Napalm Records Inks Deal With Satyricon For "Live At The Opera" DVD

Norweigan metal act Satyricon has signed a worldwide deal with Napalm Records for the release of the new DVD/live package "Live at the Opera." The package - which contains a full performance DVD and double CD - is set to be released in Europe on May 1st and on May 5th 2015 in North America. A clip for the track "Die By My Hand" can be found over at this location.

Mastermind Satyr about the story behind the release: "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."

In celebration of the release, the band will hit the road in Europe, with the following confirmed dates:

21.02.2015 NOR - Bergen / Blastfest
04.04.2015 NL - Nijmegen / Doornroosje
05.04.2015 FR - Oignies / Le Metaphone
06.04.2015 FR - Paris / La Machine
07.04.2015 UK - Manchester / Sound Control
08.04.2015 UK - London / Scala
10.04.2015 BEL - Durbuy / Durbuy Rock Festival
11.04.2015 GER - Bochum / Matrix
12.04.2015 GER - Wiesbaden / Schlachthof
13.04.2015 CZ - Prag / Akropolis
15.04.2015 GER - Munich / Bachstage Halle
16.04.2015 CH - Pratteln / Z7
17.04.2015 FR - Montbéliard / Impetus Festival
18.04.2015 IT - Pordenone / Deposito Giordano
19.04.2015 AT - Vienna / Szene
21.04.2015 PL - Warsaw / Progresja
22.04.2015 GER - Berlin / SO36
23.04.2015 GER - Leipzig / Werk 2
24.04.2015 GER - Hamburg / Markthalle
25.04.2015 SE - Malmö / KB
26.04.2015 SE - Stockholm / Nalen
19.06.2015 FR - Clisson / Hellfest