Good overall, could've been better directed. Drummer is ok, but he sounds like a drum machine through the mix (check intro to Will You Love Me Now). Being a big fan of Emperor's work, I guess that I automatically look for "Empirical" elements in other musical efforts by its members, always ending up a bit disappointed in the end, whether it is Zyklon, Though Shalt Suffer, Peccatum, or the new Ihsahn. (I'm not EVEN mentioning Scum - it was hard for me not to lose all respect for Samoth after seeing that shit.) I thoroughly enjoy Nightside, Anthems, Equilibrium (yeah, yeah, fuck all you haters "not BM enough, waaaahhh...." - I seen 'em live on that tour and they fucking blistered! I even met Samoth and Ihriel, got to sit at the bar next to Ihsahn throughout the entire Witchery and most of Borknagar set until he had to go get ready. Talk about a fucking black metal moment!) In short, I wish the guys in Emperor would get back together as a black metal band and record another milestone album. And I wish that Ihsahn would get back into metal. Seiously, how good can a "metal" album be when it is written/recorded by someone who openly tells people that he does not listen to any metal at all? :Smug: