific plan in mind for the record they let the songs dictate the direction, which slowly emerged as they worked on them. While the Covid lockdowns were disrupting bands' plans the world over, for Satan they actually worked in their favor. " It really messed up our touring plans but as far as writing goes, it was the best thing that could've happened. Sometimes there is perceived pressure to deliver product every 18 months to keep the engine ticking over, but the enforced hibernation worked out beautifully for us in terms of giving creative ideas more time to blossom - like how it was before our very first record came out. Over three years of development went into that. " Describing the record succinctly as " Brutal, up tempo, loud guitars, " it is classic Satan but sounds fresh and new, the band experimenting a little. " Steve (Ramsey, guitar) and I had been talking for a while about playing some of our dual leads in unison rather than in harmony - which is our normal method. And sure enough, the trusted twin harmonies are still in abundance on this record, but two of the songs have us playing lead in unison ie. the exact same notes as each other, like Rossington & Collins' solo in "Freebird". Hardly any bands do that anymore but it's really added a different vibe to our soundscape, and we can't figure out why we've never done it until now. "

Lyrically, among other themes the band assertively weigh in on the climate crisis, the album lacking a title track but featuring two songs directly linked to the name, "Earth We Bequeath" and "Twelve Infernal Lords". " They share a common theme around the slow cooking of our home planet. What an arrogant self-serving generation we are, who apparently don't care about anything after our own lifetimes. To squander every natural resource and leave nothing for our future descendants. Utter madness. " Then there is another pair of interrelated songs, "Ascendancy" and "Burning Portrait", which depict the story of a high-powered individual, who " could be a politician, or an industrial tycoon, or a star of some sort. "Ascendancy" is about the rise to the top, the brilliance, the optimism and genuine good intention. "Burning Portrait" describes the fall of this person, the gradual decline of optimism turning into cynicism, and how ideals, like paint on a picture, can crumble and decay if not maintained properly. The fall happens in his own mind rather than in the real world. He can no longer visualize himself the way he used to and realizes he has turned into the sum of everything he despised as a young idealist. "

As is always the case the band tracked the record at First Avenue in Newcastle, with Dave Curle engineering and mixing. Though they eschew the tag 'produced by' it was the band that did everything to shape Earth Infernal creatively without interference from anyone else. The sessions however were not without problems. " We started laying down tracks in October 2020 but had to stop when the UK went into its second lockdown which lasted until April 2021. Even then we couldn't get into the studio as it was pre-booked, and then Dave our engineer was taken to hospital after a pulmonary embolism. He nearly died. We decided to wait for him rather than get someone else to take over, Dave is like a part of this band. Then, Graeme (English, bass) had an accident and broke his arm! Then the studio's recording system crashed! It seemed we'd never get this record finished but finally we managed to pick up where we'd left off almost a full year earlier. At that point we were up against the clock, without a doubt. Looking back it was probably a good thing, to have that sense of vitality infusing our performances. " In a time of over-polished, digitally perfected metal records, Satan take a different path, embracing the mistakes made during tracking. " Of course we kept them. The fluffed note, the missed beat on a drum roll, the power chord that doesn't get struck fully. It all adds up to something that sounds engaging. Real. It's something which I feel I'm hearing less and less in modern recording. I'm not saying bands should go out of their way to mess up but if it happens on a take that's really cooking, why meddle with it? It seems that anyone can achieve perfection now but, precisely for that reason, perfection really doesn't mean anything anymore. "

With touring plans in the works, fans will get a chance to hear these songs live in the not-too-distant future, and perhaps more importantly Satan will continue to spread the important message at the heart of the album. " I believe that our current writing and subject matter are only too relevant to what is going on in the world today. Take the lyrics of "From Second Sight", for instance. Wherever you care to look around the world, you'll find conspiracy theories and millions of people who actually believe in them. The denial of science is a very dangerous trend. In itself it's nothing new, but lately there's been a significant increase in the number of followers who've now given up on proven fact and are ready to believe that 2+2 = 5 if it suits their purpose. Trust in authority is at an all-time low. Our world is on the brink of sliding into chaos unless people wake up and start to have faith in the smartest human beings on the planet. Established expertise must win the day or we are finished as a species. "

