^Nope. This is what he said in an interview:
Ihsahn: "If we did a new EMPEROR album, we'd get shit for it whatever it sounded like. We could do something that sounded like 'Anthems
' and we'd get shit for it. We could do something new and more appropriate, and we'd get shit for not sounding like 'Anthems
' If we did an album because people wanted one, it would be a paradox. Would people really want an album that we didn't want to make? No one would ever be satisfied, I think."