me either. I started laughing at the owls "hoo hoo-ing" in the intro and thought "this band were so much better 4 years ago, the goth influence strikes again". they wanted to be 90's Bathory, but they were 90's Queensryche. pompous, overblown, irrelevant hot air. couldnt get "Under A Funeral Moon" on fast enough. @biketrailexplorer
In 1997 I was 19 years old, It didn't exists internet, amazon, youtube, nothing! There were a couple of shop to distance that selled cds, vinyls, and so on. I remember when the postman ringed at the door, and he gave me the package with this album inside! I listened it hundred times ...
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.
+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.
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.
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.!!
@@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.
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.
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.
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!
@@Sergio-nb4hj I was replying to a since deleted comment, not to OP. Commentor said something along the lines of, 'Nobody knows who your friends are' in reference to RH 😂
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.
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!
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.
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.
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..
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.
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!!!
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.
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
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!
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.
@@makingglitches1856 DIMMU BURGUER IS SHIT NOWADAYS... BUT LISTEN TO THEIR OLD ALBUMS AND THEY ARE HISTORIC TOO... OBVIOUSLY, EMPEROR IS AT ANOTHER LEVEL AND THERE COULDN'T BE A COMPARISON🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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!!!
I had never heard of these guys before, but I bought this in a record shop, somewhere in Montreal a long time ago. That was back in 98. Been listening to Black Metal ever since.
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.
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.
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 ;)
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.
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.
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 !!!
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.
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.
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.
Я увы, это открываю это только сейчас, в детстве больше хеви, треш метал , хард рок был почему то. Блэк впервые услышал 12 лет назад по-нормальному Варга Викернеса и Иммортал еще.
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.
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
I am a been a big black metal fan for some 22 years now, and I can't believe it took me so long to appreciate how good this album is. I always kind of digged it, but with time it keeps growing on me and I now see it's a masterpiece.
@entrancemperium5506 Sorry for my mistake, I’m not a good English speaker,and so I make many mistakes. I changed my comment. I have too much respect for Emperor to accept not respecting the spelling of their titles.
First Emperor album I ever heard. Was into death metal before this. Thought the mix was too noisy, the vocals to far back in the mix....then it grew on me, like a delightful majestic cancer, if there is such a thing. The genius on this album is too great to ignore. If there's one weakness, it's Trym's drumming, which is out of time in several places. But that almost gives the album more character. Saw Emperor perform, with Peccatum, on the tour for IX Equilibrium. Ihsahn performing with his wife was something I will never forget. I nearly cried.
+breathingreflection where is the drumming out of time? There are some places where not only is the drumming in time, but it's really good, so it surprises me he would be out of time.
+breathingreflection I still can't tell whether Trym is out of time in certain places or just playing a really clever rhythm that I haven't picked up on yet.
In some of Tryms faster blasts - his cymbal hits are floating a little bit - but not what I'd call out of time - I actually like a small degree of fluidity in my drumming (think Flo Mounier on the first Cryptopsy release)
I used to be a traditional hardcore christian and I remember myself listening to this album asking God to forgive me.I will never forget when I heard the loss and curse of reverence for the first time.I never felt such a weird ear orgasm in my entire life.Now I am an agnostic and I enjoy this album even more.
If god exists,firstly he wont be the puritanical judeochristian twat we learn about(or anyone from the other religions aswell) and secondly he ll definitely have proper taste and love black metal!
I'm Christian, and I still listen to all sorts of ridiculous shit like this, and I love it. Music inherently is music. Nothing bad about it, rather, it brings people together. In war, the enemy's first objective is to cut out the lines of communication and get everyone separated and completely on their own, fending for themselves with no supporting alliances. To be honest, when Christians say it's sinful to listen to music like this, they're supporting their enemy without knowing it, as they're aiding in the societal divide. If they actually read the book that they treat like a get out of jail free card, it would tell them to basically not be idiots and still live their lives as if they had no enemies, no societal affiliations, no "tribes" per se. BTW, I see God not as a silly sky fairy figure with a magic wand, but as a fundamental force that holds the particles in place and ensures cosmic consistency without deviation. Some peeps have even figured out that you can use the term "universe" in place of "God", and it still works. I'll stop there.
I bought this album around 1999 and oh boy did it take ages to open up... And slowly it grew on me, these days I can't imagine my black metal without Anthems. It took many many times listening to finally get into it. Absolute mastery of atmosphere.
I will never forget the feeling when I put this CD in the player for the first time in 1997
This stuff is something special.
So do I (since 1997 and then...)
me either. I started laughing at the owls "hoo hoo-ing" in the intro and thought "this band were so much better 4 years ago, the goth influence strikes again". they wanted to be 90's Bathory, but they were 90's Queensryche. pompous, overblown, irrelevant hot air. couldnt get "Under A Funeral Moon" on fast enough. @biketrailexplorer
I got really high, put on my walkman, and laid in my yard under a full moon and stars at 1AM for my first listen.
