A Tribute to the Black Emperors

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A Tribute to the Black Emperors
A Tribute to the Black Emperors cover
Studio album (bootleg) by Mayhem and Morbid
Released 1995
Recorded Songs 1-5 & 7: 1987
Songs 6, 8, 9: 1990
Genre Black metal
Death metal
Length 48:33
Label Land of the Rising Sun
Mayhem and Morbid chronology
Dawn of the Black Hearts
(1995)
A Tribute to the Black Emperors
(1995)
Out from the Dark (1995)

A Tribute to the Black Emperors is a bootleg compilation album featuring songs by both Mayhem and Morbid.

It was released in 1995 as a tribute to Dead (Per Yngve Ohlin) and Euronymous (Øystein Aarseth). Dead performed vocals on all songs (save track 7), and committed suicide in April 1991. Euronymous performed guitar on the Mayhem songs, and was murdered in August 1993.

  • Songs 1-5 are performed by Morbid, and are taken from the 1987 demo December Moon.
  • Songs 6-9 are performed by Mayhem, and are taken from various recordings.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "My Dark Subconscious" (Morbid)
  2. "Wings Of Funeral" (Morbid)
  3. "From The Dark" (Morbid)
  4. "Disgusting Semla" (Morbid)
  5. "Death Execution" (Morbid)
  6. "Freezing Moon" (Mayhem) (recorded at a studio session in 1990, later released on Freezing Moon/Carnage)
  7. "Necrolust" (Mayhem) (version that appeared on Deathcrush in 1987)
  8. "Funeral Fog" (Mayhem) (version that appeared on Live in Leipzig in 1990)
  9. "Carnage" (Mayhem) (recorded at a studio session in 1990, later released on Freezing Moon/Carnage)

[edit] Credits

Songs 1-5 (Morbid):

  • Dead - vocals
  • Uffe "Napolean Pukes" Cederlund - electric guitar
  • John Lennart - electric guitar
  • Jens "Dr. Schitz" Näsström - bass guitar
  • LG "Drutten" Petrov - drums

Songs 6-9 (Mayhem):

  • Dead - vocals (Tracks 6, 8, 9)
  • Maniac - vocals (Track 7)
  • Euronymous - electric guitar
  • Necrobutcher - bass guitar
  • Hellhammer - drums