One of the greatest black metal albums ever. Exceptionally well written and executed music. Immense talent is present on this recording. Fresh and aggressive while not monotonous. All details serve the big picture.
I bought this album when I was 18, Im now 32. I never even heard of Emperor before, but the cover art grabbed me. I brought this masterpeice home and became a black metal fanatic overnight. I even went so far to get their logo tattooed across my back. I think its safe to say I was instantly hooked and still am to this day. I'm a New Yorker btw, so put that in your pipe and smoke it. Hail Emperor
I bought this when I was 17 and i thought, this is a far cry from Slayer. And we all know how fucking crazy heavy Slayer is. Both achieve the same power with different means. Thumbs up for all types of metal!
It ends because this track goes directly into Ye Entrancemperium. The end here really is the end of the track, and whoever posted it faded it out so it wasn't so abrupt.
The best black metal intro
milo333100 2 weeks ago
Winds and storms. embrace us now
Lay waste the light of day
Open gates to darker lands
We spread our wings and fly away
Viriatus 2 months ago
@Viriatus My favourite bit ^_^
SolSilence 1 month ago
love the ending
Viriatus 2 months ago
owls are cool. gotta have more owls. owls to every metal band on every song. expecially owls for cannibal corpse
ZZombyWooff 5 months ago
Damn right 0 dislikes!!
EvanesEmperor 5 months ago 2
Alsvartr (The Oath) + Ye Entrancemperium
TalesFromTheNorth 6 months ago
One of the greatest black metal albums ever. Exceptionally well written and executed music. Immense talent is present on this recording. Fresh and aggressive while not monotonous. All details serve the big picture.
Vestu 7 months ago
The first time I heard this I thought they just got lucky.
Then I listened to the rest of the album and realised no luck was involved, Emperor just have a gift.
NeelPeelGlockenspiel 8 months ago 5
Just listened to this album for the first time today, friggen awesome
this has got to be the best opening to a metal album ive ever heard
jakas1018 8 months ago 3
this one and acclamation..., In the longing spiri are my favourite songs from this album
biedronanit 9 months ago
Enjoy and Wander..........
septemberslayer 9 months ago
I bought this album when I was 18, Im now 32. I never even heard of Emperor before, but the cover art grabbed me. I brought this masterpeice home and became a black metal fanatic overnight. I even went so far to get their logo tattooed across my back. I think its safe to say I was instantly hooked and still am to this day. I'm a New Yorker btw, so put that in your pipe and smoke it. Hail Emperor
TheShadowsRise 9 months ago 7
epic stuff
Phangaea 11 months ago
holy shit, ihsan is like the mozart of metal. what a vision!
BannerOfBlasfemy 1 year ago
THE
ronaldmcdonald333 1 year ago
the blackness...
chadwardennz 1 year ago
I bought this when I was 17 and i thought, this is a far cry from Slayer. And we all know how fucking crazy heavy Slayer is. Both achieve the same power with different means. Thumbs up for all types of metal!
LordPopeyeAlphaDog 1 year ago 4
Now THIS is how you should do an intro to a metal album.
EMKTTHL 1 year ago 3
good !!
sedofar 1 year ago
crank up my double gate fold vinyl version i bought for 6.99$ \,,/
noiseruption 1 year ago
Man....I love this song, the feeling it gives is just undescribable. Long live the Emperor!
dzedav11 1 year ago 3
Hell's army starts marching at 3:35
Svartljus 1 year ago
i love the owl noise, reminds me of stuff
beer4life101 1 year ago 24
@beer4life101 XD
ExSoldierSith 1 year ago
@beer4life101 "stuff"
TheLolthazun 11 months ago
@beer4life101 The owls are not what they seem.
AgressoExpresso 7 months ago
I love the natural harmonics at 0:14
BrutalGrindCoreMetal 2 years ago 5
I am the Emperor! But why it ends so suddenly? It should be a couple minuts longer. The end of this song is the best...
killerazazello 2 years ago
It ends because this track goes directly into Ye Entrancemperium. The end here really is the end of the track, and whoever posted it faded it out so it wasn't so abrupt.
BloodeatingDespot 2 years ago
A Masterpiece. Nothing else like it. The sheer power of it...it's an unbelievable album!!
jackEcroft 2 years ago 33