Emperor

[Concubine]

I just started listening to them. I must say i'm quite impressed. The production is good (unlike most BM production), the switch between growl and clean vocals works really well, and the guitar solos are really good. I might have to listen to more black metal.:) Any suggestions?

[Riva]

Which album by them?

They changed quite a bit, so different black metal bands will correspond to different albums by Emperor.

I'll wager a guess that it was Equilibrium XI?

[Concubine]

It was Prometheus - The Discipline Of Fire and Demise

[G_Mac07]

I'm actually intending on uploading IX Equilibrium for the Daily Upload in when metaloz's queue has died down a bit. Keep an eye out for it.

And apparently Ihsahn - The Adversary is similar to Prometheus. I've not heard Prometheus though, so I can't confirm this, but it may be something that you'd like to look into. And in case you didn't known, Ihsahn was a huge part of Emperor.

[Concubine]

I'm actually intending on uploading IX Equilibrium for the Daily Upload in when metaloz's queue has died down a bit. Keep an eye out for it.

And apparently Ihsahn - The Adversary is similar to Prometheus. I've not heard Prometheus though, so I can't confirm this, but it may be something that you'd like to look into. And in case you didn't known, Ihsahn was a huge part of Emperor.

Yeah, Ihsahn was the vocalist, wasn't he? And yeah, i'll keep my eye on the daily upload. :)

[Perhaps Crickets]

Emperor is amazing. With Strength I Burn gets me everytime. ^_^

[Apocalyptic Raids]

I haven't heard anything past Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk. In The Nightside Eclipse is my favorite.

For more Black Metal, check out the other staples; Darkthone, Mayhem, Immortal and Burzum. Nokturnal Mortum could also be of interest for something in the vein of early Emperor.

[Perhaps Crickets]

I'd highly reccomend Enslavement Of Beauty for Emperor fans.

It's quite symphonic and epic. Better production and awesome vocals.

[bluewizard]

Get In The Nightside Eclipse, it's my fav Emperor I've heard so far. Prometheus is an album I'll probably get this week. Emperor has grown on me a whole lot, they're now probably my favorite band and I have the album cover of ITNE in my My Spaxce Baxkground. Wordless Chamber and Empty, songs from Prometheus are still good songs by Emperor, but i'd like to pick up Anthems to The Welkin at Dusk, Loss and Curse of Reverence is a very good song and video.

[Darkness]

I love Emperor. One of my favorite bands. The later two albums are my favorite.


Oh and The Adversary by Ihsahn slays.

[Det_Nosnip]

Get In The Nightside Eclipse, it's my fav Emperor I've heard so far. Prometheus is an album I'll probably get this week. Emperor has grown on me a whole lot, they're now probably my favorite band and I have the album cover of ITNE in my My Spaxce Baxkground. Wordless Chamber and Empty, songs from Prometheus are still good songs by Emperor, but i'd like to pick up Anthems to The Welkin at Dusk, Loss and Curse of Reverence is a very good song and video.

I'm a huge Emperor fan but that video is lame as hell!! :lol: I'm trying to think of what is worse: Ihsahn dressing up like a knight, or Ihsahn dressing up like a Sith Lord. :lol:

Anyways, I'd check out some earlier Emperor before really deciding whether you want to move on to other black metal bands. "Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk" is a classic, as is "In the Nightside Eclipse," but they're very different from Prometheus.

Another band you might want to check out is Naglfar. Their album "Sheol" is quite awesome, and they've kept a pretty solid career going for quite a while.

[Magicaltroll]

I love this band.

In The Infinity Of Thoughts is probably my favorite song by them.

[superpeer]

I never really got into them, though I love a handful of songs.

[Apocalypticon]

I like the classic Emperor stuff but thats about it. Nightside Eclipse is the only full album that really interests me, the other stuff just bores me.

[Nostalgia]

In The Nightside Eclipse is an amazing albums, and it's one of my favorite Black Metal albums. A Fine Day To Die is such a great song

[i am the robots]

Emperor is amazing, all of their albums.

I love Promethius.

