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Emperor - To Reunite, Headlining Wacken Open Air 2014


Great news for black metal fans because legendary band Emperor will reform and headline Wacken Open Air 2014 for the 25th anniversary of the fest. The news was announced earlier today at Wacken's press conference which was attended by Ihsahn (Vegard Sverre Tveitan) and Samoth (Tomas Haugen).

On the official Wacken fest page it reads: Small surprise in the morning: Todays Ihsahn Meet & Greet will be transformed into a real Emperor Meet & Greet! We will see you there at 01:45 o'clock at the Relentless Meet & Greet Stand! Is there something going on...?

"Press conference with Ihsahn and surprise Samoth. They will play Wacken together in 2014! Guess who is back!"

Emperor's last studio album was 2001's Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire And Demise but for now very few details have been revealed about what else will happen.




Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Emperor
Posted: 02.08.2013 by Neroese


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02.08.2013 - 21:49
Diverge

Awesome!
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02.08.2013 - 21:58
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Well would this have to do anything with it?

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02.08.2013 - 22:04
OpenMind

MONEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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02.08.2013 - 22:05
Morgul

I just fucking came.
If only I lived in Germany ;~;
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02.08.2013 - 22:18
Lit.
Account deleted
Written by OpenMind on 02.08.2013 at 22:04

MONEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

As far as I'm concerned, they can have all of mine if they do an American tour.
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02.08.2013 - 22:28
Opethian

This could be good or bad, we'll see! As of now .......... BEYOND THE GREAT VAST FOREST!!
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03.08.2013 - 00:23
LeChron James
Helvetesfossen
Money or not, that's pretty cool.
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03.08.2013 - 00:27
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
I find it a it quite pathetic to reunite for a second time. First in 2006 for a year or two and now again. Hopefully Ihsahn realized that his solo work is really mediocre and that he should start recording with Emperor again.
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03.08.2013 - 01:10
Unhealer
Eclecticist
I guess they reunite just to have fun with a few shows. Ihsahn already said they won't record an album or anything like that... and that if he did, it would sound just like his solo stuff since he was the main songwritter in latter Emperor stuff.
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03.08.2013 - 01:34
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Unhealer on 03.08.2013 at 01:10

I guess they reunite just to have fun with a few shows. Ihsahn already said they won't record an album or anything like that... and that if he did, it would sound just like his solo stuff since he was the main songwritter in latter Emperor stuff.



The later Emperor stuff is vastly superior to anything he did as a solo artist and sounds totally different to it as well.
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03.08.2013 - 01:45
Unhealer
Eclecticist
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 03.08.2013 at 01:34


The later Emperor stuff is vastly superior to anything he did as a solo artist and sounds totally different to it as well.


Of course it does. What he means is that Prometheus was practically a solo album and if things had stayed that way, next Emperor albums would have followed a similar path to the one Ihsahn's solo career followed.
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03.08.2013 - 03:51
M C Vice
ex-polydactyl
Any chance of a new album?
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03.08.2013 - 14:41
In_tallica

Fantastic news indeed!
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03.08.2013 - 21:41
psykometal
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Written by M C Vice on 03.08.2013 at 03:51

Any chance of a new album?

Bahahaha! Don't hold your breath...
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04.08.2013 - 03:08
CobiWan1993
Secundum Filium
Awesome! I'll need to watch the footage of their performance when the time comes, their 2006 Wacken show was epic. \m/
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04.08.2013 - 09:57
M C Vice
ex-polydactyl
Written by psykometal on 03.08.2013 at 21:41

Written by M C Vice on 03.08.2013 at 03:51

Any chance of a new album?

Bahahaha! Don't hold your breath...

(breathes out) Now you tell me. My face has gone purple.
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"I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples."
" 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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04.08.2013 - 14:33
psykometal
A staff guy...
Written by M C Vice on 04.08.2013 at 09:57

(breathes out) Now you tell me. My face has gone purple.

Meh...you'll live.
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04.08.2013 - 14:55
Aetherius

Awesome
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07.08.2013 - 11:41
LostBoy

Who will play bass? Mortiis, Tchort?
Would be great to have Mortiis and his make up xD
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08.08.2013 - 06:38
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Meh... this would be a lot more exciting if it was announced that they'd be recording a new album. Otherwise, it's just a disbanded band briefly reforming for a festival. Sleep and Arcturus have been doing that for years, nothing new to see here with Emperor.
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08.08.2013 - 06:49
psykometal
A staff guy...
Written by Auntie Sahar on 08.08.2013 at 06:38

Meh... this would be a lot more exciting if it was announced that they'd be recording a new album. Otherwise, it's just a disbanded band briefly reforming for a festival. Sleep and Arcturus have been doing that for years, nothing new to see here with Emperor.

Exactly the same thing I said to everybody who started freaking out in the SB when it was first announced. "Big whoop"
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10.08.2013 - 06:33
Berserk

That sucks.
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11.08.2013 - 19:54
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by Guest on 11.08.2013 at 19:45

Arcturus will release a new album.

I know, just saying: it's not as if bands reuniting just for a festival is anything new and fancy.
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13.08.2013 - 18:20
Zap
Guest
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 03.08.2013 at 00:27

I find it a it quite pathetic to reunite for a second time. First in 2006 for a year or two and now again.

I don't see why it's "pathetic". Sure, I'm not freaking out about it, but I have no problem with Emperor playing a few shows. To me that sounds a lot better better than an actual reunion where a band releases an uninspired new album just to have something to support with a tour. Every time that happens, fans just want to see the classics live, and with Emperor that's all you'll get. No mediocre new stuff to ruin the fun.
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