Emperor Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
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Trifolium
March 8th 2019


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Nice! They're at the top of my want-to-see-live-list for sure.

Scheumke
March 14th 2019


2874 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I saw them two years ago at the Graspop festival in Belgium. They played Anthems integral as well. Was a pretty neat atmosphere, at night on the mainstage for 50.000+ people. Stupid me I'm only now getting into Emperor and this album specifically. It seems I am so late to the party that I'd throw myself behind the train.

TheClansman95
March 18th 2019


2510 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

this>>>>In the Nightside Eclipse to me. both in terms of songwriting and production (which in the previous album was damn awful tbh)

TheClansman95
March 19th 2019


2510 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

it seems they played the whole album at Bloodstock Open Air last year. Fantastic.

Trifolium
March 19th 2019


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I don't agree but it's still an absolutely fantastic record. Their whole discog is 4+ for me. Incredible band.

DungeonBoy
March 19th 2019


10288 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

WITH STRENGTH I BURN

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 19th 2019


116682 Comments

Album Rating: 4.9

Nightside is GOAT bm but this isn’t far behind.

TheClansman95
March 19th 2019


2510 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Nightside is fantastic, but the drumming here is beyond insane, and the pruction is clearer. Plus the keyboard parts are more complex. Maybe that's why I prefer this one

TheClansman95
March 19th 2019


2510 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

However Trym is currently playing with Emperor. And it seems he still kicks ass*s

DungeonBoy
March 19th 2019


10288 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

bro you just can't handle that kvlt production on Nightside, it's cool. More atmosphere for the rest of us m/

Trifolium
March 19th 2019


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

It's suuuuperb, agreed.

Nightside is colder, more focussed, tighter, and it feels almost inevitable or like it had to be so; whereas this is a bit cleaner, incorporates a bit more fuss. That's why I prefer ITNE.



It's entirely up to taste I guess, both rule anyway.

TheClansman95
March 19th 2019


2510 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

It's atmospheric for sure, but at times it's almost impossible to hear what the guitars are playing, or the vocals are overwhelmed by the other instruments. "Inno a Satana", for example, is far more complex, in terms of guitar playing and composition, than what the album makes you believe, and I realized that only after watching their live shows and finding an accurate tab

TheClansman95
March 19th 2019


2510 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Changing headphones helped and probably listening with top tier headphones to the whole stuff would make it even better, but still. However, don't get me wrong, ITNE's production is better than a lot of other BM albums of the same period (say Darkthrone lol)

Trifolium
March 19th 2019


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah, true, but I really like that because of these qualities you find something new each time. Btw, I wouldn't say you can't hear them at all, they're a bit hazy, yeah, but they're at least distinguishable. Maybe that's something that comes in time, when you know it better.

TheClansman95
March 19th 2019


2510 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Well obviously I'll keep listening to it, since it rules, so maybe that's the case, and with time I'll get more used to it!

Trifolium
March 19th 2019


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah man!

Have you heard IX and Prometheus too? They're really different but soooooo good.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
March 19th 2019


116682 Comments

Album Rating: 4.9

Yeah those are both amazing too. Neither get enough love because of how classic the first 2 are.

TheClansman95
March 19th 2019


2510 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I still have to listen to them. I had listened to ITNE for the first time like two years ago, when I got the CD, and I had mixed feelings about it. I spinned it two days ago in mp3 format and loved it, then I decided to check Anthems and loved it even more. How much different are IX and Prometheus? And in what way?

Trifolium
March 19th 2019


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Agreed. Such a pity, they contain so much greatness. One of metal's best discogs?

Trifolium
March 19th 2019


41141 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

''How much different are IX and Prometheus? And in what way?''

They're way less BM, way more technical and a lot clearer. Superb guitar playing on both.



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