Cameron Edney at Inside Out recently spoke with mainman Satyr. Following is an excerpt from the interview:

Inside Out: Hailing from Norway, you jetted off to California to record the latest album in the same studios I believe METALLICA used to record Death Magnetic! What were your main reasons for recording The Age of Nero in the United States?

Satyr: "It was easy; we talked about that early on. This could be the ultimate Satyricon record; this is our chance... that is how we felt! We thought, what do we do to secure that outcome? I, as a producer, I need to team up with someone not only who has a good track record but someone that has the same idea of good and bad when it comes to Sonics as I do. Joe Barresi was someone I had met seven years ago and he’s really old school. He uses rock solid gear and tries to do things naturally instead of adding things artificially. Joe has a vast range of experience from his work with Kyuss and the Queens of the Stone Age to his work with pop rock 'ordinary stuff.' I think it was really important for us to step out of our comfort zones. Satyricon have recorded six albums plus a couple of Ep’s in the comfort of our home environment in Norway and also our neighbouring country Denmark having done a lot of work there. Those were all very good experiences but we needed something fresh. As many good bands as there are coming out of Scandinavia and many good studios, music as a profession isn’t really respected and treated in the way that it is in America. If you’re in an environment and all you have to worry about is performing as an artist, it will bring out the best in you whilst if you are in Scandinavia you can certainly do good records, I’m not saying that its hard to do good records there but the stage is more set as an artist to bring out the very best in you in America, it’s not considered as much a hobby there as it is a profession."

Go to this location for the complete interview.