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Cradle Of Filth’s Dani Filth remembers legendary tour with Emperor
By Matt Mills published
Cradle’s 1993 shows with Emperor have entered black metal folklore – but very few people actually showed up to see them

“The ultimate anti-everything symbol”: How heavy metal found its fashion sense
By Matt Mills published
From denim vests to bullet belts and drawer after drawer of black t-shirts, this is how metal music developed its signature dress code

How Emperor made black metal masterpiece In The Nightside Eclipse and changed metal forever
By Chris Chantler published
Emperor’s landmark debut In The Nightside Eclipse is one of the most important metal albums of the 1990s

Every Emperor album ranked from worst to best
By Matt Mills published
They’re the spotless masters of symphonic black metal, but which of Emperor’s four records reigns supreme?

Emperor’s Ihsahn reflects on black metal church-burnings: “We were all very consumed with the whole thing. The attention it got.”
By Matt Mills published
in the new issue of Metal Hammer, Emperor’s Ihsahn looks back upon the controversial church-burnings which brought notoriety to the Norwegian extreme metal scene in the 90s

10 classic metal albums celebrating major anniversaries in 2024
By Joe Daly published
From Judas Priest's seminal debut to nu metal and metalcore landmarks, these iconic records all changed the game

20 metal bands with no bad albums
By Matt Mills published
From Tool to Cave In and Mastodon, these metal masters all boast spotless back-catalogues

Ihsahn "would be open" to new Emperor album
By Stef Lach published
After decades of ruling out a new Emperor album, frontman Ihsahn says he is now open to the idea
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