The Great Satan (album)

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]

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]

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]

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

• The Great Satan on Bandcamp