Koch Records
2008
The Age Of Nero
About This Album
Paying little heed to the polarized opinions ever emanating from their headstrong fan base -- many of whom refuse to accept the group's already long-term evolution away from trve black metal cvlt-dom -- Norwegian legends Satyricon continued to press forward inexorably and stubbornly, as guided by their own creative muse, on their seventh long-player, The Age of Nero. Released towards the tail-end of 2008, the album was Satyr and Frost's first through new label Koch Records, and continued to expand upon the desolately glacial sonic approach to modern black metal explored on recent releases, while incorporating more evident links to both traditional rock structures and industrial music's tight disciplinary execution. Even as they infused surprisingly accessible, genre-crossing appeal into the groove-laden robot march of "The Wolfpack" (reminiscent of Now, Diabolical's groundbreaking single, "K.I.N.G."), the foreboding grind of "Last Man Standing," and the hypnotically advancing swing of "The Sign of the Trident," however, the duo also manipulated those foreign elements to bring their lingering black metal hallmarks (including blazing blastbeats, nefarious melodies, and Satyr's cruel rasp, of course) into sharper relief.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,5 and 6)

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