Venom gave black metal its name, Bathory wrote its original rulebook, and Mayhem announced it as heavy music’s most evil-sounding and dangerous movement. However, when it comes to sustaining the genre ...

Having spent decades waving off the possibility of Emperor ever recording a new album, frontman Ihsahn now says he is open to the idea. The Norwegian black metal heroes released four studio albums, ...

Emperor broke up in 2001 and released their final album Prometheus – The Discipline of Fire & Demise that same year. The band has since reunited for shows, but any time the prospect of new material ...

We’ve all seen the movie before: legacy band decides to come out of retirement or a long hiatus with a comeback record for the ages, only for it to end up rarely hitting as hard as the original stuff.

Ihsahn is one of the most influential musicians to emerge from the Norwegian black metal scene of the early ’90s. His best-known band, Emperor, were among the first to introduce keyboards to the style ...

Ask most music fans why a favorite artist of theirs doesn’t release music that sounds just like their much-loved material from three decades ago and they’ll probably say something like, “Well, the ...

Black metal legends Emperor have just announced a limited run of U.S. tour dates, their first proper tour through the country since 2007, and they'll continue to celebrate their classic sophomore ...