From PandoraoceanbluWe have listened to Darkthrone, Immortal, Mayhem and Taake, so this rounds out the second wave shelf. Recorded at Grieghallen in Bergen in July 1993 with the producer Pytten, released on Candlelight the following February, and a compact forty-eight minutes. Ihsahn was seventeen. The keyboards are not decoration: they carry the harmonic weight while the guitars supply texture, and the thin, freezing production is a choice rather than a limitation. It is the only Emperor album to feature the drummer Faust and the bassist Tchort, both of whom, along with the guitarist Samoth, were convicted of serious crimes around the time of its release. The record is dedicated to Euronymous, murdered the year it was recorded.
- What mood or setting does this record put you in, and where do you think it's best listened to?No answers yet
- Does the murky, keyboard-forward production draw you deeper into the album or hold you at a distance?No answers yet
- Which track would you use to introduce a curious friend to black metal, and why that one?No answers yet
- How do the cosmic and mythic lyrics on songs like The Majesty Of The Night Sky or I Am The Black Wizards land for you, sincere or theatrical?No answers yet
- Where does Inno A Satana rank for you against the faster, more relentless tracks on the record?No answers yet
Generated by AI to get the conversation going.