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Samoth is a practitioner of Norse Paganism, like the Scandinavian Vikings many hundreds of years ago. Samoth has stated in numerous interviews that he has never been a Satanist or an Occultist but that he is Anti-Christian and Anti-religious in general. He stated that "Ideologies don't bother me, but it's religion that does." |
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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." |
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In December 2002, Ihsahn won the "Notodden Kommunes Kulturpris", a culture prize given by his home city, Notodden, which has around 12.500 inhabitants. He won the prize because he is considered the most well known inhabitant of Notodden and a great musician, who works as a music teacher, and arranges a lot of concerts for unknown bands. The fact that his band sold more than 500.000 copies also helped him. |
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Emperor started out as a death metal group in Thou Shalt Suffer. 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. |
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Samoth was jailed a short time during the 90's for taking part in church burnings with Varg Vikernes along with other members of the Black Circle in Norway. Ex-drummer Faust was jailed also for the murder of a stranger homosexual in the 90's and was never suspected for it until 2 years later! |
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