[the2stranger]

I lke In The Nightside Eclipse the best.
the synths sound so good, considering when it was recorded. ( very realistic choir voices)

[Shattered_Future]

I'm a huge Emperor fan but that video is lame as hell!! :lol: I'm trying to think of what is worse: Ihsahn dressing up like a knight, or Ihsahn dressing up like a Sith Lord. :lol:

I don't think it's as bad as Empty though. Upside down flying hospital beds do NOT translate well.

[CabbageStabbage]

Another band you might want to check out is Naglfar. Their album "Sheol" is quite awesome, and they've kept a pretty solid career going for quite a while.

The one song I heard by Naglfar (I Am Vengeance) was great.

On topic tho, I'm listening to Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk right now, it's so great. It's fun doing homework with it in the background. I can't decide what song is the best yet.

My favourite Emperor song of all time is definitely "I Am The Black Wizards".

[Kage]

=My favourite Emperor song of all time is definitely "I Am The Black Wizards".
I heartily agree.

[Luc2142]

The one song I heard by Naglfar (I Am Vengeance) was great.

On topic tho, I'm listening to Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk right now, it's so great. It's fun doing homework with it in the background. I can't decide what song is the best yet.

My favourite Emperor song of all time is definitely "I Am The Black Wizards".

I think Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk is my favorite now that I've given it a good listen.

I Am The Black Wizards is a great song.

I also love Thus Spake The Nightspirit, Ensorcelled By Khaos (sp?), and Inno a Satana.

[Benzum]

I haven't heard anything past Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk. In The Nightside Eclipse is my favorite.


Those are the only 2 I have, and that's the way I like it.

[Luc2142]

I have Prometheus too.

I think it's really good, but not up to their other work.

I'm not really interested in getting IX Equilibrium.

[slaughteredfirst]

the last 2 cds they did are amazing.


INSE dosnt hold me for more than two seconds before I get bored though.

[Tyr]

I like their last two albums, but not much else.

[bluewizard]

I have Prometheus too.

I think it's really good, but not up to their other work.

I'm not really interested in getting IX Equilibrium.
Why not? Curse Ye All Men is a good song though not better than The Loss and Curse of Reverence or In The Nightside Eclipse. Is Wrath of The Tyrants a good CD, I heard its production was worse than Nightside's.

[Freezing Moon]

My favorite Emperor is "As The Shadows Rise" EP from '94. My favorite album by them is "In The Nightside Eclipse". The vocals on the EP are great.

I can't say I'm a huge fan of them, but I like them way more than most of the bands that they inspired.

[i am the robots]

I think Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk is my favorite now that I've given it a good listen.

My favorite too.

So epic.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

A Fine Day To Die is such a great song
True, even though it's not actually their song.

[G_Mac07]

\m/ BATHORY \m/

[Apocalyptic Raids]

\m/

[Nostalgia]

Yeah, I know it's a Bathory song, but I've actually only heard the original once or twice.

Since Jono ruined that song for me, I'd probably say Beyond The Great Vast Forest is up there with A Fine Day To Die. :p

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Man, you need to listen to more of the original!

[VomitStainedCretin]

Does everyone know about Emperor playing a one-off gig in London on the 28 of October?

[nobodyblossomsforever]

prometheus: the discipline of fire and demise is one of my favorite albums of all time

"he who sought the fire" f'ucking kills idc what anyone says

(had to bump emperor is awesome)

[McP3000]

eh i dont like their new stuff. ITNE is great, and ATTWAD has good moments, but is overall just above average for me.

[Det_Nosnip]

Yeah, Ihsahn was the vocalist, wasn't he? And yeah, i'll keep my eye on the daily upload. :)

Vocalist, main composer, guitarist...by the end he pretty much WAS Emperor.

[Det_Nosnip]

Why not? Curse Ye All Men is a good song though not better than The Loss and Curse of Reverence or In The Nightside Eclipse. Is Wrath of The Tyrants a good CD, I heard its production was worse than Nightside's.

Yeah, the production is pretty grim on Wrath. The songs were good live, but I'm not a huge fan of how they sound on the album.

[FiveLives]

This band is pretty damn bad. I have no idea how I used to love them.

[Mr. Ron]

totally depends on what album you're talking about

[masada]

123 i bought nightside and got sick of it in like a week

[Txus]

I only like Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk and even that one bores me.

