| The Age of Nero | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Satyricon |
| Cover: | Satyricon - The Age of Nero.jpg |
| Released: | 3 November 2008 |
| Recorded: | May 2008 at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, California, USA |
| Genre: | Black metal, black 'n' roll |
| Length: | 42:43 |
| Label: | Roadrunner |
| Producer: | Satyr |
| Prev Title: | My Skin Is Cold |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | Satyricon |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
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.
Most of the album was written in a forest cabin, with the collaboration of Snorre Ruch (Thorns).[1] 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.[2]
| Chart (2008) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Finnish Albums Chart | 30[3] | |
| French Albums Chart | 136[4] | |
| German Albums Chart | 73[5] | |
| Norwegian Albums Chart | 5[6] | |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 26[7] | |
| U.S. Top Heatseekers Chart | 18[8] |