Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

[Black Winter Day]

it's okay. you never had any black metal credibility with me anyway.



(just kidding )

 

[Hell Mike]

I only have Anthems and I don't think it's that good... Sure, it has a few good songs (it gets better towards the end) but overall it's mostly quite bleh and boring.

 

[Russell]

Prometheus is my favorite emperor release.






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fuck, I think I just lost mine.

Same here.. Except I too never had any to lose

 

[Russell]

Fair enough I wasn't seeking your acceptance

 

[J.]

Just go to a trading board. www.thesilentenigma.com has a good trading board.

 

[Black Winter Day]

NAD needs to buy it. He would like it. I think I've listened to it... twice since it came out. I think I remember liking it somewhat, maybe I should give it some more listens.

It's pretty bad when you have 650+ CDs and you never have time to listen to any of them more than once or twice!

 

[JayKeeley]

*puts on Donald Trump wig, leans forwards, and points at NAD*

You're fired!

 

[Ayeka]

The only bits I can remember from Nightside is the BLAAAAAAAARGH!!!! at the start of the fourth song (which is about forests ) and the synth at the end of the album...and the two bonus tracks on my CD copy! I think I'll dig this out tomorrow actually, cos I bought it about three and a half years ago and I think it took about two years for me to get into it...ain't listened to it for about 6 months so I might dig it more tomorrow. Final Fantasy and Emperor, ace

 

[Black Winter Day]

Prometheus is shit.

odd. because i'm listening to it right now and i'm very impressed. in fact, i don't remember it being this good. although i must point out (to NAD mainly) that this is NOT BLACK METAL, nor is it anything close to Nightside. this is more like progressive/technical/symphonic death metal or something. whatever it is, i'm enjoying the hell out of it at the moment.

 

[Black Winter Day]

but then again, i still like opeth.

 

[NAD]

nor is it anything close to Nightside.

Yay!

I read a review of it the other day, I'm extremely intrigued.

 

[Black Winter Day]

well, you are like me and get a hardon from anything with proggy/wacky/technical elements. not to say that this isn't well done... it is. and it has absolutely zero to do with the BM scene.

 

[J.]

I listened to Emperor's 4 albums the other day. The first two are the only ones that impressed me. I liked Prometheus when it came out, but it was a chore to sit through the other day (though not nearly the chore Equilibrium was).

Yeah, Prometheus isn't black metal at all. Emperor went technical prog on us, and fucked up.

I hate when bands "experiment" and "evolve".

 

[Black Winter Day]

i love it when a band challenges themselves and are not merely content to re-hash the same material over and over, especially if their hearts are no longer in it.

but i mainly like to see fanboys cry...

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

Prometheus is better than IX Equilibrium, but thats not saying much. Theres like 2 good songs on IX and probably 3 on Prometheus.

 

[Demonspell]

While I'm all for experimentation and evolution, it needs to be done successfully in order to get my approval...and even a flawed attempt at progression is more resepctable than a career of putting out near-identical albums.

 

[JayKeeley]

NAD - I'll do you a favor here with all seriousness....

Get headphones. Turn out lights. Allow yourself to adjust to the darkness. Turn up the volume to '11'. Select track #3 - "Cosmic Keys to my Creations and Times".

Let me know when your out of body experience is over.

 

[NAD]

Yeah, that song is pretty good, I'll even admit to that. I'll let you know how the headphones thing goes when I get a chance.

 

[spaffe]

i concur.
the only memorable song on that album is inno a satana, the rest, like you said, sounds alomst identical and the production is crap. it's not a good idea having harsh production (intended or not) on an album with so many layers, at most times it only becomes a rising and falling hiss. the songs i heard from "live cermony" sounded a lot better actually, mostly due to the fact that the riffs where audible i assume.

Lolz, what a moran; I made a search for a thread about this album to praise it properly, and stumbles upon this rant. Pft.

Anyway, this album just keeps getting better with every passing year, and is without a doubt one of the best BM albums ever. The production that I couldn't really understand before, now appears to me to be quite perfect for this album. Such a lo-fi muddy sound just adds heaps of atmosphere to music that already reeks of it. It, quite simply put, sounds ancient.

 

[J.]

top 5 for sure. i may like this one more than Anthems, but i dunno. both are amazing