Dark One
The Tainted Dogma
The only Emperor album I haven't been able to wrap my claws around. Doesn't hold a candle to "Anthems...."
Empeor - Prometheus
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Henrik Main
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MFJ
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Like has been said, it took me a while to admit and realize it, but the album is pretty shitty. Absolutely boring... No Emperor is worth listening to if it was made after Anthems.
It took me a while to like Prometheus. It was one of those things where I was sitting there one day, and the brilliance of the song structures hit me. It is no way their best, but its third IMO. ITNE > ATTWAD > Prometheus > IX Equilibrium > Wrath.../Emperor
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
You only need Nightside Eclipse. Thought that was a given, you know, since it defines black metal perfection.
Anything after that sounds like it was recorded at Finnvox.
Anything after that sounds like it was recorded at Finnvox.
Dark One
The Tainted Dogma
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk is THE essential Emperor album. Don't listen to that half blind guitarist Jake E Lee, he has no ear for black metal greatness. 
Henrik Main
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Dark One said:Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk is THE essential Emperor album. Don't listen to that half blind guitarist Jake E Lee, he has no ear for black metal greatness.
He's right, though. "In The Nightside Eclipse" is superior to "Anthems" in every single way.
Dark One
The Tainted Dogma
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
Black Metal should sound COLD. Anthems sounds good on headphones on a sunny day on the beach in Honolulu, sitting under a palm tree.
You guys should revist Nightside again. Seriously, it's worth it. Forget Prometheus or whatever, invest your time in Nightside.
You guys should revist Nightside again. Seriously, it's worth it. Forget Prometheus or whatever, invest your time in Nightside.
Dark One
The Tainted Dogma
I think Anthems DOES sound cold and chilling. Just because it has better production, that is supposed to take away from its atmosphere?? No way..... total darkness, better songwriting.... Anthems is where it all came together for Emperor.
And in actuality, I would recommend both albums because I do really enjoy Nightside, I just wouldn't recommend it as highly.
And in actuality, I would recommend both albums because I do really enjoy Nightside, I just wouldn't recommend it as highly.
yeah, I agree. I don't get a "cold" feeling from lots of black metal. That doesn't take away anything from the album.
Having a bad production doesn't automatically mean it's "cold".
Having a bad production doesn't automatically mean it's "cold".
MFJ
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Dark One
The Tainted Dogma
Wow, we've got an old fashioned "Less Filling, Tastes Great" debate going on here. If only it was complete with two hotties ripping each each other's clothes off and then eventually kissing.
I tried searching for the Empeor poll we had a long time ago, but of course, the server times out when I try to search.
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
Who said anything about lesser production??? Fuck me, the production on Nightside Eclipse is PEEEERRRRFEEEECCCT. I wouldn't change it in the slightest. I love how the vocals sound like they're coming from beyond, or how the keys only accentuate the desolation of it all.
It just transports you into glacier country. Shit, just go read the review. One of the few albums I would seriously give a 10/10. It is a monument in metal.
Don't get me wrong. I like Anthems. But it is black metal by the fucking book. You just cannot deny that - it is well scripted and well coordinated. Some people will call this better songwriting, and in most cases, I would agree.
But Nightside Eclipse is dangerous. You don't know where it's going to take you. It throws you into pitch blackness, and envelopes you in ice. It is impromptu to the utmost degree. It stands against everything that Anthems ended up becoming - a nice studio record with lots of takes, tweaking of knobs, experimenting with mics, adjusting amps....everything to get it sounding 'just right'.
Nightside, on the other hand, is a blitzkrieg. Raw, grim, blood, fire, and motherfucking death.
Case closed.
It just transports you into glacier country. Shit, just go read the review. One of the few albums I would seriously give a 10/10. It is a monument in metal.
Don't get me wrong. I like Anthems. But it is black metal by the fucking book. You just cannot deny that - it is well scripted and well coordinated. Some people will call this better songwriting, and in most cases, I would agree.
But Nightside Eclipse is dangerous. You don't know where it's going to take you. It throws you into pitch blackness, and envelopes you in ice. It is impromptu to the utmost degree. It stands against everything that Anthems ended up becoming - a nice studio record with lots of takes, tweaking of knobs, experimenting with mics, adjusting amps....everything to get it sounding 'just right'.
Nightside, on the other hand, is a blitzkrieg. Raw, grim, blood, fire, and motherfucking death.
Case closed.
IOfTheStorm
Gogol Bordello
"Prometheus.." is a GREAT album. Ok its too complex for some, but its really progressive too (in the true essence of that word). Genious album, you just have to really listen to it (many times).
