It's up on the DME instagram feed.
Next March in the Olympia. :abbath:
Just saw too. Guess that means they're on tour, and I absolutely have to fucking see them this time, somewhere! :abbath: :abbath:
I've never seen them so it's this time or never.
Saw the Anthems show in 2018. Anthems plus Majesty, Wizards, Inno and Curse You All Men. Hope for a longer set given it's not a festival slot.
This is probably the best gig announcement I've ever seen in Ireland. Does anyone know how that Three Presale thing works?
About time,great news!
Anyone know how to get presale tickets? Never ever thought I'd get a chance to see them, buzzing about this.
The 3 presale is for 3 broadband customers. You request a code from them and they send it on. I"m not with 3 so I'll wait and try and buy a ticket with the pleb class on Monday.
Well fuck a doodle shit! Exciting stuff, saw them a few years ago but would be up for it again. Beats Mayhem playing here every year anyway.
Sentinel Records has a raffle going. Buy a tickets in store and you can buy a raffle ticket for 20e. Original pressing of In The Nightside Eclipse up for grabs.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-T6AZoohX/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Saw them at Incineration last year and they were absolutely brilliant
Have they ever played Ireland before?
Quote from: Trev on February 22, 2023, 07:10:48 PMSaw them at Incineration last year and they were absolutely brilliant
Have they ever played Ireland before?
No they have never played here only Samoth and Trym played here with Zyklon.
Just saw this on the MCD facebook I am shocked. Amazing news. Saw them in London in 06, Wacken and Hellfest. London was the best I cannot wait for this show.
Just after texting around and one of the lads has 3 broadband so he's gonna get me a presale code 8). I have the presale code already when does the presale start?
54 euro according to DME!
On sale next Monday 10am. 3 presale from Friday 10am.
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Quote from: jpm4 on February 22, 2023, 08:36:27 PM54 euro according to DME!
€64.50 according to MCD.
Any VIP packages going H? I know they do those sometimes.
Quote€64.50 according to MCD.
Spicy enough. I find it hard to get my head around how popular some of those bands have become, the appetite for it seemed so small back then, I remember year after In The Nightside Eclipse's release reading that it had done around 5000 copies.
Nevertheless no question I'll pay it!
A lot cheaper than the US shows that are $100 and Australia shows are around the same price at $100 AUD
If that's the price of getting Emperor to haul over to Dublin for the first time ever and play an "intimate" show (compared to, say, Wacken) like The Olympia, it's steep but I think worth it.
MCD have altered the deal, pray they don't alter it any further.
Can anyone share resale code or is it unique
Quote from: The Butcher on February 23, 2023, 10:12:44 AMMCD have altered the deal, pray they don't alter it any further.
What have they done?
Quote from: Don Gately on February 23, 2023, 10:45:39 AMCan anyone share resale code or is it unique
It's unique. I presume you mean the Three preorder?
Yes, thanks
Quote from: Don Gately on February 23, 2023, 10:55:06 AMYes, thanks
I don't think it's only Three broadband customers (I am one though). Get one of your mates to go to Three plus and bang out a code for you?
Quote from: hellfire on February 23, 2023, 10:54:44 AMQuote from: The Butcher on February 23, 2023, 10:12:44 AMMCD have altered the deal, pray they don't alter it any further.
What have they done?
I should have quoted this exchange along with the joke :'(
54 euro according to DME!
€64.50 according to MCD.
Knew they would have their pound of flesh. I honestly wouldn't care if the tickets were €100. I will however lament every cent I spend on hotel and food in Dublin.
I've only seen them once, at Wacken '06. This should be amazing. Anthems is my favourite Emperor album. I have no problem paying €64 for this.
There's 2 prices. Top tier balcony is cheaper. Standing and circle is the top price. Ticket price was solely my decision in order to make the deal work and is line with any shows like this that they do (i.e. not festivals) which are pretty rare.
Fair enough price, given the way things are. I've only ever been in the Olympia for a comedy show, down on the ground. Would anyone recommend the balcony over standing?
Quote from: boozegeune on February 23, 2023, 03:07:56 PMFair enough price, given the way things are. I've only ever been in the Olympia for a comedy show, down on the ground. Would anyone recommend the balcony over standing?
Definitely not. The balcony seating would cripple a hobbit.
Yes the seating is tight. But the view of the stage in first few rows is nice.
A nice end row seat, some pints and emperor will be the job.
And the balcony seating is spacious compared to the ground floor seating when they have that down. Definitely go for standing.
