Emperor is a seminal Norwegian black metal band who represent a synth laden yet brutally aggressive and chaotic part of the genre, something quite different from e.g. the minimalism of fellow black metal startups Darkthrone. The band was formed around the core members Samoth (Thomas ThormodsÃ¦ter Haugen, now member of Zyklon), Ihsahn(Vegard Sverre Tveitan, Peccatum) and Mortiis(HÃ¥vard Ellefsen) in 1992, and released their critically acclaimed and widely influential debut In the Nightside Eclipsein 1994 after being joined by drummer Faust (BÃ¥rd Eithun, Aborym, Blood Tsunami, Scum) and having replaced Mortiis with Tchort (Terje Vik Schei, Blood Red Throne, Carpathian Forest, Green Carnation) on bass. Around the same time as the release of the debut, most of the band are arrested on various accounts (drummer Faust on murder and arson, guitarist Samoth on arson and bassist Tchort on burglary). Two years later, after Samoth's parole, the band releases what many consider to be their landmark achievement, Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk, having invited Enslaved's Trym Thorson (Kai Jonny Mosaker, now also with Zyklon) manning the drums.
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Nonus Aequilibrium Lyrics

Emperor

Hark
For I speak of purity
I am unconquerable
In my worship
I am invincible
On my crusade
However hard the strikes may be
However deep the wounds
This blood immortal
Bleeds for Thee
Blessed was I with the consecration
To indomitable dedication
In every breath I hear
The silent whisper of your name
In every harmony
In every thought
You make my water into wine
Remember
I am ever Thine
Blessed was I with the consecration
To indomitable dedication
Two bound as one
In a trinity
Where I comprise
Infinite forms of unity
In unity reborn
To a state
Where all past burdens
No longer shall be worn
I pledge to perfection
No compromise can touch my woe
Nor questions reach my faith
In immortality
In the name of
Nonus Aequilibrium
I am thine
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