EMPEROR - "Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk" (Full album)

I will never forget the feeling when I put this CD in the player for the first time in 1997

This is how Emperor's albums are like... One single riff just pops in your head even though you haven't listened to it in weeks or months. Then you just have to put the record playing to hear the riff, but then you can't stop listening and you have to listen through the whole album.

Rob Halford brought me here. It's one of his top 10 favorite Metal albums.

One of the best black metal albums ever.

If you're going to own only one black metal album, this is it! Untouchable album!

I borrowed this CD from the local community library many years ago, because I thought the title and cover looked interesting. It was my first time ever hearing black metal. The first CD I ever bought was AQUA ffs!! This was a pivotal moment in my life. I could not believe my ears and the emotions it evoked the goose bumps and the imagery this album conjures. It was a baptism by fire into the world of extreme music. I will always be grateful for the many wonderful doors it opened the experiences, live shows and lifelong friendships. Such a treasure of an album.!!

"Ensorcelled by Khaos" is such a fucking masterpiece

In my opinion this is the best Emperor’s album ever

"Ensorcelled by Khaos"... what a great song... my favorite off of this amazing album!

Alsvartr (The Oath) 00:00 Ye Entrancemperium 04:21 Thus Spake the Nightspirit 09:36 Ensorcelled by Khaos 14:05 The Loss and Curse of Reverence 20:46 The Acclamation of Bonds 26:54 With Strength I Burn 32:49 The Wanderer 41:02 In Longing Spirit 44:00 Opus a Satana 49:56 The Loss and Curse of Reverence - Live 54:14

Black metal is often so beautiful. This is one of the best examples of it.

This is a great piece of work, not black metal, metal, just musically. So young and filled w energy and creativity.

The transition from Alsvatar to Ye Entrancemperium is just so great. And then the brutality and relentless speed crashes into you, with Ihsahn screaming over it all. This whole album is the pinnacle of black metal in my opinion. Very well written with so many different sounds coming into the picture. The guitar tone, the keyboards, the layers of music are brilliant.

I adore black metal. There is nothing on earth that does the same things for me.

My 4 year old loves Ye Entrancemperium.. Not gonna question good fortune.

Damn, I haven't listened to this in at least a decade. It's even better than I remember. The 90s was a special time for extreme metal.

That intro track is incredible

There's more grandeur in Alsvartr than most bands can fit on an entire album.

this is life affirming in my eyes, black metal stereotypes have nothing over this.

"With Strength I Burn" is the best black metal song ever