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Key facts
- Origin
- Notodden , Norway
- Genres
- Symphonic black metal progressive metal
- Years active
- 1991–2001 2005–2007 2013–2014 2016–present
- Labels
- Deathlike Silence Century Media Candlelight Nuclear Blast
- Spinoffs
- Zyklon Peccatum Mortiis
- Spinoff of
- Thou Shalt Suffer
- Members
- Ihsahn Samoth Trym
- Past members
- Mortiis Faust Tchort Alver
- Website
- emperorhorde .com
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Encyclopedic overview
Emperor is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991 by guitarist and vocalist Ihsahn and guitarist Samoth. The group split up in 2001, but reunited from 2005 to 2007 for a few festival dates and brief US tours, and again reunited from 2013 to 2014. Emperor reformed for the third time in 2016.
Emperor is considered to be highly influential on the black metal genre by both music journalists and members of the extreme metal community.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Emperor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.