In 1997 I was 19 years old, It didn't exists internet, amazon, youtube, nothing! There were a couple of shop to distance that selled cds, vinyls, and so on. I remember when the postman ringed at the door, and he gave me the package with this album inside! I listened it hundred times ...
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.
+Doom Dope Or when you're walking in around in public and do a whisper-scream of "DEPRAAAAAVED" and everybody thinks you're nuts.
DeSever thus spake the nightspiiriiiiiiit.......!
+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.
+Doom Dope Well this is exactly what brought me here! And it had been probably years...
+DeSever or when driving your car... singing the words and everybody looks why your making such weird faces... magical moments ^^
"Ensorcelled by Khaos" is such a fucking masterpiece
One hell of a black metal onslaught
One of the best black metal albums ever.
with in the nigthside
heriard jean luc
Indeed.
It has good quality for a black metal record
Suomi Finland PERKELE!!!
The best
If you're going to own only one black metal album, this is it! Untouchable album!
I agree 💯%
gehenna malice
hhow am I going to own it if it's untouchable!?!??
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.
Rotting christ - thy mighty contract.. for me
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.!!
Nice prose!
The local library had Emperor CDs? Coolest library ever.
@@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.
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.
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.
"Ensorcelled by Khaos"... what a great song... my favorite off of this amazing album!
"With Strength I Burn" is the best black metal song ever
There's more grandeur in Alsvartr than most bands can fit on an entire album.
I agree, the intro is seriously underrated
1990s Ihsahn channels pure creativity.
The music really immerses you. It makes you feel you are truly seeing the true Emperor in all his glory.
Black metal is often so beautiful.
This is one of the best examples of it.
check out ABIGOR ! LOVE THAT TOO! same as Judas Iscariot !! makes me drool !
True. Too many just listen to one song of Mayhem and judge by it...
In my opinion this is the best Emperor’s album ever
It’s a difficult choice though
@@moit_gabr either this or ITNE
Is the second one the best always will be in the nightside eclipse
Yes even better than the first one which is a phenomenal album. This album is more mental!!!
I prefer Nightside but only by a small margin. They're both masterpieces of the Norwegian black metal scene.
That intro track is incredible
Indeed and also the song following it. Not a dull moment.
Perfect.....
Alsvartr is easily one of Emperor's finest moments. Which is saying a lot for a band this great.
Intro written by Euronymous
@@BootboyJu Wrong, that is the opening riff of "Ye Entracemperium"
this is life affirming in my eyes, black metal stereotypes have nothing over this.
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.
the best part of it, was the extreme metal music busted a lot of crappy "alternative" music of those years
same here!
Same!
90s have been THE time
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!
I adore black metal. There is nothing on earth that does the same things for me.
No kidding, I love all types of music, but black metal just soothes and inspires me.....most outsiders consider it noise, their loss....
+LIPresume except death metal (;
B.
Listen Uaral Band, is awesome!
Pilomaf Agreed!
Rob Halford brought me here. It's one of his top 10 favorite Metal albums.
@@iborntobedrunk1077 LOL😹most of us know who RH is
@@artemisia-qq1lwYeah but do most people know his top 10 albums oat?
@@Sergio-nb4hj I was replying to a since deleted comment, not to OP. Commentor said something along the lines of, 'Nobody knows who your friends are' in reference to RH 😂
@@artemisia-qq1lw Lol what a dumbass
"Halford leiks blach mettal? II'd heard hie doesn't leik death mettal....bat blach mettal diddn't acr tov mie."
We spread our wings and fly away 🤘
Then absolute madness ensues.
This is a great piece of work, not black metal, metal, just musically. So young and filled w energy and creativity.
Well said, Ludwig.
@@Neuroneos You know you made a really good album when Beethoven himself is praising it
Good to hear from you after the movies, specially considering how long dogs usually live
thank you beethoven, now i know i wasn't crazy in 12th grade. i was perfectly fine.
Agreed..Absolutely not "black metal"...
So much soul in Emperor's music. Many black metal bands lack that.
It´s also their Magic. And yes Magic flows quite strong with Emperor, indeed!
Those bands are what we call...Lack Metal bands.
I don’t always listen black metal, but when I do, I listen this album.
My 4 year old loves Ye Entrancemperium.. Not gonna question good fortune.
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.
I haven't heard a bad album by them yet.
With Strenght I Burn : the most powerful song of all time, best thing i've ever heard in my life !!!!!!!!!
Agreed
Totally agree!!!
Epic!!!
I second this opinion!
With Strength I Burn brings tears to my eyes. It is so magnificent. The more I listen to this the better it gets.
