In the Nightside Eclipse
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| In the Nightside Eclipse | ||
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| Studio album by Emperor | ||
| Released | February 21, 1994 | |
| Recorded | July 1993 | |
| Genre | Black metal | |
| Length | 48:29 | |
| Label | Candlelight Records Century Black |
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| Producer(s) | Emperor and Pytten | |
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| Emperor chronology | ||
| As the Shadows Rise (1992) |
In the Nightside Eclipse (1994) |
Reverence (EP) (1996) |
In the Nightside Eclipse is the first album by Norwegian black metal band Emperor. It features one of their best-known songs, "I am the Black Wizards", and the album is considered a defining album for the black metal genre. It was recorded in July, 1993 at Grieghallen and released in 1994 by Candlelight Records. The cover was drawn by Necrolord, also known as Kristian Wåhlin. The album was produced by Pytten. It featured two cover songs as bonus tracks (listed below), the first of which also appears on the Bathory tribute album In Conspiracy With Satan.
In 1999, the album was remastered with two additional tracks. In the rerelease, the opening tracks, "Intro" and "Into the Infinity of Thoughts", were combined, and the album came packed in a paper slipcase to cover the traditional jewel case, both featuring the same artwork.
The song "Inno A Satana," Italian for "Hymn to Satan", is probably named after Giosuè Carducci's revolutionary poem of the same name.
[edit] Track listing
- "Intro" - 0:50
- "Into the Infinity of Thoughts" – 8:15
- "The Burning Shadows of Silence" – 5:36
- "Cosmic Keys to my Creations and Times" – 6:06
- "Beyond the Great Vast Forest" – 6:01
- "Towards the Pantheon" – 5:57
- "The Majesty of the Nightsky" – 4:54
- "I am the Black Wizards" – 6:01
- "Inno A Satana" – 4:48
- 1999 edition only
- "A Fine Day to Die" (Bathory cover) – 8:26
- "Gypsy" (Mercyful Fate cover) – 2:54
