This was the 1st Emperor song I ever heard and it simply blew my doors off, making Emperor one of my 3 favorite black-metal groups (next to Dimmu Borgir & Immortal). The album this song appears on (Prometheus: Disciplines of Fire & Demise) is an extremely dense & complex work of Norweigian progressive/symphonic black metal.
Ishan, who is the lead singer, is the standout musician. Not only was this a concept album (a story of being from birth to death) that was conceived, written, and produced by Ishan, but he tracked the vocals, synths/keyboards, programming, bass, and nearly all the guitar work himself (due to the other 2 members being involved in side projects).
The sound is layered thick with intricate lead guitars (although not in normal soloing fashion) and the music goes through a number of changes and truly displays Emperor's versatility. The mix of brutality and melody amazes me, as does Ishans range of vocal styles, from black-metal screams to clean majestic-esque singing and even 80's arena rock high pitched yells. The fact that this group are this tight (check out the part where it sounds as if the CD is skipping!) and only a 3 piece really says something about their talent .
This was the 1st Emperor song I ever heard and it simply blew my doors off, making Emperor one of my 3 favorite black-metal groups (next to Dimmu Borgir & Immortal). The album this song appears on (Prometheus: Disciplines of Fire & Demise) is an extremely dense & complex work of Norweigian progressive/symphonic black metal.
Ishan, who is the lead singer, is the standout musician. Not only was this a concept album (a story of being from birth to death) that was conceived, written, and produced by Ishan, but he tracked the vocals, synths/keyboards, programming, bass, and nearly all the guitar work himself (due to the other 2 members being involved in side projects).
The sound is layered thick with intricate lead guitars (although not in normal soloing fashion) and the music goes through a number of changes and truly displays Emperor's versatility. The mix of brutality and melody amazes me, as does Ishans range of vocal styles, from black-metal screams to clean majestic-esque singing and even 80's arena rock high pitched yells. The fact that this group are this tight (check out the part where it sounds as if the CD is skipping!) and only a 3 piece really says something about their talent .