EMPEROR - "Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk" (Full album)

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  • Emperor - "Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk", available on Candlelight Records.
    Emperor Abbey-Road half-speed masters available now: Emperor.lnk.to/D2CID
    Alsvartr (The Oath) (0:00)
    Ye Entrancemperium (4:21)
    Thus Spake the Nightspirit (9:36)
    Ensorcelled by Khaos (14:05)
    The Loss and Curse of Reverence (20:46)
    The Acclamation of Bonds (26:54)
    With Strength I Burn (32:49)
    The Wanderer (41:02)
    In Longing Spirit (44:00)
    Opus a Satana (49:56)
    The Loss and Curse of Reverence (live) (54:14)
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  • @timbutler6447
    @timbutler6447 Рік тому +56

    Rob Halford brought me here. It's one of his top 10 favorite Metal albums.

    • @artemisia-qq1lw
      @artemisia-qq1lw 10 місяців тому +2

      @@iborntobedrunk1077 LOL😹most of us know who RH is

  • @biketrailexplorer
    @biketrailexplorer Рік тому +99

    I will never forget the feeling when I put this CD in the player for the first time in 1997

  • @jagerbomb
    @jagerbomb 8 років тому +1062

    This is how Emperor's albums are like... One single riff just pops in your head even though you haven't listened to it in weeks or months. Then you just have to put the record playing to hear the riff, but then you can't stop listening and you have to listen through the whole album.

    • @desever3882
      @desever3882 8 років тому +39

      +Doom Dope Or when you're walking in around in public and do a whisper-scream of "DEPRAAAAAVED" and everybody thinks you're nuts.

    • @jagerbomb
      @jagerbomb 8 років тому +8

      DeSever thus spake the nightspiiriiiiiiit.......!

    • @NEMEPOLYNHA
      @NEMEPOLYNHA 8 років тому +31

      +Doom Dope ...or those times when you unfortunately listen some nu metal or others shitty music, then you have to run home and listen this whole album trying to clear your mind and get back your senses in good and fine music. Btw; Emperor performs sophisticated Black Metal art only.

    • @yank31
      @yank31 8 років тому +2

      +Doom Dope Well this is exactly what brought me here! And it had been probably years...

    • @liamide2007
      @liamide2007 8 років тому +14

      +DeSever or when driving your car... singing the words and everybody looks why your making such weird faces... magical moments ^^

  • @Murska-arviotBlogspotFi
    @Murska-arviotBlogspotFi 8 років тому +1276

    One of the best black metal albums ever.

  • @alexanderwagner4587
    @alexanderwagner4587 Рік тому +227

    If you're going to own only one black metal album, this is it! Untouchable album!

    • @clumpyify
      @clumpyify Рік тому +2

      I agree 💯%

    • @ELLAS1234
      @ELLAS1234 Рік тому +4

      gehenna malice

    • @goldeon8072
      @goldeon8072 Рік тому +15

      hhow am I going to own it if it's untouchable!?!??

    • @InMemorium2Euronymous
      @InMemorium2Euronymous Рік тому +2

      for me it would b the instrumental version of De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas or Transilvanian Hunger.
      *i actually have The Black• Priest of Satan. good album too, not what i want but it's what i have atm.

    • @pigdestroyer1019
      @pigdestroyer1019 Рік тому +5

      Rotting christ - thy mighty contract.. for me

  • @4evam3
    @4evam3 7 років тому +73

    "Ensorcelled by Khaos" is such a fucking masterpiece

    • @toprak3479
      @toprak3479 Рік тому +2

      One hell of a black metal onslaught

  • @brendannelson1531
    @brendannelson1531 8 місяців тому +2

    Yes yes yes!!!

  • @y33tzy
    @y33tzy 2 роки тому +190

    I borrowed this CD from the local community library many years ago, because I thought the title and cover looked interesting. It was my first time ever hearing black metal. The first CD I ever bought was AQUA ffs!! This was a pivotal moment in my life. I could not believe my ears and the emotions it evoked the goose bumps and the imagery this album conjures. It was a baptism by fire into the world of extreme music. I will always be grateful for the many wonderful doors it opened the experiences, live shows and lifelong friendships. Such a treasure of an album.!!

    • @stefdiazdiaz7067
      @stefdiazdiaz7067 Рік тому +7

      Nice prose!

    • @scottvelez3154
      @scottvelez3154 Рік тому +40

      The local library had Emperor CDs? Coolest library ever.

    • @y33tzy
      @y33tzy Рік тому +15

      @@scottvelez3154 It was!! The Media section was crazy. I would go there everyday in the summer holidays and pick out albums that I thought looked interesting. Shout out to Rotherham Local Library.

