Emperor - In Longing Spirit

Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk

In order to produce a black metal album for the current scene venerable Emperor have succumed to a desire to stray from what made them great, to what people remember about what made them great. Every aspect of this album seems an aesthetic venture aimed to duplicate the success of a previous album with a more accessible album tastier in its micro-elements (overall more consistent speed, more narrative and vocal melodies, evil growling offset against clean singing) but none come close to the opposite end of the spectrum, which is what made Emperor great: unity.

Emperor Lyrics:

Landscapes
Entrance my mind with thoughts of ancient times
I wonder...
Did they walk this path

Open seas
An endless horizon they seam
I wonder...
Where did they go

Nightsky
Source of light and dark
I wonder...
Did they comprehend

Seasons running through my veins
Like snow melting on my skin
They crawl beyond my flesh
and gasp my yearning eyes

Alas!
The force of divinity
What caused its end...

I drown in thoughts
Yet, answers have abandoned this place
Long ago

Blood runs cold from my arm...

Another one is now to die
Is he the last to see
The graceful entity of Nature
Is he the last to have his heart and soul
Nailed in Her embrasce...

He passes on...

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Music

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• Blackmetal

[Revertemperor]

I belive in metal, not in satan. Metal is my religion. Hail emperor !

[RipTheCosmos]

Emperor will always be remembered for paving their own path in a in a genre, and becoming legends for it, and all in the span of 10 years. These new genres that have sprouted up lately ( Metalcore, Deathcore, etc ) produce bands that could never hold a candle to a band like Emperor, musically, lyrically, or atmospherically, and emotionally for that matter. Emperor were leaders, not followers.

"( The ) Emperor is Dead, Long live ( The Emperor!"

[Yggbertz]

the atmosphere in this song is crazy good.

[BombadilTheBadass]

@AgressoExpresso haha x)

[AgressoExpresso]

Nice guy...scource of light and dark.

[CradleOfBodom17]

is mortiis in the picture at 1:20 ????

[mtllica1991]

Emperor is easily my favorite band of all time. They got me into Black Metal, and I have yet to find a band that can hold a flame to Emperor. I just wish I were ten yrs older so I could've seen em in concert in the '90s. (I'm only 19 lol)

[mtllica1991]

@Roelof666

lol try saying you like metal like 25 yrs ago, then people would be like "Oh, so you like Poison and Girlschool then?" blech. I prefer the metal scene now compared to the Glam scene my parents listened to lol.

[LivingdeadMetal]

1:13

Mortiis.

[sheepcampwarrior]

Great song and lyrics.

[thiagoltk]

666 STAR!!

[LordOvNecro]

Did they COMPREHENDDDDDDDDDDD