Quote from: pete on February 23, 2023, 03:19:14 PMYes the seating is tight. But the view of the stage in first few rows is nice.
A nice end row seat, some pints and emperor will be the job.
Indeed - the view is great from the circle for a few rows.
As far I know - you can't pick your exact seat on Ticketmaster for The Olympia and I think only the upper circle (top balcony) seating is unreserved.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on February 23, 2023, 03:39:05 PMQuote from: pete on February 23, 2023, 03:19:14 PMYes the seating is tight. But the view of the stage in first few rows is nice.
A nice end row seat, some pints and emperor will be the job.
Indeed - the view is great from the circle for a few rows.
As far I know - you can't pick your exact seat on Ticketmaster for The Olympia and I think only the upper circle (top balcony) seating is unreserved.
Yeah you're right aren't ya. They just tell you it before checkout. Hmm.
I would, just not the top tier. If you get a seat in the middle section it's perfect. Nobody jostling or banging into you looking away from the stage etc. Sat there for Alice in Chains and a few more and it was great.
Caught them at Hellfest a few years back. Well good. Cant make this, should be a cracking gig. Only downside is the Olympia. Cant warm to the place at all.
So is top tier in the balcony or ground level seats?
What's the middle section? Is that the middle of the balcony seats? I've never been in there before.
Quote from: Circlepit on February 23, 2023, 04:31:57 PMSo is top tier in the balcony or ground level seats?
What's the middle section? Is that the middle of the balcony seats? I've never been in there before.
Stalls - Ground Floor - Standing (for gigs... unless this is all seated like it would be for a comedy show or panto which I highly doubt!)
Circle - First Floor Balcony - Seated (Reserved)
Upper Circle - Second Floor Balcony - Seated (Unreserved)
Nice one that's good to know.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on February 23, 2023, 04:46:50 PMQuote from: Circlepit on February 23, 2023, 04:31:57 PMSo is top tier in the balcony or ground level seats?
What's the middle section? Is that the middle of the balcony seats? I've never been in there before.
Stalls - Ground Floor - Standing (for gigs... unless this is all seated like it would be for a comedy show or panto which I highly doubt!)
Circle - First Floor Balcony - Seated
Upper Circle - Second Floor Balcony - Seated
Thank you. I appreciate that!
Cheers for the info lads. I was leaning toward standing anyway but there's a lot to be said for sitting with a pint
Surprising announcement! I'll be trying to get a ticket, is there a danger it will sell out fast?
As another poster alluded to - its hard to get the head around how popular this stuff has become when you remember how obscure it all seemed in the 90s.
I've been in the Olympia a few times but not since around 99 (Therapy?) If I remember correctly. Pretty sure I also saw panto there as a boy. Now I'll be belting out Nightspirit Nightspirit Embrace my soul! In there, fuckin hell ;D
Also saw Emperor in Grieghallen last year. Mad experience seeing them Mayhem and Enslaved in a proper mainstream concert hall/auditorium. How times change. I have some old 90s BM mates who stick true to the old spirit that won't touch this type of gig with a bargepole. I'm not going for any glimmer of 1994 magic. It will be 2024 and I will take it as it is. If it's half as good as Grieghallen it will be excellent.
Anybody got a pre-order code they don't need?
Ticket procured :abbath: Now for 13 months of anticipation.
How do you enter the presale code in? All I get is a blue spinning wheel with no option to enter in the code.
https://shops.ticketmasterpartners.com/3olympia
Quote from: Megalodon on February 24, 2023, 10:27:55 AMhttps://shops.ticketmasterpartners.com/3olympia
Thanks I ended up having to ring my mate he placed the order for me.
Go to this URL and click on the presale option. A box should appear to out the code into. 3Plus (https://shops.ticketmasterpartners.com/3olympia)
Jaysus!
Got my ticket for the circle with the rest of the elderly - got good seats though so this should be unreal.
Yep, got row F in the circle - happy enough with that should be a good one and from what I'm seeing online reckon it'll sell out super quickly there's a lot of people willing to travel for it.
Quote from: hellfire on February 24, 2023, 10:44:06 AMGo to this URL and click on the presale option. A box should appear to out the code into. 3Plus (https://shops.ticketmasterpartners.com/3olympia)
Thanks I got it sorted out eventually. Now let's hope nothing happens over the next year. If this sells out really fast I wonder if there is any chance of a second show on the Sunday? Probably not. I was half thinking of going to Glasgow the night before as well but with the way flights are these days it could be a risk trying to get back to Ireland for the Dublin show the next day.