    • @drownthepoor
      @drownthepoor Рік тому +5

      It's interesting to me that you mention the images it conjures because since I was a child music has always made me "see" things, and it's hard to explain to people. But for example, I made an instrumental electronic song(idk what genre it falls under) but the song to me belongs at the end of a movie as the credits start to role. And it's ideal for like a thriller/drama type film. I think this is a part of the reason music videos became a thing. Because some people feel/see things from music.

    • @dalazo
      @dalazo Рік тому +4

      No shame in buying Aqua or whatever as a kid. I used to blast Rhythm of the Night as a toddler and loved it. Kids enjoy kids music and whatever else. Parents making their children listen to their Cannibal Corpse albums to make them "metal heads" is what is actually wrong in this world. Also great library, I've known about Black Metal even as a kid through my sister for a lot of people its just a random strike of luck.

  • @Mattialoathing
    @Mattialoathing 4 роки тому +130

    In my opinion this is the best Emperor’s album ever

    • @moit_gabr
      @moit_gabr 3 роки тому +15

      It’s a difficult choice though

    • @woodenhoe
      @woodenhoe 3 роки тому +9

      @@moit_gabr either this or ITNE

    • @Satarielcosmosdesecrator
      @Satarielcosmosdesecrator 3 роки тому +17

      Is the second one the best always will be in the nightside eclipse

    • @captainfantastic3490
      @captainfantastic3490 3 роки тому +5

      Yes even better than the first one which is a phenomenal album. This album is more mental!!!

    • @williamkoscielniak820
      @williamkoscielniak820 3 роки тому +12

      I prefer Nightside but only by a small margin. They're both masterpieces of the Norwegian black metal scene.

  • @Trotsky1981
    @Trotsky1981 7 років тому +475

    Damn, I haven't listened to this in at *least* a decade. It's even better than I remember. The 90s was a special time for extreme metal.

    • @alejandromondragon3645
      @alejandromondragon3645 7 років тому +21

      the best part of it, was the extreme metal music busted a lot of crappy "alternative" music of those years

    • @user-gz4sp1jd4y
      @user-gz4sp1jd4y 7 років тому +4

      same here!

    • @MrFredd38
      @MrFredd38 7 років тому +3

      Same!

    • @SvitzlaV
      @SvitzlaV 7 років тому +15

      90s have been THE time

    • @adopodrinje1499
      @adopodrinje1499 7 років тому +21

      late 90s for sure! both Death and Black changed to better! larger audience better studio productions and finally breakthrough with larger festivals! I love the Ablaze magazine from germany back then. discovered so many great bands, also PAgan metal or Viking metal and some others!

  • @gogolplex74
    @gogolplex74 8 років тому +335

    That intro track is incredible

    • @WillemJanWollants
      @WillemJanWollants 4 роки тому +13

      Indeed and also the song following it. Not a dull moment.

    • @LuhAlmeidaSep
      @LuhAlmeidaSep 4 роки тому +4

      Perfect.....

    • @kotw1432
      @kotw1432 4 роки тому +7

      Alsvartr is easily one of Emperor's finest moments. Which is saying a lot for a band this great.

    • @BootboyJu
      @BootboyJu 4 роки тому +1

      Intro written by Euronymous

    • @Daniele-Manno
      @Daniele-Manno 4 роки тому +9

      @@BootboyJu Wrong, that is the opening riff of "Ye Entracemperium"

  • @TheMoi
    @TheMoi 7 років тому +68

    "With Strength I Burn" is the best black metal song ever

  • @eddiemperor
    @eddiemperor 6 років тому +427

    This is a great piece of work, not black metal, metal, just musically. So young and filled w energy and creativity.

    • @Neuroneos
      @Neuroneos 4 роки тому +74

      Well said, Ludwig.

    • @Goldman200
      @Goldman200 4 роки тому +57

      @@Neuroneos You know you made a really good album when Beethoven himself is praising it

    • @frankkremers861
      @frankkremers861 4 роки тому +25

      Good to hear from you after the movies, specially considering how long dogs usually live

    • @Finn-gx6ir
      @Finn-gx6ir 3 роки тому +17

      thank you beethoven, now i know i wasn't crazy in 12th grade. i was perfectly fine.

    • @francoisgagne3322
      @francoisgagne3322 3 роки тому +3

      Agreed..Absolutely not "black metal"...

  • @xullux5915
    @xullux5915 3 роки тому +72

    There's more grandeur in Alsvartr than most bands can fit on an entire album.

