EMPEROR

Release Year: 2020
Artist Origin: NOR
Style: majestic poignant sophisticated black metal

groundbreaking sophomore opus [1997] by imperial Norwegian horde marks them noticeably honing the skills and thus fully realizing creative potential of explosively ardent music, admittedly taking more complex, intricate and multilayered approach, setting a new trend for the entire genre as well; after a fiery and straightforward debut album - a masterpiece on its own, they have immensely added in techniques and enriched the music with a sweeping classical influence to the keyboard lines, maintaining sheer aggression and bleak outlook of extreme metal perfectly intact nonetheless, culminating with an effective accompanying video; recent British black vinyl edition comes with a special half speed sound remaster, accomplished at infamous Abbey Road Studios in London, and a pro-printed lyric inner sleeve