Emperor
Emperor is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991, regarded as highly influential by critics and emerging black metal bands. The group split up in 2001, but reunited from 2005 to 2007 for a few festival dates and brief US tours, and again reunited in 2013 to 2014. Emperor reformed for the third time in 2016. The group was founded by Ihsahn (guitar/vocal) and Samoth (then, drums).
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| Genre | Black metal · symphonic black metal · progressive metal
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| Label | Deathlike Silence · Century Media · Candlelight · Nuclear Blast
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members
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past members
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touring members
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FEATURED DISCOGRAPHY
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studio albums
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live albums
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compilation albums
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video albums
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singles
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS
| Mood | Angry · Brooding · Bitter · Rebellious · Melancholy · Eerie · Nocturnal · Visceral · Theatrical · Aggressive · Manic · Provocative · Malevolent · Gloomy · Fiery · Confrontational · Menacing · Outrageous · Raucous · Harsh
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![Emperor - Terrorizer Magazine Cover [United Kingdom] (October 2001)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/4/2/42nfy7ar5o68r6y2.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Emperor - Terrorizer Magazine Cover [United Kingdom] (May 1997)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/b/b/bbl5eqt6ar6dtr5b.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Emperor - Metal&Hammer Magazine Cover [Poland] (February 2017)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/r/k/rkkyc4zxltdctrzy.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Emperor - Loud Magazine Cover [Portugal] (February 2017)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/y/o/yoqbhkh09e13beh.jpg?skj2io4l)
- The group disbanded because they felt they lived up to everything they wanted to in Emperor. They've received a "legendary" status, toured worldwide, have a large catalog of releases and the band didn't want to be another group which "never knows when to quit making music."
- If it wasn't for Euronymous of Mayhem, Emperor would probably be a death metal group today because he's responsible for introducing Emperor to the world of black metal.
- Emperor started out as a death metal group in Thou Shalt Suffer.
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