    • @superprogamer_0518
      @superprogamer_0518 3 роки тому +7

      I agree, the intro is seriously underrated

    • @svartiske3283
      @svartiske3283 Рік тому +4

      1990s Ihsahn channels pure creativity.

    • @turpasauna
      @turpasauna 8 місяців тому

      The music really immerses you. It makes you feel you are truly seeing the true Emperor in all his glory.

  • @VM0451
    @VM0451 7 років тому +252

    Black metal is often so beautiful.
    This is one of the best examples of it.

    • @adopodrinje1499
      @adopodrinje1499 7 років тому +10

      check out ABIGOR ! LOVE THAT TOO! same as Judas Iscariot !! makes me drool !

    • @johnaustin209
      @johnaustin209 Рік тому +2

      True. Too many just listen to one song of Mayhem and judge by it...

  • @christhjian9923
    @christhjian9923 9 років тому +122

    So much soul in Emperor's music. Many black metal bands lack that.

    • @glohitia666
      @glohitia666 4 роки тому +12

      It´s also their Magic. And yes Magic flows quite strong with Emperor, indeed!

    • @andreasgreek312
      @andreasgreek312 Рік тому +6

      Those bands are what we call...Lack Metal bands.

  • @markulver5425
    @markulver5425 4 роки тому +160

    Alsvartr (The Oath) 00:00
    Ye Entrancemperium 04:21
    Thus Spake the Nightspirit 09:36
    Ensorcelled by Khaos 14:05
    The Loss and Curse of Reverence 20:46
    The Acclamation of Bonds 26:54
    With Strength I Burn 32:49
    The Wanderer 41:02
    In Longing Spirit 44:00
    Opus a Satana 49:56
    The Loss and Curse of Reverence - Live 54:14

  • @LIPresume
    @LIPresume 8 років тому +492

    I adore black metal. There is nothing on earth that does the same things for me.

    • @athenassigil5820
      @athenassigil5820 8 років тому +81

      No kidding, I love all types of music, but black metal just soothes and inspires me.....most outsiders consider it noise, their loss....

    • @Fuzorz
      @Fuzorz 8 років тому +15

      +LIPresume except death metal (;

    • @katarzynagrebs.c.9430
      @katarzynagrebs.c.9430 8 років тому +1

      B.

    • @wladimircofre
      @wladimircofre 8 років тому +1

      Listen Uaral Band, is awesome!

    • @athenassigil5820
      @athenassigil5820 8 років тому

      Pilomaf Agreed!

  • @friotaiocht101
    @friotaiocht101 2 місяці тому +4

    "Ensorcelled by Khaos"... what a great song... my favorite off of this amazing album!

  • @biorythmicshifter
    @biorythmicshifter 4 роки тому +67

    This album changed my perception of how music could be made when it came out, completely pivotal in my musical vocabulary...I miss that feeling when things sounded truly new.

    • @ravindarkambient7183
      @ravindarkambient7183 3 роки тому +4

      I was going to leave a comment, but it would be the same as yours. This is indeed a very powerful album. Cheers!

    • @francoisgagne3322
      @francoisgagne3322 2 роки тому

      Yep......Nicely said, dude!!

    • @crrodriguez
      @crrodriguez Рік тому

      You said it better, yeah..at the time it did something magical with the way I percieved metal at least..at that I age I already had basic+ formal musical instruction but the idioms were very difficult to parse at first coming from other metal/rock subgenres, I was stuck for weeks or months with several songs of this album trying to actually penetrate the wall of sound as it is very capriciously densely mixed.. to this day, some passages like the one at 11:12 are still baffling, and still sometimes I can listen to something I haven't heard in the years listening..

    • @patrickbertlein4626
      @patrickbertlein4626 23 дні тому

      I’m 41 own and have owned thousands of albums and while it’s not often, even in black metal I find something new once or twice a year. You’re just not listening to enough music if that’s the case.

  • @Shrednought
    @Shrednought 2 роки тому +27

    this is life affirming in my eyes, black metal stereotypes have nothing over this.

  • @kaziglubey4455
    @kaziglubey4455 Рік тому +56

    The transition from Alsvatar to Ye Entrancemperium is just so great. And then the brutality and relentless speed crashes into you, with Ihsahn screaming over it all. This whole album is the pinnacle of black metal in my opinion. Very well written with so many different sounds coming into the picture. The guitar tone, the keyboards, the layers of music are brilliant.

    • @ansari8225
      @ansari8225 3 місяці тому

      I haven't heard a bad album by them yet.

