The Age of Nero

The Age of Nero is the seventh studio album by 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.

Background
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 and most famously, where Nirvana had recorded Nevermind.

On 6 October 2008, the first single, "Black Crow on a Tombstone", was released for online streaming at Roadrunner Records' UK website.

Satyricon

 * Satyr (Sigurd Wongraven) – vocals, guitars, keyboards, effects, arrangement, production
 * Frost (Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad) – drums

Additional personnel

 * Snorre Ruch – guitars
 * Windhfyr – keyboards, choir on tracks 1-4
 * Erik Ljunggren – additional effects
 * Victor Brandt – bass guitar
 * Eirik Devold, Terje Midtgård, Øivind Westby – trombone
 * Thomas Røisland – tuba
 * Andrew John Smith, Arild Rohde, Bjørn Bugge, Christian Lyder Marstrander, Kjell Viig, Sturla Flem Rinvik – choir on tracks 1-4

Production

 * Snorre Ruch – arrangement
 * Joe Barresi – engineering, mixing
 * Josh Smith, Lars Klokkerhuag, Erik Ljunggren, Rail Jon Rogut – engineers
 * Jun Murakawa – mixing assistance
 * Brian Gardner – mastering