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!
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.
Naturally. The album is just exquisite from start to finish.
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.
I was going to leave a comment, but it would be the same as yours. This is indeed a very powerful album. Cheers!
Yep......Nicely said, dude!!
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..
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.
Nightspirit, spirit, spirit, embrace my soul...
Great job Candlelight.
This is effective kind of promotion instead of hiding material.
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!!!
Wolves In The Throne Room too have uploaded everything. Which I am happy that they reap the benefits instead of someone unassociated.
I already own the album but this would make me buy it
Emperor 🖤
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.
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
Beautiful.
❦
The final part of Ye Entrancemperium still gives me goosebumbs after all these years....
TeppichPilot the spoken word part? Man that part is absolutely perfect
The beginning gets me too. Great song.
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!
With Strength I burn is easily one of the best songs ever released
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.
Classic symphonic Norwegian Black Metal!!
For me, the greatest album of metal history, full stop.
I agree.
Not a chance, Old Man's Child Born of the Flickering, AETERNUS ...and so the night became, Limbonic Art ... choose 5 , Samael Passage.............
dissection first 2 albums... the somberlain man!
Same. No one can say it's not because for some of us it is. To each their own.
Demasiado meloso
Masterpiece Black Metal album.
no better word for it bro
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.
nice definition
agree
This album is an incredible achievement. Wow.
It was my favourite Black Metal when it came out and it still is. The Emperor is still sitting on his Throne.
What a masterpiece of music…best black metal album ever.
Had to give it a listen after seeing your comment. Amazing!!! 🖤🤟🤟
🔥
it is. looking back they're one of the few bands i liked. especially when you view the shit that is dimmu borgir
Dimmu Borgir is indeed a generic mainstream BM band, but they do have some decent songs overall.
@@makingglitches1856 DIMMU BURGUER IS SHIT NOWADAYS... BUT LISTEN TO THEIR OLD ALBUMS AND THEY ARE HISTORIC TOO... OBVIOUSLY, EMPEROR IS AT ANOTHER LEVEL AND THERE COULDN'T BE A COMPARISON🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Their greatest album and one of the greatest metal albums, ever.
Worth to be called EMPERER
Other bands got nothing on Ye Entrancemperium. It's simply the most epic black metal song in the world!
Anthems*
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.
Sacramentum - Far away from the sun
38:28 This. This is "THE moment" for me. 🖤
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.
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.
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
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.
One of the greatest metal albums of all time! At least top 10.
Listened to this for the first time yesterday. MINDBLOWING.
I remember that feeling from years ago. Enjoy it, and check out their earlier albums as well!
The ending to Alsvartr (The Oath) right before the beginning to Ye Entrancemperium always gets me pumped and gives me goosebumps
Yea this has always been top 10 of any genre for me. Easy 10/10.
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.
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.
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.
One of the best albums ever recorded.
One of the best albums of extreme music, love it.
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
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!!!
I bought this when it came out and I still think it's one of the greatest Metal albums ever written.
I agree. I need to get it for CD though. I have the vinyl version. Stunningly beautiful.
it is graceful.
metal head since 1983
Wow I just got into this genre of music and am blown away by Emperors' style... it is so powerful
Youre in for a lot of surprises. Most of them are great
I had never heard of these guys before, but I bought this in a record shop, somewhere in Montreal a long time ago. That was back in 98. Been listening to Black Metal ever since.
I love that 'Emperor' feeling
one of the best album intros in all of black metal
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.
A fucking masterpiece of the kings of black metal, emperor rules!
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.
Back listening to this masterpiece.. very black and atmospheric album 😎 one of the best black metal album of all times
Still an incredible album after more than 20 years!
One of the bands that paved the way into black metal for me. Hail the emperor.With strength i burn legendary.
So much talent poured into one record.
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 ;)
One of, if not THE Greatest album of all time. Hail the Emperor!!!
For me, at least, this is a form of art that literally has no comparison.
This specific album, i mean.
Yes that is so true there is no other album like it
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.
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.
That is like having your first sex with the most beautiful woman in the world, you were lucky!
I still own this cd! I remember listening it for the first time when it came out and it blew my mind! It still does! This was EmperoR at their peak!
Carlsberg, probably the best album ever recorded in metal. Emperor will never die.
True epic album. Has everything. Goosebumps every time i listen ...
seeing them at WOA 2017, celebrating exactly this Album. that will be Epic
I'm praying that they will do a tour date here in Canada.
Really can't wait. Bought the tickets! Going from Brazil just to see 'em live.
met some brazilian guys last year... Come over and enjoy the full festival.you`re welcome \m/
mark kevorkian
yes... serious. Athems to Welkin at dusk special show
Hell yes, like wise!...gonna be awesome.