  • @Jaiwho
    @Jaiwho 3 роки тому +61

    With Strenght I Burn : the most powerful song of all time, best thing i've ever heard in my life !!!!!!!!!

  • @lorannab3092
    @lorannab3092 2 роки тому +17

    38:28 This. This is "THE moment" for me. 🖤

  • @beatlebug3090
    @beatlebug3090 6 років тому +35

    With Strength I Burn brings tears to my eyes. It is so magnificent. The more I listen to this the better it gets.

    • @petrikarjalainen2297
      @petrikarjalainen2297 6 років тому +4

      There was a dude standing next to me @ Tuska.. 2007? Anyways, staring at me and my emotional state, involving tears and goosebumps. Not a word, guess he was a bit less emotionally sensitive type, a good actor or something like that.
      Great gig!

    • @petrikarjalainen2297
      @petrikarjalainen2297 6 років тому +3

      Bet You like "The Wanderer", too? It expresses the feeling of being the lone wolf perfecty. Again, has no comparison, speaking of the few of purely instrumental black metal pieces.
      Excluding black ambient and other music that's based of being instrumental of course.

    • @beatlebug3090
      @beatlebug3090 6 років тому +3

      Naturally. The album is just exquisite from start to finish.

  • @audioface420
    @audioface420 2 роки тому +8

    We spread our wings and fly away 🤘

  • @darkbarker
    @darkbarker 4 роки тому +49

    Crushing but yet soothing and charming. Emperor's sound is very much like a dark folklore tale - it's lure in with beautiful stories but it slap you with grotesque details and violent scenes.

  • @SVARTSINN6
    @SVARTSINN6 6 років тому +34

    Nightspirit, spirit, spirit, embrace my soul...

  • @MetalMinded2011
    @MetalMinded2011 6 років тому +78

    For me, the greatest album of metal history, full stop.

    • @lionelfernandez8880
      @lionelfernandez8880 4 роки тому

      I agree.

    • @hadesdescent6664
      @hadesdescent6664 4 роки тому +3

      Not a chance, Old Man's Child Born of the Flickering, AETERNUS ...and so the night became, Limbonic Art ... choose 5 , Samael Passage.............

    • @cobijing
      @cobijing 3 роки тому +5

      dissection first 2 albums... the somberlain man!

    • @mistsister
      @mistsister 2 роки тому +3

      Same. No one can say it's not because for some of us it is. To each their own.

    • @constanpal7716
      @constanpal7716 2 роки тому +1

      Demasiado meloso

  • @TeppichPilot
    @TeppichPilot 8 років тому +116

    The final part of Ye Entrancemperium still gives me goosebumbs after all these years....

    • @7428marcus
      @7428marcus 6 років тому +5

      TeppichPilot the spoken word part? Man that part is absolutely perfect

    • @Darrylizer1
      @Darrylizer1 4 роки тому +6

      The beginning gets me too. Great song.

  • @Darrylizer1
    @Darrylizer1 3 роки тому +18

    Their greatest album and one of the greatest metal albums, ever.

  • @Empiricist14
    @Empiricist14 9 років тому +23

    Listened to this for the first time yesterday. MINDBLOWING.

    • @IanHunter78
      @IanHunter78 9 років тому

      I remember that feeling from years ago. Enjoy it, and check out their earlier albums as well!

  • @Jaiwho
    @Jaiwho 3 роки тому +26

    Masterpiece Black Metal album.

  • @raunomurju9052
    @raunomurju9052 10 років тому +386

    Great job Candlelight.
    This is effective kind of promotion instead of hiding material.

    • @tothegatesmx
      @tothegatesmx 6 років тому +21

      YEAH!!! EVERYDAY, MORE AND MORE GREAT METAL BANDS ARE GETTING WELL PROMOTED BY SHARING THEIR OWN WORKS, INSTEAD OF HIDING THE MATERIAL... BY THE WAY, ON THESE DAYS THE MASTERS OF NOKTURNAL MORTUM ARE UPLOADING ALL OF THEIR ALBUMS TOO, SO DON'T MISS THEM, MY FRIEND!!!

    • @NeroAngelo616
      @NeroAngelo616 6 років тому +12

      Wolves In The Throne Room too have uploaded everything. Which I am happy that they reap the benefits instead of someone unassociated.

    • @thezodiak6666
      @thezodiak6666 6 років тому +8

      I already own the album but this would make me buy it

    • @erikavillalba4541
      @erikavillalba4541 4 роки тому +1

      Emperor 🖤

    • @cd0u50c9
      @cd0u50c9 Рік тому

      Having experienced their shenanigans I second this. There are some rotten individuals in their ranks that don't deserve a job nor to touch anyone's music as they're bitter that they have none of their own.

