TRACKS:

1.Al svartyr (the Oath)
2.Ye Entrancemperium
3.Thus Spake the Nightspirit
4.Ensorcelled by Rhaos
5.The Loss and Curse of Reverence
6.The Acclamation of Bonds
7.With Strength I Burn
8.The Wanderer
9.In Longing Spirit
10.Opus A Satana
11.CD-ROM Video Data Track

Well, here is Black Metal band Emperor's long awaited follow up to their 
past masterpiece, "In the Nightside Eclipse". The CD begins with an intro, "The
Oath" not at all like the one on their previous album. It is much longer and 
melodious in style. Near the end of it the tempo changes and it slides smoothly
into "Ye Entrancemperium", a great song, one of my favorites by Emperor. An 
interesting part of "Anthems" is track number ten, "Opus A Satana". It's like
a different version of "inno A Satana" on their previous album, except it is
done in a classical, majestic style with no vocals or heavy sound at all. I 
enjoyed that. In all, "Anthems to the Welkin At Dusk" is a really good album.
The production is better then "In the Nightside Eclipse". There is more mixing,
but at times the CD seems a bit over mixed. At first, I liked it better than 
their last album, but I don't think so anymore. "Anthems" is very good, but
"In the Nightside Eclipse" is the classic, true Emperor sound.
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