EMPEROR To Headline Helsinki's Tuska Open Air
March 4, 2014, 10 years ago
Norwegian black metal icons EMPEROR have announced another European show which will celebrate 20th anniversary of their earth-shattering debut from 2004, In The Nightside Eclipse, and will headline this year's Tuska Open Air in Helsinki on June 29th. Emperor 2014 features Vegard Sverre "Ihsahn" Tveitan and Tomas "Samoth" Haugen along with Bård "Faust" Eithun (Emperor's original drummer):
Upcoming Emperor shows:
June
7 - Sweden Rock Festival22 - Hellfest Open Air Festival
29 - Tuska Open Air Metal Festival
August
1-2 - Wacken Open Air
9 - Bloodstock FestivalBraveWords spoke with Ihsahn and Samoth this past summer about the 20th anniversary of In The Nightside Eclipse and the limited gigs that will surround the celebration.
Samoth added: "In The Nightside Eclipse was a very important album for Ihsahn and myself and it's still regarded as a classic in the genre. Generations have been picking up the album and we thought it would be appropriate to market this as a social event. We've been discussing it back and forth and we decided to do something special as the album still stands pretty strong in the scene. And basically we decided to come and a few very exclusive shows. I mean, this is not a reunion or reformation of the band in any way, we are just celebrating that album. And we decided to invite the original drummer Bard Faust to play with us on these events to make it even more special. So we're excited about that."
(Emperor reunion photo by Bjørn Tore Moen / photo from Wacken 2013 courtesy of Håkon Grav)
