The Age of Nero
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admission |
May 2008 |
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Roadrunner Records Koch Records (USA) Indie Recordings (Norway) |
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CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
8th |
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running time |
42:43 (1:29:12 with bonus CD) |
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Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven |
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Studio (s) |
Sound City ( Van Nuys ) |
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The Age of Nero is the seventh studio album by the Norwegian metal band Satyricon . After two singles had previously been released, it was released in November 2008.
Emergence
On August 18, 2008, Satyricon announced that work on the new album The Age of Nero was completed. Joe Barresi assisted Satyr with the production. The album was released on November 3rd, the EP My Skin Is Cold was released on June 2nd and the single Black Crow on a Tombstone on October 20th . In the following months the band toured Europe, America and India.
Satyricon wanted to win new fans with the album, especially in the United States .
Style and content
The Age of Nero continues the mixture of black metal and rock elements that began on the previous albums. The reviewer Yulon Zhu called the style "Black 'n' Roll" based on Death 'n' Roll . sputnikmusic.com thinks this slower style is a return to the first wave of Black Metal. There is also a strong stylistic influence from the three previous Satyricons albums. On the DeathMetal.Org site , however, it is said that the album sounds like "any groove metal with superficial Black Metal treatment".
The lines of text are extremely short. The mostly " groovy " drumming contains some typical Black Metal blast beats , some of which are "inaudible" due to the poor drum production.
criticism
Overall, the criticism was more positive than the previous album. The website chroniclesofchaos.com that the previous album Now, Diabolical , is had strongly criticized that The Age of Nero (in terms of the general stylistic change of the band) quickly makes clear "that the problems are not on the blueprint , but at the Execution lay. ”Roel de Haan from the webzine Lords of Metal also shares the opinion that after the“ weakest album of Satyricons discography ”a stronger one followed. The side DeathMetal.Org however, criticized the music as "mass-market, catchy, mindless rock 'n' roll version of Black Metal", which Euronymous ' ideals and beliefs of the early scene contrary and far was of all that the reviewers and sparked interest in this music for others. There is “no trace of passion” in this music. “This kind of capitalist Black Metal” leads to a genre of its own.
Track list
- Commando - 4:29
- The Wolfpack - 4:05
- Black Crow on a Tombstone - 3:52
- Die by My Hand - 7:07
- My Skin Is Cold (album version) - 5:15
- The Sign of the Trident - 6:58
- Last Man Standing - 3:40
- Den siste ("The Last") - 7:24
A music video was shot for Black Crow on a Tombstone .
Bonus CD
A limited 2-CD bonus version included a CD with the following songs:
- My Skin Is Cold (EP version) - 5:07
- Live Through Me - 5:12
- Existential Fear Questions - 6:01
- Repined Bastard Nation (Live in Gjallarhorn) - 5:49
- Mother North (Live in Gjallarhorn) - 9:06
- The Pentagram Burns (Radio Edit) - 4:03
- Last Man Standing (Guitar Wall Mix) - 3:38
- Den siste (analog mix) - 7:22
- KING (video) - 3:33
- The Pentagram Burns (Video) - 4:05
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b BLABBERMOUT.NET : SATYRICON: 'The Age Of Nero' US Release Date Announced - Nov. 17, 2008 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed June 5, 2010)
- ↑ The Age of Nero at Discogs (accessed June 5, 2010)
- ↑ satyricon.no : News ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed June 5, 2010)
- ↑ a b BLABBERMOUTH.NET : SATYRICON: 'The Age Of Nero' Track Listing, Artwork Unveiled - Aug. 29, 2008 ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed June 5, 2010)
- ↑ thegauntlet.com : New Satyricon Album Due Out In North America In January (Retrieved June 5, 2010)
- ↑ Yulon Zhu: Archaic-Magazine.com :: The Age of Nero :: Satyricon ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed June 5, 2010)
- ↑ sputnikmusic.com : Satyricon - The Age of Nero Review (Retrieved June 5, 2010)
- ↑ a b Roel de Haan: Satyricon - The Age of Nero Review (Retrieved May 5, 2010)
- ↑ a b Vassilis Efstathiou: Review ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed June 5, 2010)
- ↑ a b A year in Norwegian metal - a purgatory of recombinations ( Memento from September 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ a b Jackie Smit: Satyricon - The Age of Nero (Retrieved June 5, 2010)
- ↑ Chad Bowar: Satyricon - The Age of Nero Review (Retrieved June 5, 2010)
- ↑ James Montague: Satyricon - Now, Diabolical (accessed June 2, 2010)