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Satan to release new studio album “Earth Infernal” on April 1st 2022

Today, the band unleash “Burning Portrait” , the first video off the album. Watch the official video below

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• Special Edition LP housed in a slipcase (w/ hot foil embossing) incl. slipmat, patch and huge die-cut sticker (EU excl.) • Digipak-CD • firefly glow marbled (US excl.) • 180g black vinyl (EU excl.) • light yellow marbled vinyl (EU excl., ltd. 700) • orange red brown marbled vinyl (EU excl., ltd. 500) • copper brown marbled vinyl (EU excl., ltd. 300) • ochre brown marbled vinyl (EU excl., ltd. 200) • clear slate grey marbled vinyl (Metal Blade Shop excl., ltd. 200) • dark goldenrod marbled vinyl (Bandcamp excl., ltd. 200)

“”Burning Portrait” describes the fall of this person, the gradual decline of optimism turning into cynicism, and how ideals, like paint on a picture, can crumble and decay if not maintained properly. The fall happens in his own mind rather than in the real world. He can no longer visualize himself the way he used to and realizes he has turned into the sum of everything he despised as a young idealist”, explains guitarist Russ Tippins .

“Earth Infernal” is a product of the times that birthed it, and could only be the work of Satan. Having churned out cutting edge heavy metal throughout the 80s – and reunited in 2011 – their sixth full-length maintains the high standard they long ago set, and it is perhaps their timeliest release. “For two years the world has been preoccupied with politics and pandemics and while we were all looking the other way our planet has continued to get hotter”, says guitarist Russ Tippins . “Our Earth is now infernally hot. Almost irreversibly so. We are on a one-way trip to Hell and dragging our children along with us. Yes, Satan has something to say about global warming”.

Following up 2018’s stunning “Cruel Magic” is no mean feat, a record that Tippins views as a “game changer” for Satan. “It feels like we jumped up a level or two. As if everything we’d worked towards since the reunion had suddenly clicked into place”.

Over three years of development went into Earth Infernal, describing the record succinctly as “brutal, up tempo, loud guitars”, it is classic Satan but sounds fresh and new, the band experimenting a little. “Steve (Ramsey, guitar) and I had been talking for a while about playing some of our dual leads in unison rather than in harmony – which is our normal method. And sure enough, the trusted twin harmonies are still in abundance on this record, but two of the songs have us playing lead in unison, like Rossington and Collins’ solo in “Free Bird”. I believe that our current writing and subject matter are only too relevant to what is going on in the world today”, concludes Tippins .

With touring plans in the works, Satan fans will get a chance to hear “Earth Infernal” live in the not-too-distant future, and perhaps more importantly Satan will continue to spread the important message at the heart of the album.

Tracklist: 01. Ascendancy 02. Burning Portrait 03. Twelve Infernal Lords 04. Mercury’s Shadow 05. A Sorrow Unspent 06. Luciferic 07. From Second Sight 08. Poison Elegy 09. The Blood Ran Deep 10. Earth We Bequeath

Line-up: Brian Ross – Vocals Russ Tippins – Guitar Steve Ramsey – Guitar Graeme English – Bass Sean Taylor – Drums

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New Wave Of British Heavy Metal icons,  SATAN , will return to the stage on a three-week US headlining tour! The Hell’s Decibels Tour 2023 will commence on March 17th in West Hollywood, California and run through April 13th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where the band will headline this year’s Decibel Metal & Beer Fest pre-party. Support will be provided by Night Demon and Haunt.

Comments the band, “This is the most extensive US tour SATAN has ever undertaken. Come join us!”