How much of an allocation do Sentinel and Sound Cellar get? I'll be in town Monday morning so hoping to grab one then
I don't have a 3 account but that's life.
It could be slim pickings Monday!
€14 in fees for two tickets is a joke!
Yeah - the fees are something else almost 150 for two tickets. It'll be worth it I'm sure.
Quote from: Naraka on February 24, 2023, 02:30:31 PM€14 in fees for two tickets is a joke!
And €4.95 to post a ticket from a company who most likely has a deal with anPost meaning it would cost next to nothing to post it. I bought a ticket for a show in Germany later this year a few weeks ago and it cost €1.70 to have it posted to Ireland.
This better not sell out before I can score tickets next Tuesday
Quote from: astfgyl on February 24, 2023, 04:59:17 PMThis better not sell out before I can score tickets next Tuesday
Can't get them meself until next month so in even worse panic lol
I could ill afford them this month myself. Had to slash the food budget. No regrets :abbath:
I'd say even Tuesday will be cutting it close but you'll be able to get a ticket over the next year.
Is the circle tickets the first floor and are they the good ones?
Hope I can get a pre sale code :-X
Think the presale is sold out.
Jasyus, less than a day. I don't know if the international contingent would even have had a chance yet.
It's not sold out yet,F circle is though.
Quote from: open face surgery on February 24, 2023, 07:11:07 PMI'd say even Tuesday will be cutting it close but you'll be able to get a ticket over the next year.
Yeah I've a bad feeling it'll be too late but really want to go to this. Resellers might be the way
If this was to get bumped to a bigger venue where would it be?
Quote from: Circlepit on February 24, 2023, 10:27:03 PMIf this was to get bumped to a bigger venue where would it be?
Think the 3 Arena is the next step up which might be a stretch, maybe a second date added if sales are good?
Imagine if they did a second show and day 1 was Anthems in full and day 2 was Nightside in full with Faust on drums.
Quote from: mickO))) on February 24, 2023, 10:46:52 PMImagine if they did a second show and day 1 was Anthems in full and day 2 was Nightside in full with Faust on drums.
I'd shit myself. No ifs, ands or buts.
I must pick up Anthems. It's one that has never really grabbed me in the past when I've checked it out. The production is a bit clinical for me but maybe it's something I'd get over, especially considering I've grown very fond of the Thorns album which isn't a million miles away in terms of production.
Quote from: Circlepit on February 24, 2023, 10:27:03 PMIf this was to get bumped to a bigger venue where would it be?
Would Vicar St. have a bigger capacity? More on the floor like. Dunno TBH.
Vicar st is around 1200 capacity and Olympia is 1600 if I'm not mistaken.
@mclove Pick it up, I felt the exact same as yourself and to be honest it left me cold when I picked it up all those years back. I think it may have been because it wasn't In The Nightside Eclipse. I liked a track or two but always had written it off. I picked up a reissue on vinyl there a few years ago and it just clicked. Giving all their records the attention they deserve recently I've come to think their discography is nigh on flawless. No two albums are identical.
Their discography is nigh on flawless :abbath:
Well, I say that, though I barely know IX Equilibrium.
Yeah IX is another one that was hard to take, I couldn't get over the clean vocals when it dropped, it sounded like a power metal approach on first listen but it is a stunning record.
I liked IX Equilibrium when it came out, and I think it still has a few unreal songs, but the incredibly loud mix makes it a slog to sit through. Is it mastered badly or something? It even sounds too loud when you turn the volume down :laugh:
The reissues I have are the abbey road half speed remasters so to my ears at least that loudness you speak of has been rectified. I always found Anthems to be muddy whereas the record sounds crystal clear , maybe part of the reason I'm enjoying it this time round
Pagan Saviour could you explain what difference the half speed mastering makes? I have a few versions of all of the Emperor albums already but was curious about those. Much of a difference?
High frequencies that are difficult to cut become mid frequencies at half speed improving the cut and sound of the finished vinyl
This video explains better than I could
https://www.yoursoundmatters.com/what-is-half-speed-mastering/
IX Equilibrium is absolutely brilliant.
I love how over the top bombastic it is.
To me it sounds like a band that couldn't give 2 fucks what people want or expect to hear.
I love it.
I'm relation to the others one day I prefer Anthems the next days it's Nightside Eclipse.
Prometheus is a hard one.
Regardless what transpires this could not move to vicar st.
That's Aiken territory whereas this is with MCD.
