SATYRICON's 'Age' Is Band's Lowest-Charting Album In Norway Since 1999's 'Extravaganza'

"The Age Of Nero", the new album from Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON, entered the national chart in the band's home country at position No. 5. Indie Recordings, which shipped 8,000 copies of the CD to Norwegian retailers prior to its November 3 release, claims to be satisfied with the chart debut.

"We've always said that we were aiming for a 4-6 first-week chart position, so No. 5 is OK," Indie Recordings sales manager Espen Solheim Røhne tells the Norwegian music industry magazine Faro Journalen.

A No. 5 debut is SATYRICON's lowest chart entry in Norway since "Rebel Extravaganza", which landed at No. 32 in 1999. "Volcano" (2002) entered the chart at No. 4, while 2006's "Now, Diabolical" came in at No. 2.

"If you look at the chart and the calendar, it's clear that this is the highest entry we could get," explains Solheim Røhne.

Indie Recordings is still confident that it will be able to push the "Age Of Nero" sales past the 15,000 mark, thus securing SATYRICON its first gold record ever.

"We have had 1,000 reorders for 'The Age Of Nero' this week, so if we continue at that pace, we'll have a gold record before Christmas," Røhne says.

DIMMU BORGIR is the only Norwegian black metal band to ever receive a gold album in Norway, a feat that it managed to achieve with 2007's "In Sorte Diaboli". The CD also entered the Norwegian album chart at No. 1.

"Black Crow On A Tombstone", the new video from SATYRICON, can be viewed below.

SATYRICON has inked a deal with Koch Records for the North American release of "The Age Of Nero". The CD is tentatively due in the U.S. in January in time for the group's tour with CRADLE OF FILTH.

"Black Crow On A Tombstone" video:

SATYRICON on NRK's "Lydverket" program (footage of frontman Satyr in Los Angeles working on new album):

(Thanks: Asbjørn Slettemark)