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Early Emperor era
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Emperor (1993)
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Emperor 🇳🇴
#emperor#emperor band#black metal#norwegian black metal#true norwegian black metal#trve norwegian black metal#trve kvlt#heavy metal#metal#90s metal#90s black metal#90s#1990s#ihsahn#samoth
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Emperor debut album 'In the Nightside Eclipse' remains a pioneering force in black metal. this masterpiece showcases virtuosic musicianship and lyricism that set the bar for the genre, add to the Atmospheric soundscapes and haunting melodies.
#Emperor#In the Nightside Eclipse#black metal#blackmetaltv#black metal tv#symphonic black metal#ihsahn#melodic black metal#extreme metal
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Ihsahn
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THE SCARLET LETTER
The always advised Ihsahn from Emperor told US on an interview with Metal Injection, and I quote: “You can’t compete with nostalgia.” and that’s why he doesn’t see a new Emperor album happening. Smart.
Besides his illustrious and differently themed solo career, his former black metal wizard group called it quits (as far as new music goes) in 2001 (Prometheus) , 23 years ago, but Emperor live activity never quite ceased and even in 2024 they still headline stages all over the world, playing what their fans “really like” which consist of their mere 4 albums run, kicked off by the monumental classic In the Nightside Eclipse, a game changer not only for Norwegian Black Metal but also in the way how extreme Metal and Symphonic came together.
Comparing to Moonspell’s own bumps on the road of our “not so smart” musical decisions (according to thousands of our fans), the question emerges if new music and albums is merely a caprice of bands; a kickstart of a new touring cycle; new numbers on the bulky business of digital or if there’s something else, deeper and perhaps, more spiritual that goes against the common sense of Ihsahn affirmation and against the fans’ general coldness and anxiety/fear of a new album by band who meant so much to them in their “happy days”.
Even though Under the Moonspell, Wolfheart and Irreligious, were no piece of cake to write, release and promote on the road, our ordeal with unsatisfied fans started with Sin/Pecado, the ever changeling third album. The 2ND SKIN EP was a true omen of times to come, and first reviews were not properly warm enough. They rather entertained the notion of the “why have they done that” and of “we don’t really know how to come to terms with their change”. This was symptomatic of those pair of years that kicked off with Paradise Lost’s One Second in 1997 and topped by “misunderstood” records such as Tiamat’s Deeper kind of slumber of the same year or My Dying Bride’s 34,788%... and of course our own sinful entry into our yet pristine gothic metal pedigree.
A little declaration of interest, before we go any further: I don’t intend to analyze here if the album aged well, if people were foolish and unprepared or simply mean and vengeful to bands who dared changing and “disappoint” their fan base.
What interests me, for the sake of argument, are those underground metal years and what happened to the actors involved.
As far as Moonspell goes, there has been no or little forgiveness. I dare to say that we never fulfilled our potential as a band destined for bigger success, as designed by our flamboyant debuts and we did shrug our shoulders and diverted our path through adjacent roads, unaware of Ihsahn later day wisdom and perfect timing.
A deal breaker was ,definitely, our cover of Depeche Mode’s Sacred.
The fans of the wolf and the eye of Horus’ simple but effective mysticism joined the ranks of magazines that ditched Sin and even our former bass player Ares was quoted in Rock Hard Germany, defending his split from the band with a loud and clear “Kein Boch Depeche Mode!”, even though it was his idea in the first place to “expand” our fan base and to cover the amazing British band.
We simply didn’t get away with it.
On the contrary, In Flames’ 1997 Whoracle Everything Counts met with praise and no beef and later, Lacuna Coil, would get lauded by their Enjoy the Silence version in 2006, having the dust settled.
As far as I’m concerned, I’m not the biggest fan of Sin myself and all the album making of and recordings were crooked from beginning to end, starting by the band’s horrible atmosphere back then and being topped by a, in my opinion, a faulty production that seen the band intentions clashing with the conservatism. That’s why I intend to re-record this one album in the future, so help me Goth.
It wasn’t all was good or bad with Sin (for instance, it still is our best-selling album in many countries such as France), quite the opposite but this was the lesson learnt and, in that aspect, Sin/Pecado was the most central album of our entire discography, and, undoubtedly, the most influential in our personal lives and career as the songwriters, musicians and touring performers of Moonspell. Some say we never bounced back, others that it freed us and allowed us to make even better music. Maybe no one is right, or wrong, but I write from an inside perspective, thus beyond good and evil.
To wrap it up: I'm still left wondering with a couple of things:
What are new albums for? Would it have been different if we did Sin under a new band monicker (like many told us) being smart about it just like Emperor did dealing the subsequent Ihsahn music which probably wouldn’t please the die-hard Emperor fan base?
Has Sin and other aforementioned albums been a rebellious act of freedom which, ironically, paved the way to more cliched Heavy Metal forms like Hammerfall and all the “novelty acts” that followed, inaugurating sub-genres like pirate and dwarf metal that enjoy now their popularity peak?
Was the early Moonspell works et al so damn good or was it our very life that was so damn good when they came out, and we all fell from innocence when we ate the apple of experimenting and seeing our bands and songs under a different light?
I don't have all the answers but I genuinely keep asking.
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🔥 EMPEROR 🔥 🇧🇻
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"We were too busy fucking around with music to chase girls. The three of us, if I remember correctly, we didn't have girlfriends at the time. We were so engulfed in the underground, planning this cool band and becoming part of the scene (...). Jesus, girls were the last thing on my mind!"
-Mortiis.
Interview by Chris Dick (2019)
(In the picture: Ihsahn and Mortiis)
#extreme metal#black metal#metal#music#emperor#ihsahn#mortiis#samoth#faust#trve kult#norwegian black metal#true norwegian black metal#trve norwegian black metal#trym#trve cult#in the nightside eclipse#mayhem#euronymous#dead#bard faust
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Embryonic
after a show in Haugesund they received a prize on the form of a scholarship in the amount of 5.000 kroner which will be used to record an instrumental album.
on the photo Tomas Haugen (Samoth) ,Jon Jarke Haugen (music critic) ,Vegard Tveitan (Ihsahn) after the award.
photo from Norway newspaper "TA" may 1991.
photo and text posted by Black Metal Pics From The Past
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IHSAHN-PILGRIMAGE TO OBLIVION
#IHSAHN#EXPERIMENTAL METAL#EXPERIMENTAL BLACK METAL;#HEAVY METAL;#METAL;#BLACK METAL#2024 ALBUM#Youtube
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The amount of views this song has on YouTube is CRIMINAL!!!!
#y’all this song#I’m looking for words#what are you still doing here in the tags GET OVER THERE AND LISTEN TO IT!!!#please 🤗#Gerard way#ibaraki#ihsahn#mcr#ronin
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Can not fucking wait to listen to IHSAHN when i have time today aghh. Why do classes exist
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listen to Ihsahn - black metal (source: anon)
listen to August Greenwood - indie pop (source: viberate)
propaganda:
Ihsahn:
"He’s the epitome of what you’d expect a solo artist’s strengths would be - extremely creative, committed to the art, always evolving, no drama unless you count when he called Taylor Swift out for copying his album art. And he put saxophones in black metal." - anon
submit propaganda for august greenwood through asks!!
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