And perhaps, that's what makes this record so likable. Ishahn and the beastly Samoth craft a flurry of excellent guitar riffs for the songs here, each of which is carefully designed to complement- not overbear- the synthesizers. Of course, the band members still wore the corpse paint and they were Satanists (one of them even went to jail for murder), but what distinguishes Emperor from most other bands in black metal is that they didn't rely on the Satanism to propel their music to the forefront of the genre- they didn't have to. But what's most intriguing about Emperor on this album is that they aren't writing about Satan at all, there music revolves more around mythology, magic, and war. He sounds unhinged and possessed, like the music Emperor composes is a direct channel from Satan himself. Ishahn gives one of- if not the- best vocal performances of all time. The use of synthesizers adds a symphonic feel that nobody could have seen meshing with the raw black metal sound so well. ![]() It's hard to pinpoint a specific detail of this album that makes it so great, mostly because there are so many things to love about it.
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