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We have found this message from an Amazon.com customer naming himself "metal fiend" and we thought his comment on the album perfectly expressed what this album is about, thanks to him :
" ( € ) I purchased SATAN''s "Court in the Act" solely on album artwork and song titles. The band name indicates a pious-crushing wall of blasphemy. Not sure if they chose this band name to gain notoriety, to stand out among the myriad groups during that era, or what. But SATAN was not writing about slaying Christ, killing priests, or denying the cross; in fact I don''t think there is a single reference to the figure SATAN on any cut. So while I thought I was buying something evil and heinous, something to scare my parents, what I got wasn''t that at all. I got something that shocked and enthralled.
SATAN ''s ''''Court in the Act'''' was an opus of song-writing, superior arrangements, and jaw-dropping talent. It received some due justice as a re-issue on Universal International''s 2009 release, N.W.O.B.H.M. The Hall of Fame Collection. That was long, long overdue, though, considering this rare album was released in June, 1983. METALLICA''s "Kill 'Em All" was released July, '83, and SLAYER''s "Show No Mercy" in December, 83. So SATAN''s "Court in the Act"actually preceded those ground-breaking releases. It''s an album much different than those two, and in some ways better."