I worked backwards with Emperor, started with Prometheus and back to Nightside. They're all great in their own way but Prometheus is my favourite, probably followed by Anthems
Edit: given what venues are around, a second date sounds more likely than the 3 arena
Vicar Street is smaller than the Olympia. Nightside is the best for me but I have already heard everything from it live so would definitely prefer the Anthems show. I just hope they play Wrath of the Tyrant as well. Would really like to hear songs like Empty or the Eruption live but that will never happen.
I have the recent reissues as well they are very well done the only downside is they are very expensive.
Fingers crossed for Curse You All Men as an encore - I didn't get that when I saw them a few years back.
Can't see them adding any more dates regardless of what happens?
MickO))) Night of the Graveless souls gets a regular enough outing live. I love Prometheus but I think it marks the boundary of how far I would keep up with them. Isahn's solo stuff was the follow up to Prometheus and I can't abide it. I love all of the Emperor stuff but I'm glad they didn't make another album. I'd have ended up just as butthurt as I did with Midian.
100% Agree with that, I still think Prometheus is an excellent album but your phrase of marking the boundary is spot on, anything beyond that simply couldn't be classed as Emperor. They've protected their legacy by not releasing anything inferior and arguably they're in more demand than ever as a live act
I forgot about Night of the Graveless souls be great to hear that too the version on the Emperial live ceremony is phenomenal.
Quote from: hellfire on February 25, 2023, 11:11:19 AMMickO))) Night of the Graveless souls gets a regular enough outing live. I love Prometheus but I think it marks the boundary of how far I would keep up with them. Isahn's solo stuff was the follow up to Prometheus and I can't abide it. I love all of the Emperor stuff but I'm glad they didn't make another album. I'd have ended up just as butthurt as I did with Midian.
Agree about the solo stuff, it just doesn't keep me interested at all. Fair point about the boundary thing. It's like what happened to me with enslaved where I didn't even get all the way through the last couple
I haven't heard a single note of Prometheus. Maybe I'll give it a go at some point.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on February 25, 2023, 11:21:10 AMI haven't heard a single note of Prometheus. Maybe I'll give it a go at some point.
I love it but I'm very much in the minority of people who do.
I downloaded the solo stuff last night. I checked out the album with the red cover years ago and I remember thinking it was decent. Like others I do really like Prometheus but anything further into that style would not be my type of thing.
Not sure if it is still available but the label that did the recent tape box was selling off the book that came with it separately. I pulled the book out again this morning and it is great full of interviews even ones from 2022, loads of rare photos from every era and it has the lyrics for all of the full lengths. It is well worth buying if anyone comes across it.
It's not overly dissimilar to IX (which I've just listened to in full), though a bit more technically intense in places, and minus the soaring falsetto stuff. Personally, I wouldn't change a note of Prometheus, there's something about it I just can't get enough of.
I absolutely love Prometheus as well. Had a good revisit last year or the year before for a few weeks. That and Dusk and Her Embrace on rotation. Both exceptional.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on February 25, 2023, 11:21:10 AMI haven't heard a single note of Prometheus. Maybe I'll give it a go at some point.
I think it's fuckin great anyway. Small bit too long but that's nitpicking
Edit: have it on now yeah it's still class
Quote from: mickO))) on February 25, 2023, 10:49:38 AMVicar Street is smaller than the Olympia. Nightside is the best for me but I have already heard everything from it live so would definitely prefer the Anthems show. I just hope they play Wrath of the Tyrant as well. Would really like to hear songs like Empty or the Eruption live but that will never happen.
I have the recent reissues as well they are very well done the only downside is they are very expensive.
That's a great track and I don't know why they don't play it more often live.
Quote from: Pagan Saviour on February 25, 2023, 09:34:13 AMHigh frequencies that are difficult to cut become mid frequencies at half speed improving the cut and sound of the finished vinyl
This video explains better than I could
https://www.yoursoundmatters.com/what-is-half-speed-mastering/
Cool
Quote from: hellfire on February 25, 2023, 11:33:58 AMQuote from: Eoin McLove on February 25, 2023, 11:21:10 AMI haven't heard a single note of Prometheus. Maybe I'll give it a go at some point.
I love it but I'm very much in the minority of people who do.
Prometheus is probably my favourite Emperor album, absolutely top class.
Can you buy standing tickets on Presale? ,i can only see circle and a Row H and J,is that standing or what??(I havent read the thread)
That's seating dude, standing will come up as such
Quote from: open face surgery on February 25, 2023, 01:42:53 PMI absolutely love Prometheus as well. Had a good revisit last year or the year before for a few weeks. That and Dusk and Her Embrace on rotation. Both exceptional.
