Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
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Publication |
1997 |
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October to December 1996 |
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| Label (s) | Candlelight Records | |||
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CD, LP, Picture Disc , MC |
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Title (number) |
8th |
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running time |
43:55 |
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Ihsahn, Pytten, Samoth |
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Studio (s) |
Grieghallen Lydstudio |
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Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk is the second studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Emperor . It was released on Candlelight Records in 1997 .
Creation and publication
Much of the material was created before Samoth was sentenced to arson. The beginning of Ye Entrancemperium goes back to Mayhem guitarist Euronymous , who was murdered in 1993 . Bassist Tchort was replaced by Alver after he had temporarily turned away from music after his imprisonment and the death of his daughter. Trym joined the band to replace the imprisoned drummer Faust . While Samoth was serving his sentence, Ihsahn and the other members worked on the structure of the songs and kept the band going. After Samoth was released, he began recording a new album with Ihsahn. In the Grieghallen Lydstudio in Bergen , where the debut album In the Nightside Eclipse was recorded, Emperor recorded the EP Reverence and the album Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk in late 1996 . The album was mixed in early 1997 and mastered by Ihsahn, Samoth and Vargnatt Inc. at Strype Audio .
The EP Reverence already contained a piece from the album, which was released a little later, The Loss and Curse of Reverence . The two other tracks from the EP were included on Century Black's US edition of Anthems ... , and since 1998 a live version of The Loss and Curse of Reverence has also been available on new editions .
Track list
The pieces were mostly composed by Ihsahn and Samoth together, Ihsahn wrote the lyrics . The beginning of the second piece goes back to Euronymous.
- Alsvartr (The Oath) - 4:18
- Ye Entrancemperium - 5:15
- Thus Spake the Nightspirit - 4:30
- Ensorcelled by Khaos - 6:39
- The Loss and Curse of Reverence - 6:09
- The Acclamation of Bonds - 5:54
- With Strength I Burn - 8:18
- The Wanderer - 2:54
- Bonus title
- In Longing Spirit - 5:55
- Opus a Satana - 4:18
- The Loss and Curse of Reverence (Live) - 6:24
style
Emperor develop on Anthems… the atmospheric, but still somewhat raw style of the debut album. They are now increasingly relying on opulent keyboard arrangements, complex structures with tempo changes and variable vocals. It can be found hectic passages for the black metal typical blast beats , double bass game, fast riffs and screeching vocals, but again and again quieter passages with melodic guitar solos, symphonic keyboard carpets or plain, hymn-like vocals. On the back cover is the comment: “Emperor performs Sophisticated Black Metal Art exclusively!” According to Robert Müller from Metal Hammer, the lyrics also portray weaknesses: No new attitude, let alone reversal, but a more broken image, one of doubt, but defiance is also shaped. The last two lines are significant: 'Even though I nothing learned / With strength I burn…' ”According to Ihsahn, there are“ [t] extensively […] big differences ”; the beginning is a bridge; Alsvartr (The Oath) “is a kind of introduction that leads back to this nocturnal landscape in which the entire Emperor concept is located. But some of my [sic!] New texts are less a story than philosophical considerations. We no longer only describe the powerful images of our own world of thought, but also reflect the rather frustrating aspects of striving for STRENGTH, for ideals ... "
reception
According to Robert Müller, “not only are the years of striving for new musical extremes on [note], but the album also has a subliminally different lyrical mood”. This is " evil in its most subtle form, a high-speed drug of perfidious shape". Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann from Rock Hard also praised the band: “EMPEROR have the gift of playing Nordic Black Metal in its raw, straight, fast and clinking simplicity. On the other hand, the four Norwegians [...] deal with the elements bombast, pathos and classical in a surprisingly logical way and ignoring supposed boundaries. ”In 2009, Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk was voted 12th on its list of the 25 most important black metal albums by the magazine; Götz Kühnemund described the album as just as “style-defining” as the debut, which however contained more “classics of the century”. According to Deadleft from the online magazine Vönger , Anthems ... offers "more extensive guitar harmonies and a greater variety of sounds" than its predecessor. Although he criticized the poor production, he called the album "an absolute masterpiece in Black Metal". On metal.de too , Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk was described as an “absolute showpiece of Black Metal” and a “milestone in music history” because of its “majestic something” and interesting compositions.
Web links
- Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk on Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b What’s up with EMPEROR . In: Nordic Vision . 7, autumn, 1996, pp. 44 f . ( nordicvisionmag.com [accessed August 22, 2013]).
- ↑ INTERVIEW WITH TCHORT (Green Carnation, Carpathian Forest, Emperor, Blood Red Throne ...). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 13, 2010 ; accessed on August 22, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Steve Huey: Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk - Emperor. Allmusic , accessed on August 22, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk. metal.de, March 6, 2006, accessed on August 22, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Deadleft: Emperor # Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk. Vönger Musikmagazin, April 4, 2004, accessed on August 22, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c Robert Müller: Emperor . Of dreams and deeds. In: Metal Hammer . July 1997, p. 39.
- ^ Robert Müller: Emperor . Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk. In: Metal Hammer. July 1997, p. 50.
- ↑ Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: Emperor . Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk. In: Rock Hard . No. 122 ( rockhard.de ).
- ↑ Götz Kühnemund : Emperor . Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk. In: Rock Hard . No. 269 , October 2009, p. 96 .
