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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.
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Personnel:
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 – choir on tracks 1-4
Arild Rohde – choir on tracks 1-4
Bjørn Bugge – choir on tracks 1-4
Christian Lyder Marstrander – choir on tracks 1-4
Kjell Viig – choir on tracks 1-4
Sturla Flem Rinvik – choir on tracks 1-4
Production:
Snorre Ruch – arrangement
Joe Barresi – engineering, mixing
Josh Smith – engineering
Lars Klokkerhuag – engineering
Erik Ljunggren – engineering
Rail Jon Rogut – engineering
Jun Murakawa – mixing assistance
Brian Gardner – mastering
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