Emperor
Biography
When attention first focused on Norway's almost cartoonishly violent black metal scene in the mid-'90s, Mayhem were dubbed its godfathers, but most of the critical accolades were bestowed upon Emperor, whose musical innovations have had more impact on the genre than any other band. Norwegian black metal was rife with anti-Christian sentiment, but Emperor found novel ways of expressing it in their music; while their music could be furious and violent, the group was also influenced by the darkly majestic melodies of Norwegian folk and classical music, which very effectively supported their lyrical subject matter (even if it was frequently unintelligible). Emperor evoked not only Satanic horror, but also the frigid loneliness of bleak Scandinavian winters; additionally, images of pagan nature worship recalled an ancient, idealized pre-Christian past in which Scandinavian culture was one of the world's most dominant (resulting in the sound being tagged "Viking metal" by some). However, even as Emperor's music garnered worldwide acclaim in the heavy metal community, legal difficulties and lineup shifts ensued when a number of bandmembers became involved in the anti-Christian activism and general violence that characterized Norway's underground metal scene at the time.
Selected Discography
@Mauricio: Because it's so TRVE and KVLT, that nobody's actually heard of it. XD
All joking aside, I think I've heard of them, but never bothered actually taking the time to look 'em up and listen to their music. |
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I ask a question to all the Black metal "community" in Pandora (and maybe to Pandora "owners" too, if they read this). Why there's no Music from the great Black Metal band "ANCIENT" here??
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Hmmm,
I would say go for it, And perhaps you could also sell empty beer bottles, and say 'Dead' drank out of them, before shooting himself in the head. xD |
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The question is, do you burn and sell those recordings as KVLT bootleg live DVDs? XD
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im not quite sure i see the ambient connection-i get lustmord is ambient-ther e is a local show every tues. at midnite here and plays ambient-no melody-no vocals-can't buy them anywhere-no one has heard of them and when you call up the dj-hes not helpful-so i just tape the shows-wtf-am i stupid ? nope...
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Emperor is really the best in black metal, so shut up willow.
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GGGGGGGGGGGG G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S M M M M M M M M M A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K ! ! ! ! ! ! TRUE METAL!!!!!!! ! !
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Halloweedn is closing in and I have my Emperor costumes ready. I also think that this band could be a bit blacker when it comes to metallic and symphonic structures of the burning kind. Look me up, I am totally edumacated in the arts of the black power.
For reals |
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Pandora needs some more symphonic black metal. All they've got is Limbonic Art, Emperor, Abigail Williams, and Summoning.
Where is Sirius, Bishop of Hexen, and Antestor? |
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@Chimera: I wouldn't know, I don't own any of their material, although I do listen to it on here, and have youtubed 'em a few times...
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Emperor is one of the greatest black metal bands out there. F**k you Willow. They are a cut above all those mainstream bullshit metal bands like Pantera, Lamb of God, and many others who don't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Emperor.
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Willow: Why must you discrace Pandora with your presence?
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I don't have it handy right now. But I believe on the back of In the Nightside Eclipse. They all had corpse paint on. Of course my memory could be failing me.
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Not sure that Emperor wears corpse paint. At least I've never seen any pictures of them in it.
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Emporer is one of the best black metal bands out there, bar f**king none.
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This band f**king owns! The drumming is amazing, the guitarist actually plays, the keyboard adds pure epic to the concotion, and the result is...killer music, true black metal and brutality.
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I agree, keyboards add a whole new dimension of atmosphere to a song.
And yeah, Faust would stab and skullfuck any of these new "metal" bands. |
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It's not even necessary to talk about how innovative this band was. Best black metal of all time. Period.
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@Deathcore Metal Girl: Ozzy and AC/DC are complete metal. They're awesome, by the way!
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By the way, wtf is with the bad production of Lord of the Storms on Scattered Ashes?
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so the best metal group i've heard, and i've grown up around it. so don't diss this band or any of the other metal bands. but metal can't beat out Ozzy Osbourne or AC/DC. Raccoon out.
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Black Metal is and always will be alive no matter what.just beacuse you listen to bullshit music dosen't mean you have to put down black metal.i in fact i take it as an insult because i'm in a black metal band.there is only one reason why black metal has been flawless over the years and thats because it;s never been in the media it has remained underground for about 39 years now and still running very stong.long live the way of the Norwegian's! ! f * * k all you motherf**ker s , you weak pathetic fools
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did your mothers not teach any of you fuckwads any manners? if you have nothing nice to say shut the f**k up and go back to hot topic. black metal is very alive and rumors of it's demise are strictly rumors. watain, carpathian forest, gorgoroth, marduk and nargoroth to name a few conteporarie s very MUCH active. cowards stay away from real metal.
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"thats because the singer has an enlarged esophogus. its from all the blak dik she/he ingests. over time it has given it the ability to produce incoherrent screams that no one likes. its garbage metal and you all bought into it. suks for you guys."
That has to be one of the most idiotic statements I've ever read. Your an ignorant f**k, go read a book before you forget how. |
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Blak METAL is DEEEEEEEEEEA A A A A A A A A A A A A A A D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D . In a bad way. Check out my Alice in Wonderland station/
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better than ezra. maybe not. POD is way better than these goons. Black metal is dead. deal with it fellas.
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yeah, I was wondering where the Satanic Warmaster and Ancient stuff was, they also need more Bethlehem.
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And on a side note why the f**k doesn't pandora have any Satanic Warmaster, Ancient, or May Result.
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Say what you want about borgir's later releases but for all tid, stormblast, Godless savage garden, and enthrone darkness triumphant are must haves for anyone who claims to be or like black metal. That being said, everything Ihsahn does is f**king amazing
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