  • @RobertWeingher
    @RobertWeingher Рік тому +11

    Alsvartr ( The Oath ) is the best intro or opening song on a black metal album ever, the album is as good as the debut album of the band, Rob Halford, the legendary vocalist of Judas Priest put this album in his list of the 10 best albums of all times, it was the only black metal album in his list, this album is ferocious!!!!!! thanks to Ihsahn and Emperor for some of the best black metal albums in history, Ihsahn also released some great albums in his solo career, thanks Candlelight Records for sharing.

  • @ccpredatormassa
    @ccpredatormassa 2 роки тому +6

    Worth to be called EMPERER

  • @sunnyvaledrunk6688
    @sunnyvaledrunk6688 6 років тому +19

    Classic symphonic Norwegian Black Metal!!

  • @Quiltfish
    @Quiltfish Рік тому +5

    My 4 year old loves Ye Entrancemperium.. Not gonna question good fortune.

  • @ScreaminVengeance101
    @ScreaminVengeance101 8 років тому +71

    Other bands got nothing on Ye Entrancemperium. It's simply the most epic black metal song in the world!

    • @VortechBand
      @VortechBand 4 роки тому +2

      Anthems*

    • @richardrenner4875
      @richardrenner4875 2 роки тому +3

      It's an opera, a dream in a nightmare which switches back and forth. It's divine. When it gets going, you can't and don't want to get off. It's sublime, genius. It makes life matter; the whole album.

    • @Jaylamah529
      @Jaylamah529 Рік тому +2

      Sacramentum - Far away from the sun

    • @dEAthlikEstAtic
      @dEAthlikEstAtic 11 місяців тому

      hail Euronymous. probably why they put his riff at the beginning to set the atmosphere properly.

  • @RhuneforgeArt
    @RhuneforgeArt 4 роки тому +15

    This is not only about black metal, it's about an idea of composition, writing and storytelling that keeps you enchanted listening from the beginning to the end. Hail Emperor!

  • @heathenheartrecords7709
    @heathenheartrecords7709 4 роки тому +11

    The ending to Alsvartr (The Oath) right before the beginning to Ye Entrancemperium always gets me pumped and gives me goosebumps

  • @Gman737e
    @Gman737e 3 роки тому +25

    Wow I just got into this genre of music and am blown away by Emperors' style... it is so powerful

    • @hilalabbas2648
      @hilalabbas2648 3 роки тому +3

      Youre in for a lot of surprises. Most of them are great

  • @PartialViewmusic
    @PartialViewmusic 7 років тому +38

    With Strength I burn is easily one of the best songs ever released

    • @MetalMinded2011
      @MetalMinded2011 6 років тому +4

      if I had to chose one, THE single best for me.
      I have like 50 conteders for number two but only With Strength I burn for nr. 1.
      It's... unparallelled.

  • @avulsionrupture
    @avulsionrupture 9 років тому +20

    I bought this when it came out and I still think it's one of the greatest Metal albums ever written.

    • @Rascaduanok
      @Rascaduanok 9 років тому +3

      I agree. I need to get it for CD though. I have the vinyl version. Stunningly beautiful.

    • @clintong2808
      @clintong2808 9 років тому +4

      it is graceful.
      metal head since 1983

  • @ondrejmuron
    @ondrejmuron Рік тому +5

    Already bought on coloured vinyl with poster. This is the peak album by Emperor. This material still have the same power and intelligence since i was on basic school and heard it for 1st time. Now I am 41 and its like old wine, better and better.

  • @keefriff99
    @keefriff99 8 років тому +99

    This album is an incredible achievement. Wow.

  • @HookedOnMetal
    @HookedOnMetal 3 роки тому +26

    One of the best albums of extreme music, love it.

  • @MarrowEternal
    @MarrowEternal 7 років тому +20

    One of the greatest metal albums of all time! At least top 10.

  • @jamesparsons5212
    @jamesparsons5212 6 років тому +9

    One of, if not THE Greatest album of all time. Hail the Emperor!!!

  • @clumpyify
    @clumpyify Рік тому +28

    Damn I forgot how intense this album is. Not heard it for years

  • @Typhoon0627
    @Typhoon0627 2 роки тому +12

    I always wonder what Bach, Vivaldi, or Paganini would think if they heard this... or what they would be able to create today with modern electric instruments/effects.

  • @tiluuuu
    @tiluuuu 6 років тому +8

    I don’t always listen black metal, but when I do, I listen this album.

