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In the Nightside Eclipse


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Received my copy of the 20th anniversary reissue of Emperor's In the Nightside Eclipse today.

One of the most well regarded and influential black metal albums, and for very good reason.

 

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That cover art is so good.

It's a 2 CD package, with the first disc containing the remastered album, and the second containing a previously unreleased alternative mix of the album, along with a few rare tracks from EPs and demos they did around the time.

 

This is also a good excuse to show off my collection of Emperor and Ihsahn's solo albums.

 

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Stacked them up Ryuujin style because my desk isn't big enough for 11 albums side by side.

 

On the left, we have the Emperor stuff:

 

In the Nightside Eclipse

Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk

IX Equilibrium (Special Edition)

Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise

Scattered Ashes: A Decade of Emperial Wrath

In the Nightside Eclipse (20th Anniversary Edition)

 

And on the right, Ihshan stuff:

 

The Adversary

angL

After (Limited Edition)

Eremita (Limited Edition)

Das Seelenbrechen (Limited Edition)

 

 

With that, it should come as no surprise that Ihsahn is one of my favourite artists. He's definitely one of the most interesting artists to follow because he always strives to experiment and stretch the boundaries of extreme metal, from the first Emperor album all the way to Das Seelenbrechen, which in my opinion eclipses even Anthems... as the best thing he's done.

He's working on a new album for this year and I absolutely can't wait to see where he goes next.

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I've always been curious about Emperor but the whole Faust thing has always put me off. I'd probably be into more black metal in general if not for the activities and attitudes of a lot of the people involved.

 

still have been meaning to check out some of Ihsahn's solo stuff though. any recommendation where to start?

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Yeah, the whole Faust thing always makes me feel dodgy about loving the album so much. It unfortunately puts a stain on the entire band. He was only with the band for the first album, but when that album is Nightside, he's part of the band's history forever.

Between this and the first Mayhem album, I really wish some of the most significant high points in black metal didn't have such people behind them.

 

As for Ihshan's solo stuff, Eremita is a really solid starting point.

After or angL probably wouldn't be bad either, but Eremita takes elements from both for a more complete Ihshan experience.

angL does have Unhealer on it though, with Mikael Åkerfeldt on vocals. Hearing them growl back and forth at each other is really neat.

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yeah. Dissection is another example. I really appreciate their musical style but I just can't bring myself to listen to them because of Jon Nödtveidt.

 

alright, I'll check one of those out. I actually seem to recall seeing AngL at a nearby used music shop for cheap, so maybe I'll see if they still have it and pick it up.

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