Thorns vs. Emperor

Infobox Album | Name = Thorns vs. Emperor
Type = studio
Artist = Thorns and Emperor
Released = 1999
Recorded = 1998
Genre = Black metal
Length = 48:48
Label = Moonfog Productions
Producer = Snorre W. Ruch,
Satyr Wongraven, Emperor and
Thorbjørn Akkerhaugen | Chronology = Thorns
Last album = "Trøndertun"
(1992)
This album = "Thorns vs. Emperor"
(1999)
Next album = "Thorns"
(2001)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Emperor
Type = studio
Last album = "Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk"
(1997)
This album = "Thorns vs. Emperor"
(1999)
Next album = "IX Equilibrium"
(1999)

"Thorns vs. Emperor" is a split album by the Norwegian black metal bands Thorns and Emperor. The album features a mixture of covers and originals, as well as re-recorded versions of older tracks.

It features the first recorded material from Thorns since the 1992 "Trøndertun" demo. Satyr of Satyricon provides vocals on all Thorns tracks.

Early pressing os "Thorns vs. Emperor" came with a bonus disc featuring both the "Grymyrk" and "Trøndertun" demos in full.

Track listing

#Emperor: "Exördium" - 3:00
#Thorns: "Ærie Descent" – 8:34
#Emperor: "I Am" - 5:05
#Emperor: "Ærie Descent" – 6:06
#Emperor: "Thus March The Nighspirit" - 5:40
#Thorns: "Melas Khole" - 6:31
#Thorns: "The Discipline Of Earth" - 7:40
#Thorns: "Cosmic Keys" - 6:12

Notes

*"Ærie Descent" originally appeared on Thorns' 1991 demo "Grymyrk".
*"I Am" features elements of the Thorns track "Fall", from the "Grymyrk" demo.
*"Thus March The Nightspirit" is a classical re-working of the Emperor track "Thus Spake The Nightspirit" from their 1997 album "Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk".
*"Melas Khole" is a re-working of the Thorns track "Funeral Marches to the Grave" from the "Trøndertun" demo.
*"Cosmic Keys" is a cover of the Emperor track "Cosmic Keys to My Creation and Times", originally on the "Emperor" mini-album and later re-recorded for "In the Nightside Eclipse".

Credits

Thorns

*All vocals for Thorns performed by Satyr.
*Engineered by S.W. Krupp and Claus Erikson.
*Produced by Thorns and Satyr Wongraven.
*Recorded with Cubase, mixed at Fagerborg Studio.

Emperor

*"Ærie Descent" was recorded and mixed at Akkerhaugen Lydstudio the spring/summer 1998.
*Engineered by Thorbjørn Akkerhaugen & The Emperors.
*"Exördium", "I Am" and "Thus March The Nightspirit" was recorded and mixed at Symphonique during the spring/summer 1998. Engineered by Ihsahn. Produced by The Emperors.
*The organ used on Emperor's performance of "Ærie Descent" is a Chicago Cottage reed organ from 1829 CE.

External links

* [http://moonfog.no/artists.asp?id=54&art=10 Moonfog product site]