Emperor
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997) » Classic! «
Album

Reviewed: 12/23/2020

Good intro to the album with a clean, but dark track. It segues into the brilliant and blisteringly hyper-fast next 6 tracks. It is diverse, however, but all over the place in tempos. The one thing they could've taken off are some of the synthesizer contributions. Though this is their genre so of course of the music needs some variations. They're quite prevalent in diversity, insane riffing galore. And the vocals alongside the riffs make it even more brutal. This was their concept though back then just immersion in the black metal community. I like a lot of what they've come up with here so no complaints in that respect! I would have to say that the earlier recordings gave more raw essence to the sounds of the music. It's like Dimmu Borgrir's 'Stormblast' (1996) which is wholly raw, or ea...

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