See all confirmed dates below. SATAN w/ Night Demon, Haunt: 3.17.23 Whisky A Go Go – West Hollywood, CA 3.18.23 Eli’s Mile High Club – Oakland, CA 3.19.23 Dive Bar – Las Vegas, NV 3.21.23 Aces High Saloon – Salt Lake City, UT 3.22.23 HQ – Denver, CO 3.24.23 Come And Take It Live – Austin, TX 3.25.23 White Oak (Hell’s Heroes) – Houston, TX 3.26.23 Amplified Live – Dallas, TX 3.27.23 Barleycorns – Wichita, KS 3.29.23 Turf Club – St. Paul, MN 3.30.23 Reggies – Chicago, IL 3.31.23 Lefty’s Live Music – Des Moines, IA 4.01.23 Cain’s Ballroom (2 Minutes To Tulsa) – Tulsa, OK 4.04.23 Pyramid Scheme – Grand Rapids, MI 4.05.23 Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH 4.06.23 Ace Of Cups – Columbus, OH 4.07.23 Lovedraft’s – Mechanicsburg, PA 4.08.23 Sonia – Cambridge, MA 4.09.23 Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY 4.11.23 Dingbatz Clifton, NJ 4.13.23 Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Pre-Party @ The Foundry – Philadelphia, PA

SATAN released their sixth full length album, Earth Infernal, via Metal Blade last April. Earth Infernal is a product of the times that birthed it and could only be the work of SATAN. Having churned out cutting edge heavy metal throughout the ‘80s – and reunited in 2011 – the record maintains the high standard of musicianship the band set long ago set, and it is perhaps their timeliest release. “For two years, the world has been preoccupied with politics and pandemics and while we were all looking the other way our planet has continued to get hotter,” said guitarist Russ Tippins upon the record’s release. “Our Earth is now infernally hot. Almost irreversibly so. We are on a one-way trip to Hell and dragging our children along with us. Yes, SATAN has something to say about global warming.” The album entered the German Charts on position 12, the highest chart entry ever for the band.

Preview and purchase Earth Infernal at  THIS LOCATION . “…razor-sharp, intelligent, and passionate heavy metal of the highest order that demands hungry ears.” – Last Rites

“Earth Infernal picks up where Cruel Magic left off, giving you one finely crafted NWOBHM barnburner after another loaded with wild riffs and fist-pumping harmonies… the best metal I’ve heard thus far in 2022.” – Angry Metal Guy

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Heil Satan, Twin Temple comes to the Nile Theater

Review and Photos by Fred Kuhlman Venue: The Nile Theater ( https://www.theniletheater.com/ ) Date:  Saturday October 1 st , 2022 Tour:   Satanic Orgy USA 2022

This was the first night of a 3-night concert series for me.  As I stated in a later review, this show was the Strange concert of the set.  These two bands, Twin Temple and Bridge City Sinners are not for everyone.  If you get offended by rude language, then don’t show up.  If you are very religious then you might want to skip these bands.  If you except the bands for what they are, then you will have as great time.  This is not my first time seeing either band, so I was aware of what I was walking into.  Personally, I really enjoyed both bands even when I was hit with fake blood.  It you are already offended, then you might as well quit reading.

Twin Temple

Per Twin Temple’s website, they call themselves, “The Wickedest Band in the world bringing their Black Mass to a theatre near you”.  They are unique in the music scene.  They are not to everyone taste, but for those that like their music and are not offended by the Satanic overtone of the show, then you will have a good time.  A lot of there music is an old Doo-Wop style that has lyrics and Satanic overtones.

The band is fronted by the dynamic pair, lead singer Alexandra James and guitarist Zachary James.  Besides singing and playing guitar, this pair perform different Satanic rituals on stage.  They open the show by Alexandra carrying a skull and Zachary throwing water on the crowd.  After a short reading by Alexandra and ringing of a bell by Zachary, the band launches into their music.  Almost all of their music is from their self-titled album Twin Temple .  As you can see from the setlist below, their music has heavy Satanic themes.

Later in the show they had a member of the audience come on stage.  He participated in a ceremony where he was blindfolded, hands tied and heiled Satan.  Later he was knighted by Zachary as a follower of Satan.  It was all just good fun.

The band is very good and I really enjoyed their music.  The stage show they put on is different but to make it in this industry you need to come up with a gimmick and Twin Temple got theirs.  I thought it was interesting that no major promoter picked up this show here in Mesa.

