i'd definitely go so far as to say that emptiness:emptiness:emptiness and lucifer are at least on a level with n.n., in some ways far superior. he was definitely still honing his craft with nightrhymes, and seems to have settled into a bit of a rut on the 2nd and 3rd albums (not in the bad way).
does he call the first 3 albums a trilogy? i think the move away from some of the depressing themes on 'sonnenheim' had been planned for a while?
i don't have sonnenheim yet, and have only heard a few songs, but i will.