NEW VINYL EP ON SPINFARM 2017 180 GRAM VINYL. When attention first focused on Norway's almost cartoonishly violent black metal scene in the mid-'90s, Mayhem were dubbed its godfathers, but most of the critical accolades were bestowed upon Emperor, whose musical innovations have had more impact on the genre than any other band. Norwegian black metal was rife with anti-Christian sentiment, but Emperor found novel ways of expressing it in their music; while their music could be furious and violent, the group was also influenced by the darkly majestic melodies of Norwegian folk and classical music, which very effectively supported their lyrical subject matter (even if it was frequently unintelligible). Tracklist A1 I Am The Black Wizards A2 Wrath Of The Tyrant B1 Night Of The Graveless Souls B2 Cosmic Keys To My Creations And Times