  • @Aelin18
    @Aelin18 4 роки тому +22

    How have I never listened to this album? This is freaking awesomee!

    • @karatejoseph79
      @karatejoseph79 4 роки тому +9

      Wish I was you, hearing it for the first time! But 20 years of this and it never gets old!

    • @sdlfkjsdlkfj
      @sdlfkjsdlkfj 6 місяців тому +1

      Listening for the first time in 2023

    • @psychoelectric
      @psychoelectric 4 місяці тому

      Listening for the first time in 2024​@@sdlfkjsdlkfj

  • @perttiirtolainen1282
    @perttiirtolainen1282 8 років тому +35

    I heard some of the tracks from this album before it was released. They played a concert in Helsinki in the Spring '97 and the album came out next week. One of the best black metal albums of all time.

  • @theofficialmaskofinsanity
    @theofficialmaskofinsanity 3 роки тому +13

    One of those albums that never grows old. I can listen to this on a weekly base still, it's THAT good! Hail to the mighty Emperor.

  • @Horusguard
    @Horusguard 7 років тому +36

    seeing them at WOA 2017, celebrating exactly this Album. that will be Epic

    • @TheBlackWatchRHR
      @TheBlackWatchRHR 7 років тому +1

      I'm praying that they will do a tour date here in Canada.

    • @AlexanderWitchfinder
      @AlexanderWitchfinder 7 років тому +3

      Really can't wait. Bought the tickets! Going from Brazil just to see 'em live.

    • @Horusguard
      @Horusguard 7 років тому +2

      met some brazilian guys last year... Come over and enjoy the full festival.you`re welcome \m/

    • @Horusguard
      @Horusguard 7 років тому

      mark kevorkian
      yes... serious. Athems to Welkin at dusk special show

    • @hypogramos4954
      @hypogramos4954 7 років тому +1

      Hell yes, like wise!...gonna be awesome.

  • @JustinStender
    @JustinStender 4 роки тому +10

    This album was my initiation to the world of black metal music. I was 14 years old at the time, and I remember being completely absorbed and enthralled from start to finish. A fantastic discovery that served to introduce me to the genre, and I've been listening ever since.

    • @stefdiazdiaz7067
      @stefdiazdiaz7067 2 роки тому +1

      That is like having your first sex with the most beautiful woman in the world, you were lucky!

  • @miltwretzky
    @miltwretzky 2 роки тому +3

    rebelling against the universe

  • @deathtomichaelknagge4397
    @deathtomichaelknagge4397 5 років тому +9

    I remember when this came out. It was like 20 years ahead of its time. At the time we thought it was too clean and polished lmao

  • @mrjavs91
    @mrjavs91 2 роки тому +7

    Back listening to this masterpiece.. very black and atmospheric album 😎 one of the best black metal album of all times

  • @DarkFire515
    @DarkFire515 6 років тому +20

    Still an incredible album after more than 20 years!

  • @eppuparanormaali1999
    @eppuparanormaali1999 2 роки тому +4

    "..even, if I nothing learned, with strength I burn!"

  • @fridtjofbjarturson8798
    @fridtjofbjarturson8798 8 років тому +19

    The Acclamation of the Bonds is probably my favorite track on this album.

    • @fridtjofbjarturson8798
      @fridtjofbjarturson8798 8 років тому +1

      ayy

    • @nicholasromig5506
      @nicholasromig5506 8 років тому +3

      Those X Files theme synths are amazing.

    • @chadholman6483
      @chadholman6483 6 років тому +2

      Fridtjof Bjarturson the loss and curse of reverence that riff in the mid section of the song just slays then the blast beats beats kick In still get goose bulbs til this day from it same with the riff off plague rages from Napalm Death very similar riff while the blast kicks in and all fuckin hell breaks lose love it Horns up brother

  • @Bartalfvoet
    @Bartalfvoet 7 років тому +11

    Greatest album ever. Forever. That ever has been.

  • @GuitarGuy84XX
    @GuitarGuy84XX 6 років тому +13

    I love that 'Emperor' feeling

  • @kimmolaine8069
    @kimmolaine8069 2 роки тому +13

    So much talent poured into one record.

  • @devilcitycult
    @devilcitycult 3 роки тому +11

    Our great influence. Necessary and eternal album.

  • @4ESOUL
    @4ESOUL 2 роки тому +8

    This whole album feels like drinking a good pure black coffee for me.
    Just like the coffee, I didn't really like it during my first try and I dont really get it on why people praised it so much. But after tried it again and again over time, it then simply became my favourite, as my senses began to "mature", to the extend that I felt like I needed to have its complete dose daily and enjoyed every bit of it.