Prometheus and Dusk, what a strange combination Matt. :laugh:
But here, a lot of this is about what you were into in your formative years. I love Anthems as it was near enough my first BM album around 97/98 along with Dusk and Cruelty by COF. Huge soft spots for those to this day. When IX came out I was reluctantly disappointed. By the time Prometheus came out I was grown up enough to admit to myself I didn't like it and the magic was gone.
By comparison I have older pals who only like Emperor EP/Wrath and just about Nightside. Hate Anthems. They lived through the decline of the 2nd wave post Euronymous so have an entirely different perspective.
It's mad how divisive Emperor are in the underground today. A band at the centre of the 2nd wave explosion but somehow regarded today as sort of safe or even semi mainstream.
I suppose when I think back Emperor were a regular in metal hammer and the mainstream press whereas Darkthrone or Mayhem would barely get a mention. I wonder how that was?
Give me the last 3 Emperor albums over the early releases any day,same with Enslaved and Immortal,their mid period output superior to the early releases imo.
I get the first wave on BM was something special,but a lot of it was pish and overrated too.
Quote from: Paul keohane on February 25, 2023, 09:33:00 PMGive me the last 3 Emperor albums over the early releases any day,same with Enslaved and Immortal,their mid period output superior to the early releases imo.
I get the first wave on BM was something special,but a lot of it was pish and overrated too.
By the last 3 albums are counting out Nightside Eclipse?? That's nuts!
And with Immortal are you counting out Battles In The North?
Be still my beating heart.
In the night side eclipse is a great album,but i find myself reaching for the other 3 always.
At the heart of winter and SOND are peak Immortal for me.
Quote from: Pagan Saviour on February 25, 2023, 09:34:13 AMHigh frequencies that are difficult to cut become mid frequencies at half speed improving the cut and sound of the finished vinyl
This video explains better than I could
https://www.yoursoundmatters.com/what-is-half-speed-mastering/
Thanks lad. I might just pick those up
Only downside with half speed vinyls is having to flip the record more often!
These are one flip affairs dude!
I know usually it ends up being a double vinyl but these are singles.
Ah okay, cool. But do they play at 45 or 33rpm? Maybe I'm getting mixed up, will check out the linked video explainer later.
BACK TO EMPEROR TALK!
Yes.
The merch, the glorious merch!
Unless the support band is Darkthrone I'll be spending their set clearing out the merchant table and returning it to wherever I'm staying.
Quote from: Grim Reality on February 25, 2023, 09:10:17 PMQuote from: open face surgery on February 25, 2023, 01:42:53 PMI absolutely love Prometheus as well. Had a good revisit last year or the year before for a few weeks. That and Dusk and Her Embrace on rotation. Both exceptional.
Prometheus and Dusk, what a strange combination Matt. :laugh:
But here, a lot of this is about what you were into in your formative years.
That was it exactly.
You could calculate a lads age with a reasonable degree of accuracy by asking which Emperor and COF they prefer.
Bagged one there thank fuck. 77.90 for one ticket including postage. Worth it to see Emperor indoors though, especially in the current economic shitshow. I can see this selling out fast
Got 2, seated in the circle.
Thank fuck for that.!
Me too. Should be great, well done DME
I see Winterfellyth are supporting. Should give me more time to attack that merchant stall. I'm still in awe of the massive achievement it was for DME to get Emperor to play in this backwater. It really tops every other Irish gig I can think of and there have been some great ones. Bolt Thrower, Kreator, Morbid Angel, Mayhem,......
Bucket list band,glad I'll to get to see them in a relatively intimate venue compared to the Festival setting they usually play.
Pity its a year away 😭
Quote from: Paul keohane on February 27, 2023, 10:44:34 AMPity its a year away 😭
I was like....but the 23rd isn't a Saturday :laugh: Nabbed 2 tickets there...now we play the waiting game :abbath:
Winterfellyth is a great choice I think, they always deliver the goods. Really looking forward to it now.
On the ticketing side thought it would sell straight out but seems to be plenty of good seats/standing available. Better to have the tickets in the bag all the same
I just went onto Wiki,these lads are still in their 40s!!.Thats still young for such an Iconic band.
Great support act, delighted with this whole setup
Quote from: Pagan Saviour on February 27, 2023, 11:15:13 AMWinterfellyth is a great choice I think, they always deliver the goods. Really looking forward to it now.
On the ticketing side thought it would sell straight out but seems to be plenty of good seats/standing available. Better to have the tickets in the bag all the same
Same, quite surprised at that, but that's purely my own expectations and nothing to do with the success of the gig.
