The Age of Nero | ||||
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Studio album by Satyricon | ||||
Released | 3 November 2008 | |||
Recorded | May 2008 at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, California, USA | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, black metal | |||
Length | 42:43 | |||
Label | Roadrunner | |||
Producer | Satyr | |||
Satyricon chronology | ||||
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Chronicles of Chaos | 8.5/10 |
The Age of Nero is the seventh studio album by Norwegian black metal band Satyricon. It was released on 3 November 2008, through Roadrunner Records. The release was backed by a full European headlining tour opening in Stavanger, Norway on 12 November and ending in Hamburg, Germany on 20 December.
Most of the album was written in a forest cabin, with the collaboration of Snorre Ruch (Thorns). It was recorded in part at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, the place where Metallica had recorded Death Magnetic.
On 6 October 2008, the first single, "Black Crow on a Tombstone", was released for online streaming at Roadrunner Records' UK website.
All tracks written by Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven.