i grew up just outside of tampa florida, and spent my formative years during the peak and wane of the death metal phenomenon. the brass mug, ace's records, the asylum in st pete ... all staples, all good times. then came black metal, which i love but don't have the exact same connection to due to mainly nostalgic reasons.
the first black metal record i heard was In the Nightside Eclipse, and i've never liked it. the thing is, i really, really like black metal, and i have for years. geez, i dunno. that was probably 1995 or something? so 13 years later i still like black metal, and i STILL don't like Emperor.
am i missing something?!
― Cameron Octigan, Thursday, 29 January 2009 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
really digging the latest reissue/remaster of Nightside. much better than the one from 1999.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 6 July 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
http://concert.arte.tv/fr/emperor-au-hellfest
― StanM, Sunday, 6 July 2014 21:30 (nine years ago) link
I've now received that 20th Anniversary Edition thing, I should do a 4-way listening test between these two versions and my original and the 1999 remaster (I need to dig those up from the basement). But at first listen the Alternate Mix doesn't actually sound that different - not in the way that for example the remastered/remixed "Individual Thought Patterns" does.
― Siegbran, Monday, 7 July 2014 12:07 (nine years ago) link