Would I go see them again, Yes.  I love strange and different shows.  Also, I am not easily offended.  If the music is good and the stage production is good and make sense, then I can enjoy the show and would go see the band again.  But listen to their music and decide for yourself.

The following is the website and Facebook page for the Twin Temple .  The website has listed the future concerts dates and locations: Website: https://www.twintemple.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/twintempleforever

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Twin Temple Setlist:                         ( Album ) In Lvx                                                 ( Twin Temple ) Sex Magick                                       ( Twin Temple ) Let’s Have a Satanic Orgy Let’s Hang Together                         ( Twin Temple ) I Know How to Hex You                   ( Twin Temple ) Lucifer, My Love                               ( Twin Temple ) ??? The Devil (Didn’t Make Me Do It)    ( Twin Temple ) I Am a Witch                                    ( Twin Temple Present a Collection of Live (And Undead) ) Satan’s a Woman                             ( Twin Temple Present a Collection of Live (And Undead) ) I’m Wicked                                       ( Twin Temple ) In Nox                                              ( Twin Temple )

Bridge City Sinners

The Bridge City Sinners is a strange band to try and categorize.  The best description I can come up with is a band that you might see performing on the street or subway attempting to collect money.  Their music is a mixture of prohibition era jazz to Appalachian death folk with a little punk rock thrown in.  The band consists of lead singer and banjolele player Libby Lux, Michael “King Strang” Sinner on resonator guitar, Lightnin’ Luke on fiddle, Clyde McGee on banjo and Scott Michaud on upright bass.

This 5-piece band is very good and really enjoy performing.  The energy they extrude on stage is infectious and the crowd soaks it up.  The crowd sings along with all the songs and are jumping for a lot of the show.  I never was pushed or hit during the show and no mosh pit ever opened up.  People were there to just soak up the music and have a great time, which they did.

From the setlist below, you can see that the songs were a mix of their 2 albums, Here’s to the Devil and Unholy Hymns .

Again, the Bridge City Sinners might not be to everyone’s taste.  So, before you go, please listen to their music and determine if you would enjoy seeing them live.  Personally, I enjoyed their music and like I said, this was my third time seeing them.  Would I go see them again, Yes.

The following is the website and Facebook page for the Bridge City Sinners .  The website has listed the future concerts dates and locations: Website:  https://www.bridgecitysinners.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/bridgecitysinners/

Bridge City Sinners Setlist:              ( Album ) Through and Through                      ( Here’s to the Devil ) Kreacher                                           ( Here’s to the Devil ) Song of the Siren                             ( Here’s to the Devil ) Virgin Sacrifice                                 ( Here’s to the Devil ) Rock Bottom                                    ( Unholy Hymns ) Ashes                                                ( Here’s to the Devil ) Devil Like You                                   ( Unholy Hymns ) The Devil’s Swing                              ( Unholy Hymns ) (Unknown) The Legend of Olog‐hai, Pt. 1           ( Unholy Hymns ) The Legend of Olog‐hai, Pt. 2           ( Unholy Hymns ) Witches’ Wrath                                  ( Here’s to the Devil ) Unholy Hymns                                   ( Unholy Hymns )

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Spend some time in one of Moscow’s finest museums.

Subterranean commuting might not be anyone’s idea of a good time, but even in a city packing the war-games treasures and priceless bejeweled eggs of the Kremlin Armoury and the colossal Soviet pavilions of the VDNKh , the Metro holds up as one of Moscow’s finest museums. Just avoid rush hour.

The Metro is stunning and provides an unrivaled insight into the city’s psyche, past and present, but it also happens to be the best way to get around. Moscow has Uber, and the Russian version called Yandex Taxi , but also some nasty traffic. Metro trains come around every 90 seconds or so, at a more than 99 percent on-time rate. It’s also reasonably priced, with a single ride at 55 cents (and cheaper in bulk). From history to tickets to rules — official and not — here’s what you need to know to get started.