  • @IAmAleksha
    @IAmAleksha 3 роки тому +15

    Very grateful that I was able to experience this album in its entirety at Bloodstock 2018. Unforgettable truly. Whilst I wish I could have also caught their full performance of Nightside Eclipse, I am happy I got to hear gems live such as I Am The Black Wizards. Without a doubt, one of the most gifted bands in the genre.

  • @shawnlindsey6337
    @shawnlindsey6337 2 роки тому +6

    Yea this has always been top 10 of any genre for me. Easy 10/10.

  • @christophriederer7340
    @christophriederer7340 2 роки тому +4

    It was my favourite Black Metal when it came out and it still is. The Emperor is still sitting on his Throne.

  • @gottkaisersamoth
    @gottkaisersamoth 5 років тому +5

    One of my All-Time-Favourites! Since the last 22 years the album has not lost anything of its magic! With "Storm of the light's bane" one of the real classic hits!!!! I am one with thee, I am the EMPEROR!!!

  • @humphreyaugustus2932
    @humphreyaugustus2932 8 років тому +7

    May this night carry my will, And may these old mountains forever remember this night, May the forest whisper my name, And may the storm bring these words to the end of all worlds

  • @robertcornhole5197
    @robertcornhole5197 7 років тому +25

    One of the best albums ever recorded.

  • @yannicktassel1721
    @yannicktassel1721 4 роки тому +7

    Le meilleur album de black métal !!! La synthèse ultime de tout...
    Cet album incarne et respire l'esprit black de la plus belle des manières... gigantesque et inaccessible !!!

  • @gosias2669
    @gosias2669 9 років тому +52

    i bought this cd in 1997. a month after it came out, first listening - wall of sound (i wasn't prepared for such a dense sound, i thought it would be much clear - hey man, nobody had ever sounded like this, it was something new), second listening -wall of sound, third - hey there's some melody and different instruments, fourth listening - my favourite album of all fucking time !!!!! everytime i listen to this album, i discover something new. i'm e huge fan from 1995. just perfection. another wall of sound i experienced was Ulcerate "Everything is Fire", same thing - after fourth listening - couldn't fucking stop listening to it.

    • @extremeanalogmusic6296
      @extremeanalogmusic6296 9 років тому +8

      this is how black metal works :) no easy listening

    • @jeffyoung6257
      @jeffyoung6257 5 років тому +8

      First time listening I’m old 55 but love what this and black
      Metal stands for ... freedom

    • @c0ldcity
      @c0ldcity 3 роки тому +1

      @@jeffyoung6257 Freedom!

  • @glipbleurk8776
    @glipbleurk8776 2 роки тому +4

    Black metal's pinnacle!the transition between"The Oak/Ye Entrancemperium"...Powerful , Brutal and Gorgeous!

  • @shogunedpada4293
    @shogunedpada4293 8 років тому +16

    One of the bands that paved the way into black metal for me. Hail the emperor.With strength i burn legendary.

  • @tamas.alfoldi
    @tamas.alfoldi 9 років тому +13

    I listened to this first when I was 17, right when the album came out. I was so much punched badly with a shovel... that's how I felt after listening through this sonic maelstrom. 4-5-6-7 songs are simply phenomenal for me.

  • @gartzenlopez5161
    @gartzenlopez5161 10 років тому +12

    A fucking masterpiece of the kings of black metal, emperor rules!

  • @lionelfernandez8880
    @lionelfernandez8880 4 роки тому +7

    Tout simplement la plus grosse tuerie du black en particulier, et l'une des plus grandes oeuvres du metal en général. Niveau composition, interprétation, qualité et profondeur des textes, cet album est au niveau de l'olympe. Jamais égalé.

    • @Neuroneos
      @Neuroneos 4 роки тому

      Blood Fire Death

    • @dEAthlikEstAtic
      @dEAthlikEstAtic 11 місяців тому

      the instrumental version of De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. very skilled &over looked musicians, the bias over production doesn't help people's perception of great. a lot of people don't seem to really understand the basic concept of the sound of early Black Metal & what helped the nature of the sound come to life.

  • @jackbrown4697
    @jackbrown4697 Годину тому +1

    The very best Emperor album for me.
    I love In the Nightside Eclipse too, but this one felt more complete and an overall better record from start to finish.
    Such an amazing album 🤘

  • @owiewan0112
    @owiewan0112 6 років тому +6

    one of the best album intros in all of black metal

  • @SonovMi
    @SonovMi 9 років тому +3

    Carlsberg, probably the best album ever recorded in metal. Emperor will never die.

