compact disc - 2012
old europa cafe - cat# oecd 154
Limited edition of 300 copies in digipak with 4 full-colour pictures of oil-paintings by Saturno Buttò (www.saturnobutto.com)
TEATRO SATANICO - FATWA - Written by: Rexington Steel
By far the most enthralling and engaging Teatro Satanico (IT) release to date. It feels as if these gentlemen are on the upward swing of an incrementally more brilliant spiral. “Fatwa” picks up where their masterful picture-disc “Kali Yuga A-Go-Go” left off. One of the fondest memories I take along in life is when Mr. Granziera let me have a private listen of this track before it was released. I felt as if I was then privy to soundtrack material for some multi-million dollar action film of the highest caliber. This album is an extension, an amplification of the sex appeal, the elaborate sequencing production, the subtle, refined masculinity, and profound melodic throb of “Kali Yuga”. An incredible result in a direction that might have been hinted at by the last couple of Teatro releases, but I don’t think that any of us expected such a solid.. Dance album. Much more to it than just that of course… This is an album of complexity, of soul, of groove, and of life. It touches on ground that few could, like Frank Tovey, a man who could draw from you a smile just as easily as a tear. I felt this feeling upon my initial listen of this work. It doesn’t let you go. “Fatwa” not only touches one on musical terms, but also provokes on thematic ones. As powerful as an actual condemnation, a proclamation that some Islamic force of high order wants you dead is, this work is much more life-affirming, much more influential toward the will to run and live each day and amplify the strength of your resolve. A work that is as empowering as it is inspiring. Up to par with the best Brian Eno work, the most compelling moment, like “La Visione e La Voce” feels like it was done with an up to date approach similar to what Eno took to make “Low” one of David Bowie’s darkest, but also most exploratory albums. The tenuous hold this album can grasp the listener is uncanny, the highs are high, but the lows are only like a stripping down of material that is the densest concentration of pristine bass-hooks I have ever heard in any album of any genre. The intricacy of every single percussive element is heavily flexed. One certainly has to appreciate it when an artist can seemingly make anything percussive. It’s obvious these men can. There is still a highly persistent need for sonic exploration here, but now, it is paired with an impressive discipline in structure. That is what makes “Fatwa” so powerful. I don’t know how fair it is to say that this is their best album, but it’s certainly being touted that way on the Old Europa site. I can only say I agree. Wholeheartedly.
http://heathenharvest.org/2012/04/28/teatro-satanico-fatwa/
AL COSPETTO DELL'ALTISSIMO COSI' E' IL FEDELE:
PECORA, AGNELLO, CARNE DA MACELLO!
MOHAMED IL PROFETA PER MOLTI E' SANTITA',
DAVVERO NON C'E' LIMITE ALLA CREDULITA' !
OSAMA BIN LADEN UN MARTIRE JIHAD,
DAVVERO NON C'E' LIMITE ALLA STUPIDITA'!
VERDE E' IL COLORE DEL PROFETA,
IL VERDE DELLA LEGA E' IL VERDE DELL'ISLAM!
PER I 99 NOMI DI ALLAH LA RELIGIONE VI STERMINERA' !
PER I 99 NOMI DI ALLAH IL VOSTRO DIO VI DIVORERA' !
I KNOW, I KNOW
IT IS JUST MY MIND!
I KNOW, I KNOW
HE IS JUST DEEP IN MY MIND,
THERE'S CREEPY CROWLEY
CRAWLING IN MY MIND!
IN MY MIND, IN MY HEAD,
THERE'S CREEPY CROWLEY
CRAWLING IN MY MIND!
THERE'S CREEPY CROWLEY,
AND JESUS CHRIST,
SO FUCKIN' JESUS
IN MY MIND!
IN MY HEAD,
IN MY MIND
...
GOD TOLD YOU TO DO IT!
IT IS NOT YOIR FAULT,
IT IS NOT A SIN,
FOR GOD TOLD YOU TO DO IT!
YOU DO NOT LET THAT BITCH TO LIVE!
GOD TOLD YOU TO DO IT,
KILL THAT OBSCENE, IT IS NOT A SIN!
GOD TOLD YOU TO IT,
KILL THAT FAGGOT FOR JEEZUS KKKRIST!
...
WHEN RELIGION WILL COME
YOU SHALL BELIEVE!
WHEN RELIGION WILL CALL
YOU SHALL BELIEVE!
LOOK AT THE MARVEL,
LOOK AT THE MARVEL,
BURNING IN MERCURY FLAMES !
SPARKLES UP IN THE SKIES,
FIRES DOWN IN HER EYES,
AS ABOVE SO BELOW !
SHE IS BROKEN BONES
AND RED BLOOD!
DEBBIE BABY BABALON,
WATCH HER FALL,
CAN YOU SAVE HER SOUL ?
CAN YOU CATCH HER FALL?
LA VISIONE E LA VOCE DELL'ALBA DORATA
LA VISIONE E LA VOCE DELL'ASTRO D'ARGENTO
L'ILLUSIONE DI DIO NELLA FORMA DI TRIANGOLO
(FUOCO DELL'IO)
VITA, RESPIRO E TEMPO PER CONVENZIONE SONO UN CERCHIO
UN QUADRATO LO SPAZIO, UN QUADRATO LA TERRA
UN QUADRATO LA SOLIDA TERRA
ALZA LE BRACCIA LA CIELO DIVENTA L'UOMO UNA LUNA
TOCCATI IL VENTRE, IL BASSO VENTRE,
DENTRO IL SE' L'UOVO COSMICO!
ANUS DEI
QUI INFERS
PECCATA MUNDI
MISERERE NOBIS
OPUS DEI
QUOD DIFFUNDIS
PECCATA MUNDI
MISERERE NOBIS
MORS DEI
QUAE TOLLIS
PECCATA MUNDI
DONA NOBIS PACEM
VENI SATAN LUCIFER
ET EMITTE COELITUS
LUCIS TUAE RADIUM
VENI SATAN LUCIFER
LIBERA NOS A MALO
LIBERA NOS A MALO
Devis deviLs Granziera
Kalamun
Mauro Martinuz (mastering sound-engineer)
Reciting voice in track 08 by Cosimo "Zos" Mungheri