IX Equilibrium
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| Studio album by Emperor | ||
| Released | November 23, 1999 | |
| Recorded | October 1998 - January 1999 | |
| Genre | Extreme symphonic metal | |
| Length | 44:01 | |
| Label | Candlelight Records Century Media |
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| Producer(s) | Thorbjørn Akkerhaugen | |
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| Emperor chronology | ||
| Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997) |
IX Equilibrium (1999) |
Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (2001) |
IX Equilibrium is the third LP by the black metal band Emperor. It is quite different from earlier releases, heading away from the black metal genre and into a more progressive styled extreme metal with a more prominent death metal sound, featuring a mix of clean and growled vocals. Due to the considerable amount of death metal influences, this album is sometimes considered to be a defining "blackened death metal" release, although this is debatable as this album (along with their final release) seem to incorporate many different styles into the music.
[edit] Track listing
- "Curse You All Men!" – 4:41
- "Decrystallizing Reason" – 6:23
- "An Elegy of Icaros" – 6:39
- "The Source of Icon E" – 3:43
- "Sworn" – 4:30
- "Nonus Aequilibrium" – 5:49
- "The Warriors of Modern Death" – 5:00
- "Of Blindness and Subsequent Seers" – 6:48
- "Outro" (hidden track) – 0:28
- "Curse You All Men!" (Live – At The Astoria, London July 1999) – 4:34 *
- "Sworn" (Revamped By Ulver at Endless Studios) – 5:39 *
* Bonus track
[edit] Credits
- Ihsahn – vocals, guitars, synthesizers, bass
- Samoth – rhythm guitars
- Trym – drums, percussion
