Quality kills. - The quality on this album is incredibly bad and pretty much ruins the whole thing. The instrumentals are okay and overall a lot of the songs have a nice symphonic sound, but the vocals are drowned out almost COMPLETELY by everything else. Sometimes I didnt even know if he was singing or I was just hearing a random sound put into the album. I dont think I ll buy anymore Emperor albums, since this was my first- but if I do, I m going to make sure the quality isnt this bad.I do love the cover art though!
Why did I bother? - This was an impulsive purchase to complete my Emperor discography. Yet, I highly recommend avoiding this at all costs or at least hearing it first before making my mistake. Some people love a production that is so poor you can t make out anything worthwhile, I m not one of them. The entire disc sounds like it was recorded on a 4 track, the vocals are too loud, the drums sound like a drum machine, the guitars you can t make out other than that strange barely audible buzzing through each track. AVOID AVOID AVOID. I m so thankful this band progressed to much greater heights than this.
eh, the qualty kills it - i am not a big guy on quality of albums, and it usually doesnt bother me. however, with this one, i cant even listen to it, its just in my collection for the hell of it. the wrath of the tyrant demo (or first 4 songs) are actually pretty good, but nothing special.
Good Album - Good Album, it was recorded on a 4 track so dont expect quality like I.T.N.S.E or A.T.T.W.A.D cds from emperor... its gritty and buzzy but its just like the classic black metal albums... but i love that sound so i give it 5 stars**************************************The Real Track Listing for the cd is:1 I am the Black Wizards 2 Wrath of the Tyrant 3 Night of the Graveless Souls 4 Cosmic Keys to My Creations & Times 5 Introduction 6 Ancient Queen 7 My Empire s Doom 8 Forgotten Centuries 9 Night of the Graveless Souls 10 Moon Over Kara-Shehr 11 Witches Sabbath 12 Lord of the Storms 13 Wrath of the Tyrant
Classic - Not under 13, this Cd has such classics as I Am the Black Wizards, and Towards the Pantheon. Isahn delivers yet again with fast brutal vocals, fast pommeling drums by trym, and the keyboards are as melodic as they have always been. Great CD, any metal fan should buy. i gave it 5 stars because of such poor ratings, overall it s a 4.5, other than that it s great