  • @Libservative79
    @Libservative79 9 років тому +68

    How can anyone "thumbs down" one of the most influential, superb albums ever made

    • @scottvelez3154
      @scottvelez3154 8 років тому +17

      Those who don't have their balls dropped yet.

    • @caylanmayo5733
      @caylanmayo5733 8 років тому +1

      +Scott Velez haha

    • @drummerinthepark9641
      @drummerinthepark9641 6 років тому +3

      There are many people who abhor this record. I meself do not know what makes them dislike this record, it can be due to its technical and symphonic side.

    • @DrHeroe
      @DrHeroe 6 років тому +1

      Drummerinthe Park envy

    • @felinekaiju4517
      @felinekaiju4517 6 років тому +3

      Drummerinthe Park Because it doesn't stick to black metal of its day. Terrible production, flurries of notes with no real structure. Considering Vegard went to musoc college, it's no wonder he can seanlessly transition different parts of the song, beautiful symphonics and the abikity to actually sing. I happen to be a fan of Avant Garde Black Metal in which Emperor pioneered.

  • @sick3614
    @sick3614 2 роки тому +4

    My Grandma Headbangs!

  • @donshamblin55
    @donshamblin55 5 років тому +4

    All of Emperor's albums that I've heard are like a maelstrom of sound. They transcend to some otherworldly place. That's exactly what I'm looking for, something to transport me out of this sad reality that we call life.

    • @thomasstock2726
      @thomasstock2726 Рік тому +1

      check out dead can dance "within the realm of a dying sun", the third and the mortal "sorrow" or "tears laid in earth", pink floyd "the dark side of the moon", Arvo Pärt "te deum", Anathema "the silent enigma"... no black metal music for sure but great music to discover new landscapes...

    • @turpasauna
      @turpasauna 8 місяців тому

      This is very late but if you haven't already, I suggest giving Limbonic Art a try. Their first albums are pure gold in terms of creating/channeling otherwordly atmospheres.

  • @eden2esthar
    @eden2esthar 7 років тому +51

    I AM THE EMPEROR !!!

  • @Internetbutthurt
    @Internetbutthurt 3 роки тому +5

    Was lucky enough to see them perform this album live from start to finish, with some Nightside thrown in at the end. Can die with that memory on my mind.

    • @zezek75
      @zezek75 2 роки тому +1

      Same here. Grown-ass men cried then, me included.

  • @erwinjanssen4720
    @erwinjanssen4720 2 роки тому +2

    Respect from belgium

  • @seniorzolo3433
    @seniorzolo3433 5 місяців тому +2

    Emperor's discography, including the initial EP and demos, manages to all sound like the same band (with a possible exception of Prometheus, since it's largely the Ihsahn show and demonstrates a taste of where Ihsahn wanted to go musically in his solo career) without stagnation and having every album sound basically the same. The early stuff was pretty primitive and necro, Nightside was atmospheric and cold, Anthems was a huge step up in composing and speed and sounds like a whirlwind, IX Equilibrium simplifies Anthems a bit and incorporates some classic black metal with some death metal palm-muting, and Prometheus was basically a modern-day heavy distorted classical composition with the cleanest production values.
    Anthems is the best.

  • @JRKS
    @JRKS 5 років тому +24

    When you're lost in a black forest near Mordor

  • @BartekRudnicki
    @BartekRudnicki 7 років тому +14

    It was my first Black Metal album I had in my life and it started the awesome journey in my life :)

  • @doublock
    @doublock 3 роки тому +6

    that intro.... goosebumps all the time!

  • @Messihaz
    @Messihaz 3 роки тому +5

    One of the greatest albums of all time

  • @WayneHanvey
    @WayneHanvey 5 років тому +5

    I can listen to this album over and over and over and never get sick of it...

  • @stefanholzner6262
    @stefanholzner6262 2 роки тому +3

    somewhere in my collection I got the LP from 1997...

  • @marttipattinen8560
    @marttipattinen8560 3 роки тому +2

    For me the best Emperor album ever. I were in Tavastia Helsinki when this album came out. Band of my friends Enochian Crescent opened. Singer slit his wrist, and their gig had to cut down. Second or third accident for Mr. Kuru ;)

  • @meshzzizk
    @meshzzizk 11 місяців тому +2

    I’ve had that bit at 15:38 stuck in my head all week and only just remembered what it’s from and it feels so good to revisit this record

  • @w.j.christophe8779
    @w.j.christophe8779 6 років тому +18

    Happy Birthday Anthems. 20 years of emperial perfection.