Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk - Emperor

Advantages: blackmetal
Disadvantages: none

...AL SVARTR (THE OATH) YE ENTRANCEMPERIUM THUS SPAKE THE NIGHTSPIRIT ENCORCELLED BY KHAOS THE LOSS & CURSE OF REVERENCE ACCLAMATION OF BONDS WITH STRENGTH I BURN THE WANDERER (instrumental) This isn't just the finest Black Metal CD ever made, its one of the finest records ever made by anybody,..."Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk," an album of epic savagery! Not only beautiful, but bestial in it's wide ranging scope. Not only was "Anthems.." featured in almost every "album of the year poll" across the globe, but actually won the album of the year in both Terrorizer (UK) and Metal Maniacs (USA). AL SVARTR (THE OATH) Quite an evil sounding intro YE ENTRANCEMPERIUM, Very fast song, very well constructed, nice !! THUS SPAKE THE NIGHTSPIRIT, My personal fav, starts off slow then into shear hell with evil sounding keybords... Read review

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Advantages: Everything really
Disadvantages: Some people may have preferred it if the vocals were in the foreground as apposed to the background.

...singing, immensely heavy and melodic riffing, the beautiful keyboards and finally the great drums and insanely fast double bass drumming. “Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk” is an incredible experience, fully exposing all the fine points of Black Metal. The instruments are all played superbly, and the poetic nature of the lyrics makes them very interesting to read, and try to understand. I would highly recommend this album to anyone who likes Black Metal, or anyone trying to get into this genre’s Underground scene and away from the trendy likes of Cradle of Filth. Just remember, “Do not expect Cradle of Filth”!... Read review

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Advantages: supremely, majestic, bewildered/chaotic, absolute band-highlight
Disadvantages: Not everybody's cup of tea...

...: “Emperor” and “In The Nightside Eclipse”.The musical progression went on. Last one of the two named albums predicted the hidden talents in Emperor which seemed to go over the horizon of simple Black Metal. After a few member changes (drummer Bård Faust was kicked out as a murderer) and a some burned churches later the band composed itself together to release their most qualitative and pompous album in 1997 to date: “Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk”. 2 years later and similiar to that style: “IX Equilibrium”: Chaotic, melodic, confusing, aggressive and sort of majestic. Their work was supposed to stop in 2001 with the last disc, the final effort of the three remained Norwegian guys Ihsahn (vocals, guitars, bass, synths), Samoth (guitars) and Trym (drums). After 10 years, a decade of imperial wrath, there meant to be the end of this band. Freely... Read review

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