Friday, March 11, 2011

Emperor: Wrath of the Tyrant demo tape 1992 (master)




Emperor's demo (1992), released by Wild Rags, which was the only official release, the cassette itself says "Emporer Master" on it. Not sure why so info is appreciated.

Track list:

1.Introduction
2.Ancient Queen
3.My Empire's Doom
4.Forgotten Centuries
5.Night of the Graveless Souls
6.Moon over Kara-Shehr
7.Witches Sabbath
8.Lord of the Storms
9.Wrath of the Tyrant
10. Witches Sabbath
11. Ancient Queen


After a short while together, the band released a demo entitled Wrath of the Tyrant. It quickly gained popularity in the underground and attracted the attention of the then-start-up label Candlelight. Soon afterwards, a record contract was signed, Samoth moved to rhythm guitar, Ihsahn continued the vocal duties and lead guitars, and Faust was recruited as a drummer. The band was signed to the infamous first black metal label, Deathlike Silence Productions, and planned to release their next album soon, though the band never managed to release any material while signed to DSP.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

i have this one too,,,, great demo, i bought in 1996 or so and its simply a monument of black metal..through cold nights and darkness, splendid opus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

I also have a copy of this Emperor/Master copy. Never could find out more info about it. although, it's most likely a printing/pressing mistake.

Black Metal Museum said...

Hi! Just found this, apparently its a "test pressing" which is probably true, as i got mine off a girl who knew emperor. So, you have a test press version of the first "official" release of this demo. The only thing thats odd is that it says "no j card" and whilst my cassette says "emperor master" on it, it does have a cover. Does yours? It could be someone simply put a cover in it at one point.
Cant post a link for some odd reason but you can look it up on discogs