A Brief Introduction Buying Tickets Know Before You Go (Down) Rules An Easy Tour

A Brief Introduction

Moscow’s Metro was a long time coming. Plans for rapid transit to relieve the city’s beleaguered tram system date back to the Imperial era, but a couple of wars and a revolution held up its development. Stalin revived it as part of his grand plan to modernize the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 30s. The first lines and tunnels were constructed with help from engineers from the London Underground, although Stalin’s secret police decided that they had learned too much about Moscow’s layout and had them arrested on espionage charges and deported.

The beauty of its stations (if not its trains) is well-documented, and certainly no accident. In its illustrious first phases and particularly after the Second World War, the greatest architects of Soviet era were recruited to create gleaming temples celebrating the Revolution, the USSR, and the war triumph. No two stations are exactly alike, and each of the classic showpieces has a theme. There are world-famous shrines to Futurist architecture, a celebration of electricity, tributes to individuals and regions of the former Soviet Union. Each marble slab, mosaic tile, or light fixture was placed with intent, all in service to a station’s aesthetic; each element, f rom the smallest brass ear of corn to a large blood-spattered sword on a World War II mural, is an essential part of the whole.

The Metro is a monument to the Soviet propaganda project it was intended to be when it opened in 1935 with the slogan “Building a Palace for the People”. It brought the grand interiors of Imperial Russia to ordinary Muscovites, celebrated the Soviet Union’s past achievements while promising its citizens a bright Soviet future, and of course, it was a show-piece for the world to witness the might and sophistication of life in the Soviet Union.

It may be a museum, but it’s no relic. U p to nine million people use it daily, more than the London Underground and New York Subway combined. (Along with, at one time, about 20 stray dogs that learned to commute on the Metro.)

In its 80+ year history, the Metro has expanded in phases and fits and starts, in step with the fortunes of Moscow and Russia. Now, partly in preparation for the World Cup 2018, it’s also modernizing. New trains allow passengers to walk the entire length of the train without having to change carriages. The system is becoming more visitor-friendly. (There are helpful stickers on the floor marking out the best selfie spots .) But there’s a price to modernity: it’s phasing out one of its beloved institutions, the escalator attendants. Often they are middle-aged or elderly women—“ escalator grandmas ” in news accounts—who have held the post for decades, sitting in their tiny kiosks, scolding commuters for bad escalator etiquette or even bad posture, or telling jokes . They are slated to be replaced, when at all, by members of the escalator maintenance staff.

For all its achievements, the Metro lags behind Moscow’s above-ground growth, as Russia’s capital sprawls ever outwards, generating some of the world’s worst traffic jams . But since 2011, the Metro has been in the middle of an ambitious and long-overdue enlargement; 60 new stations are opening by 2020. If all goes to plan, the 2011-2020 period will have brought 125 miles of new tracks and over 100 new stations — a 40 percent increase — the fastest and largest expansion phase in any period in the Metro’s history.

Facts: 14 lines Opening hours: 5 a.m-1 a.m. Rush hour(s): 8-10 a.m, 4-8 p.m. Single ride: 55₽ (about 85 cents) Wi-Fi network-wide

Buying Tickets

• Ticket machines have a button to switch to English.
• You can buy specific numbers of rides: 1, 2, 5, 11, 20, or 60. Hold up fingers to show how many rides you want to buy.
• There is also a 90-minute ticket , which gets you 1 trip on the metro plus an unlimited number of transfers on other transport (bus, tram, etc) within 90 minutes.
• Or, you can buy day tickets with unlimited rides: one day (218₽/ US$4), three days (415₽/US$7) or seven days (830₽/US$15). Check the rates here to stay up-to-date.
• If you’re going to be using the Metro regularly over a few days, it’s worth getting a Troika card , a contactless, refillable card you can use on all public transport. Using the Metro is cheaper with one of these: a single ride is 36₽, not 55₽. Buy them and refill them in the Metro stations, and they’re valid for 5 years, so you can keep it for next time. Or, if you have a lot of cash left on it when you leave, you can get it refunded at the Metro Service Centers at Ulitsa 1905 Goda, 25 or at Staraya Basmannaya 20, Building 1.
• You can also buy silicone bracelets and keychains with built-in transport chips that you can use as a Troika card. (A Moscow Metro Fitbit!) So far, you can only get these at the Pushkinskaya metro station Live Helpdesk and souvenir shops in the Mayakovskaya and Trubnaya metro stations. The fare is the same as for the Troika card.
• You can also use Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.

