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The Age of Nero | 
| Artist: Satyricon
Label: Roadrunner
Category: Music
List Price: £14.99
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 5926
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 016861789329
EAN: 0016861789329
ASIN: B001F14TUU
Release Date: November 3, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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| Tracks:
| • | Commando | | • | The Wolfpack | | • | Black Crow On A Tombstone | | • | Die By My Hand | | • | My Skin is Cold | | • | The Sign Of The Trident | | • | Last Man Standing | | • | Den Siste |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Breathtaking November 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the latest offering from Black Metal's answer to Bros and my god, it's fantastic! It's everything you'd expect from Satyricon - dark and melodic, brutal yet poetic. I think that it's the perfect follow up to Now Diabolical and a must for any would-be fan. The 2 disc edition has some pretty fabulous extras on it too which span some of the band's back catalogue. A superb album. Put it on your Christmas lists and you won't be sorry!
Ohhh Boy ! November 11, 2008
With the return of those melodic notes and eerie vocals it has to be the return of Satyricon and by jove it is - result.
Been waiting for what seems a life time for their new album and this one certainly fills the gap in my soul, my dark, dark soul !!!!!
Keep it up lads and if your wondering go buy this album it's the business - end of story.
John McGregor
 LESS IMMEDIATE, BUT MORE SINISTER THAN NOW DIABOLICAL November 6, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This isn't as immediate as Now Diabolical, and falls somewhere inbetween that effort and Nemesis Divina. The production is slightly pared down too, but not to the music's detriment - has to be said that the drum sound is excellent, and the bass audible. The riffs are darker and more 'creepy' than on Diabolical - at times even having a hint of industrial. Traditional Black Metal fans should still like the guitar work here. There's not much in the way of keyboards or symphonics, but the album does close with some sparingly used brass instruments on the sinister sounding Den Siste (great to hear a song in native Norwegian again!)
Other highlights are My Skin Is Cold, the brutal Die By My Hand (reminiscent of Forhekset) and my favourite, the powerful opener, Commando. GREAT riffs and drum beats!!
I've read press reviews saying that this is more of a traditional Rock sound, even more so than the more accessible Now Diabolical. I don't hear it, it's not at all commercial and it has a very dark feel. So rest assured, Satyricon have not turned into Guns N Roses just yet!
A lot of the songs are more or less mid tempo, but are no less heavy, and when the tempo does go up, it rages.
Satyr's vocals are brutal as ever but still absoluteley clear, with no requisite for the available lyrics, which are as militaristic and threatening as before.
Another good album, from this vintage year!
A return to black. November 4, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Satyricon deliver an awesome album here returning slightly to their heavy Nemesis Divina sound. Satyr may have changed his appearance but dont be fooled this is an unrelenting brutal classic album. Also seeing a song penned in their Norwegian mother tongue for the first time since the aforementioned title which delivers much. There is also enough catchy riffs to shake a very large stick at. The only flaw on this album is that the production is not as high as the previous albums but this appears to be a deliberate attempt to recapture a former sound. Yet another awesome release in this stunning year for hard rock and metal.
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