Emperor
Emperor

Emperor

NORMetal, Black Metal
122,493 monthly listeners
  • 289.3K followers
  • 50.9K fans

Emperor's Top Spotify Songs

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I Am The Black Wizards
28.8K streams
2
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Inno A Satana
16.3K streams
3
Artist Name
Into The Infinity Of Thoughts
12K streams
4
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Ye Entrancemperium
9.8K streams
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The Wanderer
8.4K streams
28.8K
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Emperor's YouTube Videos

481.4K
Views
Emperor - Inno A Satana
Youtube
481.4K views
Sep 16, 2010
305.9K
Views
Emperor - The Loss and Curse of Reverence
Youtube
305.9K views
Jul 02, 2013
73K
Views

Emperor - Towards The Pantheon

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Emperor - Towards The Pantheon
Youtube
73K views
Sep 16, 2010

Emperor's Chart Ranks

Past 12 Months

Events47 Events

Jun
19-22
Rock Imperium Festival
Spain
ESP
, CartagenaN/A N/A
Jun
20-23
Graspop Metal Meeting
Belgium
BEL
, RetieN/A N/A
Jun
27-30
Hellfest
France
FRA
, ClissonN/A N/A
Jul-Aug
28-03
MetalDays
Slovenia
SVN
, VelenjeN/A N/A
Aug
07-10
Brutal Assault
Czech Republic
CZE
, JaroměřN/A N/A
Apr
06
Emperor at Floyd Live Music Venue
Greece
GRC
, Tavros500 - 1200 Club
Past
Mar
23
Emperor at The Olympia Theatre
Ireland
IRL
, Dublin1200 - 2500 Hall
Past
Mar
22
Emperor at Barrowland Ballroom
United Kingdom
GBR
, Glasgow1200 - 2500 Hall
Past
Nov
10-11
Tecate México Metal Fest
Mexico
MEX
, MonterreyN/A N/A
Past
Nov
03-05
Hell & Heaven Open Air
Mexico
MEX
, Toluca de LerdoN/A N/A
Past

Emperor's Upcoming Events5 Events

  • Rock Imperium Festival festival

    Judas Priest, Extreme, Accept, The Darkness, Yngwie Malmsteen, Uriah Heep, Beast in black, Saxon, Avantasia, Carcass, Plini, Napalm Death, In Extremo, Doro, Igorrr, Richie Kotzen, Blackbriar, Xandria, Marduk, Riverside, Lovebites, Glenn Hughes, Emperor, Celtian, Tankard, The Raven Age, Turmion Kätilöt, Kadavar, Tete Novoa, Textures, Green Lung, Nestor, Anthem, The Last Internationale, Cirith Ungol, Spidergawd, TNT, Praying Mantis, Night Demon, Riot City, Diabulus in Musica, Ronnie Romero, Tobias Sammet, Shores of Null, Kamelot, astray valley, Arwen, Phantom Excaliver, Holycide, hard love, Lonely Fire, Darknoise, Vatican Spectrum, Archetype Of Disorder, Einar Solberg
    ESP, Cartagena
    Big
  • Graspop Metal Meeting festival

    Avenged Sevenfold, Bring Me the Horizon, Scorpions, Limp Bizkit, Five Finger Death Punch, Heart, Megadeth, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Babymetal, Extreme, P.O.D., Electric Callboy, Polyphia, Architects, Corey Taylor, Slaughter to Prevail, Ice Nine Kills, Machine Head, Of Mice & Men, Atreyu, Ice-T, HEALTH, Silverstein, Bruce Dickinson, RED, Black Stone Cherry, Eisbrecher, Blind Guardian, Tarja, Fear Factory, Fit For A King, Steel Panther, Pain, Rival Sons, Avantasia, Hanabie., Brothers of Metal, Kamelot, Make Them Suffer, Bury Tomorrow, Erra, Mammoth WVH, High On Fire, Nile, Solence, Dying Fetus, Corrosion Of Conformity, DeathByRomy, Doro, Igorrr, Bleed From Within, BRAND OF SACRIFICE, Shadow of Intent, Rotting Christ, Body Count, Dark Funeral, Suffocation, Dynazty, Comeback Kid, Mr. Bungle, Karnivool, SKYND, Fu Manchu, Lansdowne, Sanguisugabogg, Counterparts, Biohazard, Ihsahn, Malevolence, Night Verses, Graveyard, Flotsam and Jetsam, Emperor, CRYSTAL LAKE, Kvelertak, Monuments, Future Palace, Brutus, Ne Obliviscaris, Batushka, Borknagar, Kadavar, Drug Church, Better Lovers, Dying Wish, Pestilence, Kampfar, Asinhell, Defects, Svartsot, Empire State Bastard, Pest Control, Ereb Altor, I am Morbid, Iron Allies, Brian Downey's Alive & Dangerous
    BEL, Retie
    Mega
  • Hellfest festival

    Metallica, Foo Fighters, Avenged Sevenfold, The Offspring, Simple Plan, Heart, Queens of the Stone Age, Megadeth, Bad Omens, Babymetal, The Prodigy, Extreme, Royal Blood, Dropkick Murphys, 311, Neck Deep, Corey Taylor, Tom Morello, Slaughter to Prevail, Ice Nine Kills, Machine Head, Accept, While She Sleeps, Shaka Ponk, City Morgue, Suicidal Tendencies, Ice-T, Bruce Dickinson, Cradle Of Filth, Stratovarius, Yngwie Malmsteen, Korpiklaani, Eivør, Black Stone Cherry, Saxon, Enter Shikari, Fear Factory, Steel Panther, The Interrupters, Dimmu Borgir, Rival Sons, Chelsea Wolfe, Crosses †††, thrown, Sodom, Mammoth WVH, Dark Tranquillity, High On Fire, Nile, The Black Dahlia Murder, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Amorphis, All Them Witches, Rhapsody Of Fire, Corrosion Of Conformity, Satyricon, Nova Twins, Bleed From Within, BRAND OF SACRIFICE, Kataklysm, Shadow of Intent, Hot Milk, The Casualties, Body Count, Suffocation, Thursday, Ankor, Orden Ogan, Madball, The Acacia Strain, Mr. Bungle, Lovebites, Karnivool, Fu Manchu, Sanguisugabogg, Biohazard, Graveyard, WARGASM (UK), Alien Weaponry, The Dead Daisies, Brujeria, Cock Sparrer, Emperor, CRYSTAL LAKE, Kvelertak, 1000mods, Corvus Corax, Dropout Kings, Caliban, Immolation, Savage Hands, SPEED, Therapy?, Brutus, Clawfinger, Ne Obliviscaris, Batushka, Scowl, GEL, Kronos, Rendez-Vous, The Haunted, Tiamat, Show Me the Body, Anaal Nathrakh, Drug Church, Kanonenfieber, Tryglav, Crystal Lake, Dismember, Pain of Salvation, Mass Hysteria, High Vis, Uuhai, Textures, Harm's Way, Green Lung, Black Rainbows, Nekromantix, Skálmöld, Khemmis, The Blockheads, Wormrot, Shining, Total Chaos, Lofofora, Klone, Nebula, Cosmic Psychos, Saint Agnes, Asinhell, Dool, Legion Of The Damned, GGGOLDDD, Smash Hit Combo, MORK, Konvent, Crystal Viper, Sorcerer, Spotlights, Yoth Iria, Wiegedood, Blockheads, HERIOT, Skyclad, Oxbow, Ereb Altor, Sumerlands, Shores of Null, DESTINITY, Eight Sins, Julie Christmas, Solitaris, 8°6 CREW, Didier Wampas, Gozu, Eternal Champion, Red Sun Atacama, (DOLCH), The Devil's Trade, Morne, Bad Situation, Pensées Nocturnes, The Dead Krazukies, Pencey Sloe, Nakkeknaekker, Hrafngrímr, Houle, I am Morbid, Stinky, Deficiency, SANG FROID, Fallen Lillies, Komodrag & the Mounodor, Karma Zero, Wayfarer, Darken, Witch, Wargasm, Kronos, Cold Blood, Einar Solberg
    FRA, Clisson
    Huge
  • MetalDays festival

    The Amity Affliction, Korpiklaani, Blind Guardian, Cattle Decapitation, Belphegor, God Is An Astronaut, Darkest Hour, Emperor, Caliban, Ghøstkid, Borknagar, Tiamat, Necrophobic, Rage, Unleashed, Kampfar, Legion Of The Damned, Souls of Diotima, Suasion, Rectal Smegma, Brutal Sphincter, doomas, Shrapnel, NIGHTFALL, The Broken Horizon, Keops, INMATE, Tol Morwen, Caronte, Entoria, Archaic, Schrodinger, ThroaTTwisteR, Inhale The Void
    SVN, Velenje
    Big
  • Brutal Assault festival

    Motionless In White, Architects, Spiritbox, Testament, The Amity Affliction, Behemoth, Jinjer, Exodus, Whitechapel, Carcass, Plini, Dark Tranquillity, The Black Dahlia Murder, Soil, Satyricon, Deicide, Born Of Osiris, After The Burial, Riverside, Madball, Havok, Aborted, Red Fang, God Is An Astronaut, Night Verses, Darkest Hour, Bodysnatcher, Abbath, Cryptopsy, Deathstars, Obscura, Emperor, Toxic Holocaust, My Dying Bride, Brutus, Master Boot Record, Pig Destroyer, Cancer Bats, ten56., Stoned Jesus, Show Me the Body, Cynic, Armored Saint, Kalmah, Party Cannon, Incantation, Mental Cruelty, Textures, Necrot, Impaled Nazarene, Terrorizer, Skeletal Remains, Villagers of Ioannina City, Forbidden, Escuela Grind, Heathen, UADA, Misery Index, Primordial, Hirax, Unto Others, Sadus, Exumer, Grand Magus, Vomitory, Svalbard, Ufomammut, Kampfar, Cytotoxin, Guilt Trip, Legion Of The Damned, Broken Hope, Evil Invaders, Vltimas, Devil Master, Rotten Sound, Hexvessel, Dodheimsgard, Severe Torture, Lik, Khold, This is Hell, Dopethrone, ČAD, Yellow Eyes, Darvaza, Tulus, Ved Buens Ende, Left To Die, Triumph Of Death, Laid to Waste, Sněť
    CZE, Jaroměř
    Huge

Emperor's Past Events42 Events

  • Emperor at Floyd Live Music Venue

    Emperor, Lucifer's Child
    Floyd Live Music Venue
    GRC, Tavros
    Club500 - 1.2K
  • Emperor at The Olympia Theatre

    Emperor, Winterfylleth
    The Olympia Theatre
    IRL, Dublin
    Hall1.2K - 2.5K
  • Emperor at Barrowland Ballroom

    Emperor, Winterfylleth
    Barrowland Ballroom
    GBR, Glasgow
    Hall1.2K - 2.5K
  • Tecate México Metal Fest festival

    Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, Gojira, Testament, Mastodon, Blind Guardian, Municipal Waste, Gutalax, Deicide, CRYPTA, Leprous, Aborted, Vader, Abbath, Enslaved, Flotsam and Jetsam, Gatecreeper, Obscura, Emperor, Septicflesh, Kvelertak, Primal Fear, Borknagar, Midnight, Carpathian Forest, Exhorder, Impaled Nazarene, Exciter, Tsjuder, Triptykon, Vomitory, Night Demon, Venom Inc., Cancer, Internal Bleeding, All Misery, Los Males Del Mundo, Thrown into Exile, I am Morbid, Operus, Haborym, BMR
    MEX, Monterrey
    Big
  • Hell & Heaven Open Air festival

    Slipknot, In Flames, Amon Amarth, Helloween, Ill Niño, Coal Chamber, Code Orange, The Casualties, Havok, Candlemass, Belphegor, Biohazard, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Metal Church, Sick Of It All, Emperor, Batushka, Transmetal, Incantation, Here Comes The Kraken, Asphyx, GBH, Espécimen, 1914, Vreid, Strike Master, Stabbing, Flesh Hoarder, Sarcoma, Nightbreed
    MEX, Toluca de Lerdo
    Huge

More about Emperor

Overview of Black Metal musician Emperor

One of the most significant Black Metal bands to emerge from Norway, a nation renowned for creating some of the most recognizable and extreme metal music in the world, is Emperor. They were established in 1991 in the little village of Notodden, and they rapidly became known for their powerful and ethereal sound. Fast tempos, blast rhythms, tremolo-picked guitar riffs, as well as orchestral and atmospheric elements that give their music depth and complexity, are characteristics of Emperor's music. They frequently discuss Norse mythology, darkness, and anti-Christian feeling in their lyrics.

With their early demos and albums, Emperor—led by the charismatic frontman Ihsahn—quickly developed a fan base in the underground metal scene. In the 1990s, their first full-length album, "In the Nightside Eclipse," helped Norway become a hub for extreme metal music and is widely regarded as a classic of the Black Metal genre. The Black Metal movement was forever changed by Emperor's sound, and fresh generations of metal musicians are still drawn to it today.

What are the most popular songs for Black Metal musician Emperor?

Some of the most recognizable songs in metal history have been created by the Norwegian black metal group Emperor from Notodden. From their discography, some of the most well-known tracks are "I Am The Black Wizards," "Inno A Satana," "Ye Entrancemperium," "Into The Infinity Of Thoughts," and "The Loss & Curse Of Reverence." For any metalhead, these songs are a must-listen because they each highlight the band's distinctive sound and technical prowess.

The song "Cosmic Keys To My Creations And Times" is one of their best tracks. A genuinely grandiose mood is produced by the song's piercing guitar riffs, resounding drumming, and eerie keyboard melody. Another standout track is "Thus Spake The Nightspirit," which, in contrast to their other songs, has a more atmospheric and melancholy vibe. A sense of melancholy that is both beautiful and disturbing is created through the use of acoustic guitars and eerie voice harmonies.

"Al Svartr (The Oath)," "The Wanderer," and "The Burning Shadows Of Silence" are some of Emperor's other well-liked songs. Each song demonstrates the band's superb musicianship and their aptitude for incorporating several metal subgenres into their sound. Overall, Emperor's career should be listened to by every metalhead, and their influence on the black metal subgenre cannot be understated.

What are the latest songs and music albums for Black Metal musician Emperor?

The Norwegian black metal group Emperor has recently put out a number of albums and singles. Live recordings from numerous performances are included on their most recent CD, "Live Inferno," which was published in 2009. The record perfectly captures Emperor's live energy and intensity, demonstrating their ability to captivate a crowd with their music.

Emperor's "Thus Spake The Nightspirit (Live)," which was also published in 2009, is one of their most recent singles. This song is a live performance of the timeless song from their 1996 album "Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk." The song takes on a new depth in the live performance, which highlights the band's talent for giving an intensely moving performance.

"Reverence," a 1997 single from Emperor, is another current single. Although it isn't a recent release, this song is nonetheless a mainstay in Emperor's discography and demonstrates the band's impact on the black metal subgenre. The menacing lyrics and hard-driving guitars evoke a sense of dread and horror, perfectly encapsulating Emperor's musical style.

Overall, Emperor is still a major player in the black metal industry, consistently putting out new music and enthralling crowds at live shows. Their music is proof of the ability of metal to stir up feelings and foster a sense of camaraderie among followers. Emperor had an indisputable impact on the genre, and their legacy continues to influence upcoming black metal musicians.

Which are the most important music performances and festival appearances for Black Metal musician Emperor?

The Norwegian black metal band Emperor has performed at some of the most important festivals and venues in the world. They have gained a cult following and praise from critics for their distinctive style thanks to their music. Hellfest, Summer Breeze Open Air, Copenhell, Alcatraz Hard Rock & Metal Festival, and Heavy Montreal are a few of their more notable festival appearances.

At Hellfest in France, they gave one of their most remarkable performances, playing a set that demonstrated their expertise in the black metal subgenre. The crowd was in awe of their performance since it was so unpolished, intense, and compelling. Another notable performance was when they played to a packed house at the Audio Club in Sao Paulo, Brazil, demonstrating the reach of their music over the world.

At some of the best venues in the world, such as the House Of Blues Anaheim, Auditorio BB, The Olympia Theatre, and Barrowland Ballroom, Emperor has also performed to sold-out crowds. The crowds have been spellbound by their performances at these venues, which have been electrifying with their music taking on a life of its own.

In conclusion, Emperor's concerts at prestigious locations all over the world and participation at festivals have solidified their place in black metal history. They have a devoted fan base and have received favorable reviews for their distinct sound and passionate live performances. New generations of black metal fans around the globe are constantly being inspired by and influenced by their music.

Which are the most important collaborations with other musicians for Black Metal musician Emperor?

Over the years, Emperor, a well-known Norwegian metal band, has worked with a variety of musicians. Ulver, an experimental rock band, is one of their most prominent partners. The band's flexibility is best displayed by the Ulver remix of their song "Sworn," which is a highlight track. The result of the combination is a hauntingly beautiful song that combines ambient music's ethereal tones with metal's ferocity. One of Emperor's most enduring collaborations is the tune because of its ominous tone and mesmerizing beat.

A significant joint effort is the song "In Longing Spirit" by the Belgian black metal group Enthroned. The song combines the distinctive sound of Enthroned with Emperor's recognizable black metal sound. The end result is a strong and dramatic song that perfectly encapsulates the spirit of both bands. Emperor's ability to meld their sound with that of other musicians while keeping their unique character is demonstrated through the partnership.

Overall, Emperor's musical partnerships with various musicians have produced some of the most enduring moments in metal music history. Emperor has demonstrated through these partnerships that they are not afraid to explore and push the limits of their genre. Because of their openness to working with different musicians, they were able to develop as musicians and have a lasting impact on the metal scene.