Nice reality check that for all the mythological trappings of a band like Emperor and how meme ready and hip the whole kvlt thing is now with a lot of young metalheads, it's still at the end of the day a very niche band playing in a tiny country with an active but very much capped scene.
Lads this will sell out. Just because it didn't in its first day doesn't mean it won't and pretty quickly too I'd say. What is capacity?
1600
One could argue Emperor have already sold out - :laugh:
Picked up some tickets in Sound Cellar this morning, said I was the first one in looking for them. Reckon it'll still sell out but I guess there's not the rush I thought there might be
got 2 standing. Agree it will sell out so it's best to move quickly anyway.
Winterfellyth are a good band, so I'm happy with that. Saw them last year in Opium, was a good gig (not well attended though)
My goodness I cannot wait for this. In relation to their albums the early ones will always have my attention whereas I could take or leave the last few.
I always found that the synth/keyboard elements really added to the atmosphere on the early albums whereas later they were surplus to requirements.
Like all 4 albums are an incredible high standard.As someone mentioned a few pages back,it was probably a good thing they never recorded anything after!.
When In the Nightside came out I remember lads blown away by the album.I was firmly in a Death metal bubble at that point,I dont think I appreciated it like others.I think thats why I swayed towards the albums that came after.
I've jumped between Anthems and Equilibrium for years as to which is my favourite.
I love Promotheus too,the chunkier DM edge to it,was a big fan of Zyklon bavk then too;
I have basically never listened to Emperor but bought Ihsahn's first three solo albums on CD years ago when they came out and I listened to them a lot. I started with After after listening to it on a metal hammer CD :abbath:
I've always meant to listen to the Emperor albums but just never gotten around to it so am glad this is a year away.
Seen the instagram post saying tickets for this 70% sold out already.
Went to get one and standing is €73.15?!
Can someone explain what that price is about? The same show in Glasgow is £55 (I think even £55 is too much by the way).
Was Mayhem not €30? A similar 'calibre' band.
I guess it's €65 for a standing ticket because that's what people are willing to pay. You said it yourself it's 70% sold after a couple of days.
Quote from: A.A.P on February 28, 2023, 04:48:42 PMWent to get one and standing is €73.15?!
Can someone explain what that price is about? The same show in Glasgow is £55 (I think even £55 is too much by the way).
They're €65 plus whatever Ticketmaster take on top. £55 is €63.
Jesus fucking Christ I forgot I got paid and can buy my ticket right now. Lovely.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on February 28, 2023, 05:36:00 PMQuote from: A.A.P on February 28, 2023, 04:48:42 PMWent to get one and standing is €73.15?!
Can someone explain what that price is about? The same show in Glasgow is £55 (I think even £55 is too much by the way).
They're €65 plus whatever Ticketmaster take on top. £55 is €63.
I guess your're right about the conversion and fees. It's priced me out anyway. I'm not used to paying that for any metal band other than the likes of Maiden maybe or a festival.
Quote from: A.A.P on February 28, 2023, 04:48:42 PMWas Mayhem not €30? A similar 'calibre' band.
Mayhem nowhere near Emperor in terms of popularity,both bands might have come out of the first wave of BM etc.But Emperor streets ahead in terms.of out output imo,Mayhem living on reputation more than anything else.
Quote from: ochoill on February 24, 2023, 05:25:26 PMQuote from: astfgyl on February 24, 2023, 04:59:17 PMThis better not sell out before I can score tickets next Tuesday
Can't get them meself until next month so in even worse panic lol
That's fixed.
Yup I'm in!!
Quote from: Paul keohane on February 28, 2023, 06:01:57 PMQuote from: A.A.P on February 28, 2023, 04:48:42 PMWas Mayhem not €30? A similar 'calibre' band.
Mayhem nowhere near Emperor in terms of popularity,both bands might have come out of the first wave of BM etc.But Emperor streets ahead in terms.of out output imo,Mayhem living on reputation more than anything else.
This is true. Most lads begin and end at dmds.
They're wrong but that's how it is
Quote from: astfgyl on February 28, 2023, 06:21:52 PMQuote from: ochoill on February 24, 2023, 05:25:26 PMQuote from: astfgyl on February 24, 2023, 04:59:17 PMThis better not sell out before I can score tickets next Tuesday
Can't get them meself until next month so in even worse panic lol
That's fixed.
Yup I'm in!!
Sound as a pound, can't wait to refuse to drink pints in the pub because of the price of them, and then for you to get kicked out after one song
Quote from: A.A.P on February 28, 2023, 04:48:42 PMSeen the instagram post saying tickets for this 70% sold out already.
