Group

Emperor

Norwegian black metal band

From: Notodden, Norway
Since: 1991–present
Rating: ★ 4.55 (7 votes)
Releases: 22

black metal
symphonic black metal
metal
symphonic metal

About

Emperor is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991 by guitarist and vocalist Ihsahn and guitarist Samoth. The group split up in 2001, but reunited from 2005 to 2007 for a few festival dates and brief US tours, and again from 2013 to 2014. Emperor reformed a third time in 2016.

Emperor is considered influential on black metal by music journalists and members of the extreme metal community.

From Emperor (Norwegian band) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Samoth 1991–1992, 1992–2001, 2005–2007, 2013–2014, 2016–now · original member drums (drum set), guitar
Ihsahn 1991–2001, 1999–2001, 2005–2007, 2013–2014, 2016–now · original member guitar, keyboard, lead vocals, bass guitar
Trym Torson 1996–2001, 2005–2007, 2016–now drums (drum set)
Håvard Ellefsen 1991–1992 · original member · former bass guitar
Faust 1992–1993, 2013–2014 · former drums (drum set)
Tchort 1992–1994 · former bass guitar
Alver 1995–1998 · former bass guitar