Tout du moins si ce n'est pas le retour d'EMPEROR, on en est pas loin : Ihsahn qui se produit ce week-end au Wacken Open Air (ce vendredi) a donné une conférence de presse, avec un invité surprise...Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen aka Samoth ! Une conférence suivi d'un meet&greet avec Ihsahn transformé en meet&greet avec Emperor d'après le communiqué du Wacken.
Et l'annonce est tombée dans la foulée, Ihsahn et Samoth joueront ensemble lors du Wacken 2014.
Alors certes, ils ne parlent pas du retour d'EMPEROR, et reste à savoir la disponibilité de Trym (engagé dans le nouveau supergroupe God Of Atheists), mais ça laisse déjà rêveur...
Reunited Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR will headline next year's edition of Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31-August 2, 2014 in Wacken, Germany. The news was announced earlier today at this year's Wacken Open Air at a press conference which was attended by EMPEROR members Ihsahn (real name: Vegard Sverre Tveitan) and Samoth (real name: Tomas Haugen).
EMPEROR released its swansong, "Prometheus - The Discipline Of Fire And Demise", in September 2001. It was an epic and progressive metal album that once and for all marked EMPEROR as one of the most adventurous and gifted black metal bands of all times. In 2005, EMPEROR surprised all with an unannounced appearance at Oslo's famed Inferno festival. Following the performance, the band announced additional concerts that would include a visit to America; marking the second trip to the States in the band's legendary career. Fans flocked to New York City and Los Angeles to witness the sold-out performances. In 2007, additional shows would see the band return to the U.S. for a repeat performance in New York City, a stop in Chicago, and what would be their final American performance in Los Angeles.
In a May 2012 interview with Gun Shy Assassin, Ihsahn stated about the possibility of more EMPEROR live performances in the future: "After 2007, that was really a final chapter for all of us. But there's always some underlying pressure to do something. Usually, I just say plain 'No.' I can understand the nostalgia and all that. If I wanted to be as nostalgic as everyone else, it wouldn't make any sense for me to actually make any new music [with my solo project] ."
He added: "People who are old-time EMPEROR fans still think I'm 17.
"I am in contact with the guys, and we talk almost weekly; they're good friends. What can I say? Never say never. For the moment, I am so occupied with my own project — that's my main priority."
Ihsahn said he left EMPEROR because he wanted different things.
"I ended up doing most of that last EMPEROR record on my own. If we still did EMPEROR, and if it were up to me, what I do now… that's what we would sound like."
But there will be no new music from EMPEROR, Ihsahn said.
"Part of the reason why our albums keep on selling is probably because we were always an uncompromising band, and that is a tradition I would like to uphold. If we did a new EMPEROR album, what kind of EMPEROR album would people like? I say listen to the stuff I do, and the stuff that Samoth does, and you can more or less figure out what a new EMPEROR record would sound like, and that sounds nothing like old EMPEROR. Trying to duplicate something from the past would just turn everything into a parody.
"Would anyone want a black metal album made just for the sake of making a lot of money?" Ihsahn asked. "I get all of these requests to get back with EMPEROR. In the spirit of black metal, I do whatever the hell I want. That's the whole point of black metal. If I even consider letting anyone else try to tell me what I should do with my music, that, by definition, would make it non-black metal… as I have learned it."
olivier64 a écrit :Ils joueront dans 3 fests européens en 2014 : Sweden Rock, Hellfest et Wacken.
Sauce?
Ben Barbaud dans le hors-série Hellfest de Rock Hard. Il ne cite pas le groupe, mais un groupe mythique de black qui sera au Wacken, c'est assez transparent.
A l'époque du split, Ihsahn and co avaient dit d'entrée de jeu qu'ils donneraient quelques concerts de temps en temps. Rien d'étonnant donc à cette annonce.
Cela dit, j'ai beau être fan d'Emperor, j'suis pas sûr de souhaiter un retour du groupe en studio. De l'eau a coulé sous les ponts et la scène norvégienne n'a plus grand chose de subversif. De la nostalgie, volontiers ; un plat réchauffé, non merci.
Boozed up an Asian MILF with sake
Her ass was steaming hot
She was a black belt in Bukkake
And made me cum a lot
Il n'y aura pas de nouvel album studio d'après eux :
Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their "In The Nightside Eclipse" album at next year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 31-August 2, 2014 in Wacken, Germany. EMPEROR members Ihsahn (real name: Vegard Sverre Tveitan) and Samoth (real name: Tomas Haugen) will be joined by Bård Guldvik "Faust" Eithun on drums, and they will perform the CD in its entirety. There will be no new studio album or a worldwide tour — only a few exclusive festival appearances next year to mark the celebration of this landmark release.
I'm the lost one chasing colors to the sun
Colors bleed but never fade
Je ne sais pas si le groupe l'a souhaité ou pas, mais un de leur premier EP va ressortir :
L'EP 3 titres "As The Shadows Rise" de EMPEROR, enregistré en décembre 1992 mais seulement publié en 1994, va être ré-édité le 03 mars 2014 par le label Hammerheart Records.
Le 12" LP contient donc les titres suivants : 'The Ancient Queen' - 'Lord of the Storms' - 'Witches Sabbath'.
L'EP sera limité à 666 exemplaires.
R.I.P Ronnie James Dio !
"La culture, c'est comme l'amour. Il faut y aller à petits coups au début pour bien en jouir plus tard."
Pierre Desproges
Il ne cite pas le groupe, mais un groupe mythique de black qui sera au Wacken, c'est assez transparent.