[masscows]

In the Nightside Eclipse only grew on me recently

at about the same time Anthems grew off of me considerably, though the intro and Ye Entrancemperium together are still amazing

[jrowa001]

i like Anthems and Nightside quite a bit but dont listen to them often

[pate]

All four albums are great.

[Det_Nosnip]

Yep. Wait...which 4? :confused: They had like 5 or 6 total.

[McP3000]

Yep. Wait...which 4? :confused: They had like 5 or 6 total.
1. In The Nightside Eclipse
2. Anthems To The Welkins At Dusk
3. IX Equilibrium
4. Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise

what you might be thinking of is Wrath of the Tyrant which is techincally just a demo, and/or A Decade of Imperial Wrath which is their compilation/best of collection

[Lunarfall]

They only have 4. Nightside, Anthems, Equilibrium, Prometheus. The others are either live or compilation albums.

Edit: yeah, **** you McP.

[McP3000]

late

[Silenius]

It was Prometheus - The Discipline Of Fire and Demise

Not black metal but still a cool CD.

[FatalEnergy]

I only like the first EP and demos. Nightside I suppose is okay.

[Silenius]

The early EPs are amazing, especiall As the Shadows Rise.

[pate]

1. In The Nightside Eclipse
2. Anthems To The Welkins At Dusk
3. IX Equilibrium
4. Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise

what you might be thinking of is Wrath of the Tyrant which is techincally just a demo, and/or A Decade of Imperial Wrath which is their compilation/best of collection

yeah, this

[Stormrider]

I really like them up up to/inculding In the Nightside Eclipse.

Never really got into Anthems that much, and I've only heard a random song here and there from their later stuff and it doesn't really interest me.

[Det_Nosnip]

1. In The Nightside Eclipse
2. Anthems To The Welkins At Dusk
3. IX Equilibrium
4. Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise

what you might be thinking of is Wrath of the Tyrant which is techincally just a demo, and/or A Decade of Imperial Wrath which is their compilation/best of collection

I was thinking of Wrath.

[Silenius]

I think that The Acclamation of Bonds is one of their best songs, the part where everything but the guitars drop out in the bridge section is amazing.

[masscows]

I only like the first EP and demos. Nightside I suppose is okay.

I still have to hear those, I've heard nothing but positive things about them

[ArcLite]

I never tire of listening to ITNE. One of my favorite albums. Their other stuff is just meh to me after multiple listens and attempts to enjoy. Inno A Satana, The Majesty of the Night Sky, Into the Infinity of Thoughts and I Am the Black Wizards are absolutely great tracks.

[Det_Nosnip]

ITNE's production, drums, & vocals bother me but the songwriting was ace so the songs were awesome live. At the Welkin and IX are my favs, although the production on the latter was WAY too trebly IMO.

[Stormrider]

ITNE's production, drums, & vocals bother me.

I love how the album sounds.

I just wish the vocals were a bit more powerful sometimes.

[Hawks10Pec]

ItNE and AttWaD are both amazing. The newer stuff is still good, but nowhere near as great as the first two albums.

[Angmar]

I got pretty tired of these guys, they still have some really good songs though.

[Silenius]

Inno A Satana is one of those awesome songs haha, amazing.

[Hawks10Pec]

I agree. Inno a Satana is probably my favorite Emperor song. Either that or I am the Black Wizards.

[DERSIEGDERKRIEGDERKAMPF]

I liked some ITNSE back in the day, Towards the Pantheon and Cosmic Keys... mainly. Everything after was total faggotry and some stuff before was decent.

[Stormrider]

Ancient Queen on as Shadows Rise is really good.

The first time the vocals come in is perfect.

[Angmar]

I should probably re-download the old EPs, haven't listened to them in ages.

[RNR]

ITNSE was the album that got me into black metal. Such power :D

[Hawks10Pec]

Wrath of the Tyrant was one of the first black metal albums I heard. I hated it at first because of the production, but eventually loved it.

[McP3000]

Into The Infinity Of Thoughts and Inno A Satana are my favorite songs by Emperor. I've always found I Am The Black Wizards to be overrated

[Stormrider]

The "summon the souls of macrocosm' part is brilliant.

[Det_Nosnip]

I love how the album sounds.

I just wish the vocals were a bit more powerful sometimes.

Yeah, he sounds as young as he was at the time. :p Still fantastic songwriting, though.