So many people judge THIS culture but these are not the ones to fear. All I see is true beauty and great people, great camera work!
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 !!!
Our great influence. Necessary and eternal album.
Greatest album ever. Forever. That ever has been.
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.
this is how black metal works :) no easy listening
First time listening I’m old 55 but love what this and black
Metal stands for ... freedom
@@jeffyoung6257 Freedom!
How can anyone "thumbs down" one of the most influential, superb albums ever made
Those who don't have their balls dropped yet.
+Scott Velez haha
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.
Drummerinthe Park envy
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.
somewhere in my collection I got the LP from 1997...
переслушиваю в 2024ом, всё так же прёт!
Я увы, это открываю это только сейчас, в детстве больше хеви, треш метал , хард рок был почему то. Блэк впервые услышал 12 лет назад по-нормальному Варга Викернеса и Иммортал еще.
"..even, if I nothing learned, with strength I burn!"
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.
Blood Fire Death
The Acclamation of the Bonds is probably my favorite track on this album.
ayy
Those X Files theme synths are amazing.
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
How have I never listened to this album? This is freaking awesomee!
Wish I was you, hearing it for the first time! But 20 years of this and it never gets old!
Listening for the first time in 2023
Listening for the first time in 2024@@sdlfkjsdlkfj
I AM THE EMPEROR !!!
just before yeentranceemperium too...amazing!
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I am a been a big black metal fan for some 22 years now, and I can't believe it took me so long to appreciate how good this album is. I always kind of digged it, but with time it keeps growing on me and I now see it's a masterpiece.
An Epic!
Hail Emperor!
ZeroNihil was here!🏴☠️
Black Metal has stayed with me for years now.. Ancient yet forever new.. The spirit of this sound is what keeps me going. The inner Black Flame /,,/
Black metal's pinnacle!the transition between"The Oath/Ye Entrancemperium"...Powerful , Brutal and Gorgeous!
@entrancemperium5506 Sorry for my mistake, I’m not a good English speaker,and so I make many mistakes.
I changed my comment. I have too much respect for Emperor to accept not respecting the spelling of their titles.
First Emperor album I ever heard. Was into death metal before this. Thought the mix was too noisy, the vocals to far back in the mix....then it grew on me, like a delightful majestic cancer, if there is such a thing. The genius on this album is too great to ignore. If there's one weakness, it's Trym's drumming, which is out of time in several places. But that almost gives the album more character.
Saw Emperor perform, with Peccatum, on the tour for IX Equilibrium. Ihsahn performing with his wife was something I will never forget. I nearly cried.
+breathingreflection where is the drumming out of time? There are some places where not only is the drumming in time, but it's really good, so it surprises me he would be out of time.
+breathingreflection I still can't tell whether Trym is out of time in certain places or just playing a really clever rhythm that I haven't picked up on yet.
emperor is a little bit of progressive black metal, the drumming isnt out of time, its just weird time signatures meant to throw you off some.
I was there 👍😉
In some of Tryms faster blasts - his cymbal hits are floating a little bit - but not what I'd call out of time - I actually like a small degree of fluidity in my drumming (think Flo Mounier on the first Cryptopsy release)
I used to be a traditional hardcore christian and I remember myself listening to this album asking God to forgive me.I will never forget when I heard the loss and curse of reverence for the first time.I never felt such a weird ear orgasm in my entire life.Now I am an agnostic and I enjoy this album even more.
If god exists,firstly he wont be the puritanical judeochristian twat we learn about(or anyone from the other religions aswell) and secondly he ll definitely have proper taste and love black metal!
DevilNietzsche I'm sure that ALL the Gods like black metal.
I'm Christian, and I still listen to all sorts of ridiculous shit like this, and I love it. Music inherently is music. Nothing bad about it, rather, it brings people together. In war, the enemy's first objective is to cut out the lines of communication and get everyone separated and completely on their own, fending for themselves with no supporting alliances. To be honest, when Christians say it's sinful to listen to music like this, they're supporting their enemy without knowing it, as they're aiding in the societal divide. If they actually read the book that they treat like a get out of jail free card, it would tell them to basically not be idiots and still live their lives as if they had no enemies, no societal affiliations, no "tribes" per se.
BTW, I see God not as a silly sky fairy figure with a magic wand, but as a fundamental force that holds the particles in place and ensures cosmic consistency without deviation. Some peeps have even figured out that you can use the term "universe" in place of "God", and it still works. I'll stop there.
It’s ok to grow spiritually bro
HAHA Crazy
I bought this album around 1999 and oh boy did it take ages to open up... And slowly it grew on me, these days I can't imagine my black metal without Anthems. It took many many times listening to finally get into it. Absolute mastery of atmosphere.
Happy Birthday Anthems. 20 years of emperial perfection.
rebelling against the universe
that intro.... goosebumps all the time!