Rules, spoken and unspoken

No smoking, no drinking, no filming, no littering. Photography is allowed, although it used to be banned.

Stand to the right on the escalator. Break this rule and you risk the wrath of the legendary escalator attendants. (No shenanigans on the escalators in general.)

Get out of the way. Find an empty corner to hide in when you get off a train and need to stare at your phone. Watch out getting out of the train in general; when your train doors open, people tend to appear from nowhere or from behind ornate marble columns, walking full-speed.

Always offer your seat to elderly ladies (what are you, a monster?).

An Easy Tour

This is no Metro Marathon ( 199 stations in 20 hours ). It’s an easy tour, taking in most—though not all—of the notable stations, the bulk of it going clockwise along the Circle line, with a couple of short detours. These stations are within minutes of one another, and the whole tour should take about 1-2 hours.

Start at Mayakovskaya Metro station , at the corner of Tverskaya and Garden Ring,  Triumfalnaya Square, Moskva, Russia, 125047.

1. Mayakovskaya.  Named for Russian Futurist Movement poet Vladimir Mayakovsky and an attempt to bring to life the future he imagined in his poems. (The Futurist Movement, natch, was all about a rejecting the past and celebrating all things speed, industry, modern machines, youth, modernity.) The result: an Art Deco masterpiece that won the National Grand Prix for architecture at the New York World’s Fair in 1939. It’s all smooth, rounded shine and light, and gentle arches supported by columns of dark pink marble and stainless aircraft steel. Each of its 34 ceiling niches has a mosaic. During World War II, the station was used as an air-raid shelter and, at one point, a bunker for Stalin. He gave a subdued but rousing speech here in Nov. 6, 1941 as the Nazis bombed the city above.

Take the 3/Green line one station to:

2. Belorusskaya. Opened in 1952, named after the connected Belarussky Rail Terminal, which runs trains between Moscow and Belarus. This is a light marble affair with a white, cake-like ceiling, lined with Belorussian patterns and 12 Florentine ceiling mosaics depicting life in Belarussia when it was built.

Transfer onto the 1/Brown line. Then, one stop (clockwise) t o:

3. Novoslobodskaya.  This station was designed around the stained-glass panels, which were made in Latvia, because Alexey Dushkin, the Soviet starchitect who dreamed it up (and also designed Mayakovskaya station) couldn’t find the glass and craft locally. The stained glass is the same used for Riga’s Cathedral, and the panels feature plants, flowers, members of the Soviet intelligentsia (musician, artist, architect) and geometric shapes.

Go two stops east on the 1/Circle line to:

4. Komsomolskaya. Named after the Komsomol, or the Young Communist League, this might just be peak Stalin Metro style. Underneath the hub for three regional railways, it was intended to be a grand gateway to Moscow and is today its busiest station. It has chandeliers; a yellow ceiling with Baroque embellishments; and in the main hall, a colossal red star overlaid on golden, shimmering tiles. Designer Alexey Shchusev designed it as an homage to the speech Stalin gave at Red Square on Nov. 7, 1941, in which he invoked Russia’s illustrious military leaders as a pep talk to Soviet soldiers through the first catastrophic year of the war.   The station’s eight large mosaics are of the leaders referenced in the speech, such as Alexander Nevsky, a 13th-century prince and military commander who bested German and Swedish invading armies.

One more stop clockwise to Kurskaya station,  and change onto the 3/Blue  line, and go one stop to:

5. Baumanskaya.   Opened in 1944. Named for the Bolshevik Revolutionary Nikolai Bauman , whose monument and namesake district are aboveground here. Though he seemed like a nasty piece of work (he apparently once publicly mocked a woman he had impregnated, who later hung herself), he became a Revolutionary martyr when he was killed in 1905 in a skirmish with a monarchist, who hit him on the head with part of a steel pipe. The station is in Art Deco style with atmospherically dim lighting, and a series of bronze sculptures of soldiers and homefront heroes during the War. At one end, there is a large mosaic portrait of Lenin.

