by Kai Stromler » Thu Jan 02, 2003 9:01 am
Unfortunately, Emperor is dead almost precisely because of this fact. Samoth was smart in getting together an amicable split before Ihsahn's rockstar attitudes and megalomaniacal approach to musical arranging screwed up the last greats of the old Norwegian scene. I *like* _Prometheus..._, but it doesn't quite capture the glories of _Anthems..._, where they sounded like the four-piece with keyboards that they were, instead of three guys trapped in a sonic maelstrom.
And finally, there is a person into blackmetal to understand when I yell NE-CRO-POOOOST! Listen to kthulhu! Don't dig up old threads!
--K