Satyricon Releasing Live At The Opera via Napalm Records In May


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Norwegian Black Metal legends SATYRICON have signed a worldwide deal with Napalm Records for release of their upcoming DVD Live At The Opera, out on May 1st & on May 5th 2015 in North America. Watch a preview of Live At The Opera here.

Mastermind Satyr about the story behind Live At The Opera:

“The whole thing started with us doing one song, “To The Mountains” a year and a half before the actual show. We performed at a closed event in the main hall of the opera with the Royal Norwegian Opera Chorus. It was very inspirational. I then said to the conductor that I would love to do a whole show like this. He loved the idea, I was serious about it, and he was serious about it.

We spent approximately one and a half year working with composer and arranger Kjetil Bjerkestrand on the choral arrangements. When I picked songs, I was not necessarily looking at only songs suitable for choral arrangements or typical in the Satyricon live set. For me, it had to be a combination. If you look at songs like “Die By My Hand”, it`s pretty obvious we`ll want to use a choir for that because it has a choir on the record too. On the other hand, there were other things I had to consider. For example, “K.I.N.G.” is probably the most famous Satyricon song ever – and not necessarily a song I can imagine with choral arrangements. But just because people hear it more or less the same way always, I thought it would be interesting to take that song and give it a totally different vibe for this one time. And it`s also interesting to see if we can work it around the structure of a song that is more or less straightforward.

For something that we planned for so long, put so much work into, and something this unique – of course it would be nice to film it and record it. But I made it very clear to the people around Satyricon that I`m not going to turn this into a recording session where you can buy tickets.When you hear or or watch this recording you should feel like you’re there.

This is not “Satyricon – Best Of from the Opera”, this is a show! The perfect parts need to go in there, but also the parts that are not so perfect. That`s the nature of it, that`s the real deal. It’s not a live album. It’s a celebration of what Satyricon stands for as a band.”

To celebrate their upcoming DVD release, SATYRICON will be hitting the road for an extensive European tour. Catch them live on the following dates:

Feb 21: Blastfest – Bergen (NO)
Apr 04: DOORNROOSJE – NIJMEGEN (NE)
Apr 05: LE METAPHONE – OIGNIES (FR)
Apr 06: La Machine – Paris (FR)
Apr 07: Sound Control – Manchester (UK)
Apr 08: Scala – London (UK)
Apr 10: Durbuy Rock Festival – Durbuy (BEL)
Apr 11: Matrix – Bochum (DE)
Apr 12: Schlachthof – Wiesbaden (DE)
Apr 13: Akropolis – Prag (CZ)
Apr 15: Bachstage Halle – Munich (DE)
Apr 16: Z7 – Pratteln (CH)
Apr 17: Impetus Festival – Montbéliard (FR)
Apr 18: Deposito Giordano – Pordenone (IT)
Apr 19: Szene – Vienna (AT)
Apr 21: Progresja – Warsaw (PL)
Apr 22: SO36 – Berlin (DE)
Apr 23: Werk 2 – Leipzig (DE)
Apr 24: Markthalle – Hamburg (DE)
Apr 25: KB – Malmö (SE)
Apr 26: Nalen – SE – Stockholm (SE)
Jun 19: Hellfest – Clisson (FR)

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Satyricon Releasing Live At The Opera CD/DVD In April


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Norwegian black metallers Satyricon is releasing their Live At the Opera CD/DVD in April, filmed on September 8, 2013 at Den Norske Opera & Ballett in Oslo, Norway, where they were joined by a 55 string Norwegian National Opera Chorus as part of the Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival.

Commented Satyricon frontman Sigurd “Satyr” Wongraven:

“I want to do this tour to complete the circle on the SATYRICON album and get behind the ‘Live At The Opera’ set, which is as far away from a conventional live album as you can get. I also want to share that experience with our fans in our ‘hometown,’ Europe.

Live At The Opera came out brilliantly, and while this is to be released soon, we are actually working on two more records simultaneously.

“The Dawn Of A New Age 2015 tour is a great arena for us to play some out-of-the-ordinary shows. We plan on playing songs that we never play live, we plan on doing live jam sessions, and we want this to be a real ‘event,’ not just a tour supporting the release of an album.

“We don’t play as many live shows as we used to and we like it that way. These days we spend a lot of time in our studio and music has never felt so good.

“In 2015, you will get to see the beginning of the new SATYRICON which is a band that is waving goodbye to the pre-set formulas of the music industry. You can’t vote on songs for us to play, there won’t be any lame sponsors, but if you play an instrument particularly well, get in touch with us and come jam with us on stage or you can enjoy watching. This tour is to celebrate our relationship with our fans.
I think this has the potential of being our best tour ever and I know it’s going to be absolutely fantastic”

Satyricon did not tour Europe in 2014 and this tour will be the only tour the band will do in Europe in 2015.

The Dawn Of A New Age 2015 European tour
Apr 04: DOORNROOSJE – NIJMEGEN (NE)
Apr 05: LE METAPHONE – OIGNIES (FR)
Apr 06: LA MACHINE – PARIS (FR)
Apr 07: SOUND CONTROL – MANCHESTER (UK)
Apr 08: SCALA – LONDON (UK)
Apr 10: DURBUY ROCK FESTIVAL – DURBUY (BE)
Apr 11: MATRIX – BOCHUM (DE)
Apr 12: SCHLACHTHOF – WIESBADEN (DE)
Apr 13: AKROPOLIS – PRAGUE (CZ)
Apr 15: BACKSTAGE HALLE – MÜNICH (DE)
Apr 16: KOMPLEX 457 – ZÜRICH (SI)
Apr 17: IMPETUS FESTIVAL – AUDINCOURT (FR)
Apr 18: DEPOSITO GIORDANO – PORDENONE (IT)
Apr 19: SZENE – VIENNA (AU)
Apr 21: PROGRESJA – WARSAW (PL)
Apr 22: SO36 – BERLIN (DE)
Apr 23: WERK 2 – LEIPZIG (DE)
Apr 24: MARKTHALLE – HAMBURG (DE)
Apr 25: KB – MALMÖ (SW)
Apr 26: NALEN – STOCKHOLM (SW)

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