[Thor]

I should probably re-download the old EPs, haven't listened to them in ages.
They're all pretty awesome actually.

[Silenius]

ITNSE was the album that got me into black metal. Such power :D

First black metal CD I bought. :thumb:

[Thor]

First black metal CD I bought. :thumb:
Same for me. Still one of my favorites.

[Det_Nosnip]

Anthems was for me.

[pate]

Storm of the Light's Bane

lol

[Stormrider]

Dark Medieval Times.

I actually still like that album, though.

[Silenius]

I actually still listen to STOLB and DMT every now and again. The flute/lute part in the song "Dark Medieval Times" is excellent.

[Stormrider]

tbh, the whole album is really good. I even like Shadowthrone as well.

On the other hand, I never liked Nemesis Divina.

[Thor]

Storm of the Light's Bane

lol
Why lol? One of the best albums ever.

[Silenius]

I like Mother North but the rest isn't as good as the earlier albums.

[Txus]

Why lol? One of the best albums ever.

:lol:

[masscows]

Dissection is good if you take it for what it is: blackened heavy metal

[EINSIEG]

Noooo

[pate]

Why lol? One of the best albums ever.

not rly


Night's Blood is a masterpiece. The rest can blow me.

[Silenius]

I like most of the CD, just not Unhallowed and the intro/outro.

[Det_Nosnip]

Listening to Storm of the Light's Bane now. Although it has stupid black metal fuzzy production, it's pretty good so far. It seems like the progression in the first track has been used by every black metal band ever, though. :lol:

Night's Blood is cool...the riffs are actually pretty interesting.

lol @ "Chaosophy," though. :lol:

Now I'm listening to Dark Medieval Times...I don't like this nearly as much. :( The production is too bad and it doesn't seem to have the redeeming melodic qualities of Dissection. The first acoustic thing was ok I guess but it sounded like the guitarist could barely play it.

lol...flutes.

[McP3000]

I like Storm of the Light's Bane but its not amazing by anything means

[FatalEnergy]

Never liked Satyricon. Always thought they were like third rate.

As far as Dissection goes, the Somberlain is way better.

[Dash]

Emperor is one of the few bands who make music I consider timeless or art.

Every album is majestic but completely different. It is so rare to find bands like this that just don't water down everything or sell out completely (Eg Satyricon).

Oh and Nemesis Divina is a classic. Obviously Mother North is the highpoint here but how about Forkeshet or Transcendental Requiem of Slaves, you guys don't like that?

Again, Satyricon is like Emperor, every album is different.

And.. Det_Nosnip, DMT is a marvelous album. You just have to be used to black metal. I'd say give it another year of adjusting your ears to BM production. Than pickup the Shadowthrone once you can enjoy the muddled production of DMT.

[FiveLives]

Listening to Storm of the Light's Bane now. Although it has stupid black metal fuzzy production, it's pretty good so far. It seems like the progression in the first track has been used by every black metal band ever, though. :lol:

Night's Blood is cool...the riffs are actually pretty interesting.

lol @ "Chaosophy," though. :lol:

Now I'm listening to Dark Medieval Times...I don't like this nearly as much. :( The production is too bad and it doesn't seem to have the redeeming melodic qualities of Dissection. The first acoustic thing was ok I guess but it sounded like the guitarist could barely play it.

lol...flutes.
wait what, since when does SotLB have "fuzzy" production.

[rasputin]

Personally I find the Somberlain much, much better than Storm of the Light's Bane.

[Stormrider]

As far as Dissection goes, the Somberlain is way better.

I don't know man, I wasn't very impressed with The Somberlain the couple of times I tried listening to it.

[Thor]

not rly


Night's Blood is a masterpiece. The rest can blow me.
Even Where Dead Angels Lie? wtf man that song is classic

[masada]

not Rly


Night's Blood Is A Masterpiece. The Rest Can Blow Me.

123

[Det_Nosnip]

And.. Det_Nosnip, DMT is a marvelous album. You just have to be used to black metal. I'd say give it another year of adjusting your ears to BM production. Than pickup the Shadowthrone once you can enjoy the muddled production of DMT.

Mmm I'm fairly used to black metal I just don't like it very much.

btw has anybody noticed that all of Immortal's videos involving L.A.R.P.ing? :lol: