Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk - guest review
Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk - guest review
Tracklist
01. Alsvartr (The Oath)02. Ye Entrancemperium
03. Thus Spake The Nightspirit
04. Ensorcelled By Khaos
05. The Loss And Curse Of Reverence
06. The Acclamation Of Bonds
07. With Strength I Burn
08. The Wanderer
09. In Longing Spirit [reissue bonus]
10. Opus A Satana [reissue bonus]
11. The Loss And Curse Of Reverence [live] [reissue bonus]
Guest review by
Maasai Mara March 26, 2019
The initial minute of "Alsvartr (The Oath)" is the only thing worth wasting your time listening to. A deceptively sweet atmospheric introductory part that deceives you into eating the shit and fraud that is to follow. Everyone who rants and raves about how good this album is, is a lying piece of shit who has never listened to this garbage beyond the first minute of the introductory song. If you love yourself and are a normal lad, quit listening to this album after the first minute of "Alsvartr (The Oath)" and end all relations with people who claim that this album is worth a rating of anything more than 1/10.
This album is the very definition of over-hyped and an album that people only like because it is cool to do so. As a metal newbie years ago, I can't believe I used to pretend to love this album just to appear kvlt and necro. This is the very definition of what non-metalheads mean when they say that heavy metal is nothing but noise. The sound mixing in this album is very poor and not in the cool atmospheric way that Transilvanian Hunger is. Every instrument on this album is played at maximum volume and each and every one of them is competing for your attention. If you have sixteen ears then you can find this piece of album tolerable, but for normal folks with two ears, the blazing synths, up-tempo guitars and relentless drumming all screaming for your attention are simply unbearable and headache-inducing. Minute 04:30 of "The Loss And Curse Of Reverence" demonstrates an example of the headache-inducing wall of noise that this album is full of and I don't hate myself enough to dig up for more examples.
Symphonic metal as a genre is something I have never been able to come to terms with as a member of the heavy metal umbrella. The most annoying bands play this type of genre (Dimmu Borgir, Carach Angren) and to think that a band that is hailed as a black metal legend could desecrate the very soul of black metal and wank around with synths, keyboards and choir effects is preposterous.
The cacophony of noise does tend to reduce on some songs like towards the end of "Thus Spake The Nightspirit" only to reveal basic black metal shrieks and pretty predictable goth-like clean passages. This album is devoid of interesting riffs, barely creates an interesting atmosphere and only excels in the overuse of synths and in giving you migraines.
If you have never listened to this album, I truly envy the peace of mind that you possess.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 3 |
| Songwriting: | 2 |
| Originality: | 4 |
| Production: | 2 |
Written by Maasai Mara | March 26, 2019
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
Rating:
9.6
9.6
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9.6 |
I started listening to Emperor with the last work of the band: Prometheus. Yes, that album was good, but there were too much "addings" that shouldn't be found in a Black Metal album in general. I appreciate the progressive elements though in some parts of the disc. Hearing this I was a little sceptic about the other Emperor works, but at the same time curious. Read more ›› |
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Posts: 159 Written by Daniell on 02.04.2019 at 14:29 Stay away from what. I don't understand whatever it is that you are implying.
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Posts: 159 Written by Rulatore on 03.04.2019 at 05:58  . This is exactly what the review is saying but perhaps my style of communication or the blind love for this piece of noise is why most folks think this is a troll review.
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I agree with you on one point - the production is wilfully bad.
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This reminds me of one of my shitty controversial reviews from years ago and I absolutely love it.
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I like it too actually, it's pretty well written, funny, it actually says why the reviewer doesn't like it (something a lot of extreme reviews like this miss) and I even find myself agreeing on some points. Hah!
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Posts: 1534 Written by infernalius on 26.12.2019 at 16:52 Albums can be rated 1-10 as far as the general user score is concerned, however when writing a review for MS, the lowest score available is a 2.
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Posts: 159 Quote:Quote:Quote:Written by infernalius on 26.12.2019 at 19:43
---- You are not metal enough until you visit Kenya. The cradle of mankind, where man learnt first to work with stones and first enjoyed the sounds produced by banging stones which later influenced metal in all its sounds and genres.
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I disagree almost entirely with everything the reviewer wrote (aside from the production), but full points for a creative and entertaining review
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Two possibilities exist: This is poor joke review or troll review. Both are equally terrifying. 
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Maybe not best their work, but non of this bands albums deserve rating under 6.
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Each to their own I guess, not everyone likes this style of music, even though I personally think a 2 is ludicrous. By the way, have you listened to In The Nightside Eclipse By any chance?
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Posts: 64429 Written by AndyMetalFreak on 14.02.2022 at 18:55 One of first bm albums, one of best a essential album, best from them and lyrics are magnificent
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Posts: 6654 Quote:Written by Bad English on 14.02.2022 at 20:27 This one is a very good album indeed, but ITNSE is an essential, and flawless black metal classic.
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Holy shit this review is so shitty it's funny, love how they said end all relations with people who claim that this album is worth a rating of anything more than 1/10 but then gave it a 2/10 .
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