Stay on that train direction one more east to:

6. Elektrozavodskaya. As you may have guessed from the name, this station is the Metro’s tribute to all thing electrical, built in 1944 and named after a nearby lightbulb factory. It has marble bas-relief sculptures of important figures in electrical engineering, and others illustrating the Soviet Union’s war-time struggles at home. The ceiling’s recurring rows of circular lamps give the station’s main tunnel a comforting glow, and a pleasing visual effect.

Double back two stops to Kurskaya station , and change back to the 1/Circle line. Sit tight for six stations to:

7. Kiyevskaya. This was the last station on the Circle line to be built, in 1954, completed under Nikita Khrushchev’ s guidance, as a tribute to his homeland, Ukraine. Its three large station halls feature images celebrating Ukraine’s contributions to the Soviet Union and Russo-Ukrainian unity, depicting musicians, textile-working, soldiers, farmers. (One hall has frescoes, one mosaics, and the third murals.) Shortly after it was completed, Khrushchev condemned the architectural excesses and unnecessary luxury of the Stalin era, which ushered in an epoch of more austere Metro stations. According to the legend at least, he timed the policy in part to ensure no Metro station built after could outshine Kiyevskaya.

Change to the 3/Blue line and go one stop west.

8. Park Pobedy. This is the deepest station on the Metro, with one of the world’s longest escalators, at 413 feet. If you stand still, the escalator ride to the surface takes about three minutes .) Opened in 2003 at Victory Park, the station celebrates two of Russia’s great military victories. Each end has a mural by Georgian artist Zurab Tsereteli, who also designed the “ Good Defeats Evil ” statue at the UN headquarters in New York. One mural depicts the Russian generals’ victory over the French in 1812 and the other, the German surrender of 1945. The latter is particularly striking; equal parts dramatic, triumphant, and gruesome. To the side, Red Army soldiers trample Nazi flags, and if you look closely there’s some blood spatter among the detail. Still, the biggest impressions here are the marble shine of the chessboard floor pattern and the pleasingly geometric effect if you view from one end to the other.

Keep going one more stop west to:

9. Slavyansky Bulvar.  One of the Metro’s youngest stations, it opened in 2008. With far higher ceilings than many other stations—which tend to have covered central tunnels on the platforms—it has an “open-air” feel (or as close to it as you can get, one hundred feet under). It’s an homage to French architect Hector Guimard, he of the Art Nouveau entrances for the Paris M é tro, and that’s precisely what this looks like: A Moscow homage to the Paris M é tro, with an additional forest theme. A Cyrillic twist on Guimard’s Metro-style lettering over the benches, furnished with t rees and branch motifs, including creeping vines as towering lamp-posts.

Stay on the 3/Blue line and double back four stations to:

10. Arbatskaya. Its first iteration, Arbatskaya-Smolenskaya station, was damaged by German bombs in 1941. It was rebuilt in 1953, and designed to double as a bomb shelter in the event of nuclear war, although unusually for stations built in the post-war phase, this one doesn’t have a war theme. It may also be one of the system’s most elegant: Baroque, but toned down a little, with red marble floors and white ceilings with gilded bronze c handeliers.

Jump back on the 3/Blue line  in the same direction and take it one more stop:

11. Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Revolution Square). Opened in 1938, and serving Red Square and the Kremlin . Its renowned central hall has marble columns flanked by 76 bronze statues of Soviet heroes: soldiers, students, farmers, athletes, writers, parents. Some of these statues’ appendages have a yellow sheen from decades of Moscow’s commuters rubbing them for good luck. Among the most popular for a superstitious walk-by rub: the snout of a frontier guard’s dog, a soldier’s gun (where the touch of millions of human hands have tapered the gun barrel into a fine, pointy blade), a baby’s foot, and a woman’s knee. (A brass rooster also sports the telltale gold sheen, though I am told that rubbing the rooster is thought to bring bad luck. )

Now take the escalator up, and get some fresh air.

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