Went to get one and standing is €73.15?!
Can someone explain what that price is about? The same show in Glasgow is £55 (I think even £55 is too much by the way).
Was Mayhem not €30? A similar 'calibre' band.
Mayhem are an active and touring band. Emperor do a handful of shows for 2-3 years, break up then get back together and do the same all over again. I mentioned earlier tickets for the US shows are $100 so far more expensive then here and tickets for the Australian shows in May are 100 aus which or more less what we are paying here.
Quote from: Paul keohane on February 28, 2023, 06:01:57 PMQuote from: A.A.P on February 28, 2023, 04:48:42 PMWas Mayhem not €30? A similar 'calibre' band.
Mayhem nowhere near Emperor in terms of popularity,both bands might have come out of the first wave of BM etc.But Emperor streets ahead in terms.of out output imo,Mayhem living on reputation more than anything else.
Careful now Ted....
That's controversial!
Quote from: Circlepit on February 28, 2023, 06:48:21 PMQuote from: Paul keohane on February 28, 2023, 06:01:57 PMQuote from: A.A.P on February 28, 2023, 04:48:42 PMWas Mayhem not €30? A similar 'calibre' band.
Mayhem nowhere near Emperor in terms of popularity,both bands might have come out of the first wave of BM etc.But Emperor streets ahead in terms.of out output imo,Mayhem living on reputation more than anything else.
Careful now Ted....
That's controversial!
Quote from: mickO))) on February 28, 2023, 06:42:03 PMQuote from: A.A.P on February 28, 2023, 04:48:42 PMSeen the instagram post saying tickets for this 70% sold out already.
Went to get one and standing is €73.15?!
Can someone explain what that price is about? The same show in Glasgow is £55 (I think even £55 is too much by the way).
Was Mayhem not €30? A similar 'calibre' band.
Mayhem are an active and touring band. Emperor do a handful of shows for 2-3 years, break up then get back together and do the same all over again. I mentioned earlier tickets for the US shows are $100 so far more expensive then here and tickets for the Australian shows in May are 100 aus which or more less what we are paying here.
I do understand Emperor play less and this show will be more 'special' in terms of setlist and the fact they haven't played here before.
It doesn't stop the price being mental to me.
Have you ever paid €73 including ticket fees for a single metal gig in Dublin before? If you have i'm sure not many.
Quote from: ochoill on February 28, 2023, 06:37:33 PMQuote from: astfgyl on February 28, 2023, 06:21:52 PMQuote from: ochoill on February 24, 2023, 05:25:26 PMQuote from: astfgyl on February 24, 2023, 04:59:17 PMThis better not sell out before I can score tickets next Tuesday
Can't get them meself until next month so in even worse panic lol
That's fixed.
Yup I'm in!!
Sound as a pound, can't wait to refuse to drink pints in the pub because of the price of them, and then for you to get kicked out after one song
Lol like every other thing we ever go to
Quote from: A.A.P on February 28, 2023, 06:58:10 PMI do understand Emperor play less and this show will be more 'special' in terms of setlist and the fact they haven't played here before.
It doesn't stop the price being mental to me.
Have you ever paid €73 including ticket fees for a single metal gig in Dublin before? If you have i'm sure not many.
It depends on what you define as metal. Some of the bigger shows I have paid that and more.
Last year I bought the Nightside and Anthems half speed LP reissues it was over 80euro including shipping that to me is far more mental than the price of this show.
Wasn't Manowar pricey enough when they played here? If people are willing to pay it.....
Mayhem play here every other year it's hard to get excited about seeing them again, but Emperor yes!
Got my standing tickets, can't wait for this! Will be worth the money I'm sure
Quote from: keeper of kalessin on February 28, 2023, 08:20:56 PMGot my standing tickets, can't wait for this! Will be worth the money I'm sure
Bought the standing ones as well so I can act the absolute bollix when I get there
Quote from: jpm4 on February 28, 2023, 07:25:07 PMWasn't Manowar pricey enough when they played here? If people are willing to pay it.....
Mayhem play here every other year it's hard to get excited about seeing them again, but Emperor yes!
Also as I said, everyone only knows the one album and at least half only pretend they like it so they can be in the kvlt
I agree that DMDS is the only essential album by Mayhem but in my estimation it's a better and more important album than anything by Emperor. But sure...
Mayhem have had plenty great albums since DMDS. Daemon in particular is a beast. As someone said Mayhem are an active band and Emperor are retired but open to a payday. I would have paid €100 with a smile on my face if that was the price.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on February 28, 2023, 10:18:30 PMI agree that DMDS is the only essential album by Mayhem but in my estimation it's a better and more important album than anything by Emperor. But sure...
