Emperor
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Ex-Emperor Frontman Nerds Out When He's Not Chasing Skeleton...embraced black metal purely on a musical and philosophical level. While he appreciates the devotion Emperor fans have shown over the years, he's a little disturbed by the way some of them perceive him. "Sometimes I get letters with... In this article: Emperor, Ihsahn, Gorgoroth, Samoth, Cradle of Filth, Norway, and AOL |
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AOL Music | 5 days ago
IHSAHN: THE METALSUCKS INTERVIEW
...to kind of step back a little and let the soul direct. I could compare it to… do you know my work with Emperor? Oh yeah. On the second Emperor album there is a song called "With Strength I Burn. " I realized that when I wrote the...
In this article: The Adversary, Ihsahn, Jimi Hendrix, The Simpsons, Individualism, Prometheus, I sketch, and DVD
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Ultimate Guitar | February 01, 2010
Black Metal [Columns]
...a fellow black metal musician, Euronymous of Mayhem. The genre, in Norway, was pioneered by bands such as- Mayhem, Darkthrone, Emperor, Immortal, Burzum, Enslaved, Gorgoroth and many other bands that came afterwards. The black metal scene...
In this article: Black metal, Venom, Bathory, Dimmu Borgir, Mayhem, Norway, Viking metal, Symphonic black metal, Blackened Death Metal, and Norse mythology
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AOL | January 29, 2010
Ihsahn Wraps Up 'A' Trilogy With Experimental Wasteland
...was an experiment for me, trying out all the subgenres of metal I always wanted to explore but wasn't able to within the limitations of Emperor. It was all over the place. I think 'angL' was more focused and cohesive. And 'After' is the...
In this article: Ihsahn, AngL, The Adversary, Wraps, Spiral Architect, Asgeir Mickelson, Katatonia, and Opeth
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Ultimate Guitar | January 27, 2010
Ihsahn: After [Reviews]
...his elder statesman status in extreme metal, but no! The man continues to grow and explore, many years after he and his bandmates in Emperor made the album that some would use to define him In The Nightside Eclipse . By any degree of...
In this article: Ihsahn, Varg Vikernes, Gorgoroth, AngL, Spiral Architect, Immortal, and In the Nightside Eclipse
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Pitchfork | January 20, 2010
Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
...bass, plus the serrated screams of co-founder Mick Barr-- could appeal to devotees of classic black metal bands Burzum, Immortal, and Emperor. The distended shapes Krallice's pummel takes might work for fans of U.S. black metal marathon...
In this article: Mick Barr, Orthrelm, La Monte Young, Dysrhythmia, Glenn Branca, Immortal, Behold... The Arctopus, Rhys Chatham, and Burzum
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PopMatters | January 18, 2010
The Life Aquatic With Ihsahn (Column)
The former Emperor frontman feels liberated, having completed a superb new solo album while coming to terms with the ever-looming shadow of his old band. By Adrien Begrand "I've felt really close to the sea because of the whole symbolic...
In this article: Ihsahn, Opeth, AngL, Ulver, Damnation, The Adversary, Decibel Magazine, and Bugge Wesseltoft
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A.V. Club RSS Feeds | January 12, 2010
Music: Metal Box:January 2010
...with these guys all along, this is the moment; people are going to be talking about this album for a good while. IHSAHNITY. Former Emperor boss-man Ihsahn has had a prolific, varied solo career since the Norwegian black-metal big-shots...
In this article: Sigh, Ihsahn, Carcass, Judas Priest, Sectioned, Priestess, Mikey Heppner, and Ripper Owens
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PopMatters | December 16, 2009
Immortal: All Shall Fall (Review)
...the actual music the band has produced since the early 1990s cannot be ignored. While nowhere near as innovative as Burzum, as complex as Emperor, as experimental as Ulver, or as primitive as Darkthrone, Immortal has stubbornly stuck to the...
In this article: Immortal, Abbath, Manowar, Sons of Northern Darkness, Trademark, Photoshop, Darkthrone, Celtic Frost, and Horgh
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Centre Daily Times | October 13, 2009
Double Fine and EA to Melt Faces Worldwide with the Release of Brütal Legend
...guitar strings and rock gods roaming the lands. Faced with the daunting task of saving humanity from the evil loins of demon Emperor Doviculus, Eddie must quickly learn to battle through the metal mayhem as he comes face-to-face with...
In this article: Brutal Legend, Double Fine, Trademark, Tim Schafer, Electronic Arts Inc., Jack Black, Xbox 360, and Xbox
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Wikipedia | May 02, 2009
Emperor (album)
Emperor is the debut EP from Emperor . It was also released as a split album with Enslaved's debut EP, Hordanes Land. It was re-released in 1998 by Candlelight Records with the Wrath of the Tyrant demo on the same disc. "Wrath of the Tyrant"...
In this article: Enslaved, Wrath of the Tyrant, Candlelight Records, Hordanes Land, and In the Nightside Eclipse
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Emperor is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band formed in 1991. Over the years, the band's music changed to what can be called "extreme symphonic metal" in their later days They dissolved in 2001, but reunited in 2006 and again in 2007 for a few festival dates and brief US tours. The group was founded by Samoth on drums and Ihsahn on guitar and vocals.
- Name:
- Emperor
- Origin:
- Notodden, Norway
- Years Active:
- 1991–2001
- 2005–present
- Current members:
- Ihsahn, Samoth, Trym Torson
- Former Members:
- Mortiis, Bård Faust, Alver, Tchort
- Associated With:
- Burzum, Dodheimsgard, Enslaved, Gorgoroth, Green Carnation, Ihsahn, Ildjarn, Mortiis, Peccatum, Satyricon, Thou Shalt Suffer, Zyklon, Zyklon-B
- Genre:
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- Symphonic black metal
- Progressive metal (later)
- Black metal
- Record Label:
- Deathlike Silence Productions, Century Media, Roadrunner, Candlelight, Nuclear Blast
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