EMPEROR Perform For The First Time Since 2007; Video
June 8, 2014, 10 years ago
Legendary Norwegian black metallers Emperor official's first performance since 2007 was yesterday (June 7th) at Sweden Rock, which was held in Solvesborg, Sweden. Emperor are celebrating the 20th anniversary of In The Nightside Eclipse with limited gigs. Check out "Into The Infinity Of Thoughts" live below.
Emperor 2014 features Vegard Sverre "Ihsahn" Tveitan and Tomas "Samoth" Haugen along with Bård "Faust" Eithun (Emperor's original drummer). Live members include bassist Tony "Secthdamon" Ingebrigtsen and keyboardist Einar Solberg.
BraveWords spoke with Ihsahn and Samoth last 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."