There is something special about the Emperor stuff though that sets it apart.
Having said that DMDS has something none of the rest of the bands from that time could conjure up.
The funny thing is I have more nostalgia for ITNE having bought it in the mid 90s and I didn't get into DMDS until the mid 00s. I have listened to Mayhem more.
For me anyways In The Nightside Eclipse is the definitive black metal record. There are other hugely important albums for sure but the use of the Keys on Nightside give it a quality that has yet to be matched in my opinion.
Quotein my estimation it's a better and more important album than anything by Emperor
Strong statement, and depending on my humour on the day I could agree/disagree with that. I will agree though Mayhem's catalogue is largely a frustrating one with patches of brilliance here and there and they've never matched the atmosphere they conjured on DMDS
The only Mayhem I've heard is Ordo ad Chao and thought it was a bit shit so never bothered with anything else. Really should give DMDS a go at some point though
I'd be the same. In The Nightside and Under A Funeral Moon occupy that nostalgic teenage place that bands I heard since 2000 can't ever get to. European Legions is the first Mayhem album I owned. I was very much at the mercy of what appeared in the second hand store black metal wise. There was another record store that started picking carrying a lot of black metal in the late 90s too.
As was mentioned by the promoter a few pages back, this is the price point to make the show happen.
The debate over the ticket price will continue. I think everyone knows
- It's a rarity for them to play a show like this
- They must command top dollar for festival appearances
- It wasn't going to be twenty euro to see them play here
- Supply Vs Demand Vs Frequency of Touring
I don't think anyone's actually whingeing about the price, it's just an expression of surprise really. When the poster went up I immediately thought 45 euro or so (Maybe naivety on my part) but as others have posted I'd agree I would've paid 100 euro to see them and we've all picked up tickets, and if there was a second night I'd go again. It's just a mad concept - It's twice the price of a Mayhem ticket, and 25 more than it was to see Machine Head or Meshuggah in the same venue.
Never heard Anthems, never heard Prometheus, never heard DMDS... never heard Emperor full-stop. Jaysus, it's all comin' out in this thread! :laugh: :abbath:
And we're 10 pages in, yet I feel there's more distance to be covered.
I've never even heard of Metallica.
Listening to Anthems here now. It's high time I found a copy and acquainted myself with it properly.
Probably a very unpopular opinion but I find In The Nightside Eclipse extremely boring. Anthems Is where its at for me.
Have Live Inferno on a the moment, great album, nice mix of stuff, just a shame that the two shows setlists are nearly identical
I was lucky enough to be at both of those shows. The Oslo show was incredible.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on March 01, 2023, 12:44:30 AMThe funny thing is I have more nostalgia for ITNE having bought it in the mid 90s and I didn't get into DMDS until the mid 00s. I have listened to Mayhem more.
I didn't hear these albums when they were released. It was the late 90's when I met G. Blackheart and it was Darkthrone, Emperor, Mayhem, Satyricon, Gehenna even Primordial all at once.
I was floored by the intensity and also confused. I thought the tape was fucked when I put on Darkthrone.
Similarly I thought the tape was broken when I first listened to And Justice For All.
Point being the Emperor stuff was the one that clicked the most.
Having said that on a different day each of them shines more for me.
Pointless waffle from me.
On the ticket price; the basic cost was fairly on line with what I expected.
The booking, handling fees are shit.
Still paid it no bother.
Quote from: A.A.P on February 28, 2023, 05:58:09 PMIt's priced me out anyway. I'm not used to paying that for any metal band other than the likes of Maiden maybe or a festival.
Considering that your first post on this forum is in this thread, I'm guessing that you'd really like to see this band.
Do you not think that it's worth spending the extra 20-30 euros to see a show that may not happen here again?
They should have also done live albums for the Nightside and Anthems in full gigs. I saw at some of the Nightside shows they played Ancient Queen.
Emperor way more popular than Mayhem?
Not a chance. At least in BM circles 99.9% of listeners adore DMDS while maybe 50% like Emperor. Many of those only go as far as ITNE and at a stretch Anthems.
I just checked Spotify (not scientific I know, but just for reference) and yep, Mayhem have 3 times the listeners Emperor do.
I reckon Emperor is a band many general metalheads can get in to. Heavy, doom, trad etc heads. There is a definite accessibility there with the grandiose synth work of the early gear. Whereas Mayhem and DMDS is maybe more a purely black metal listeners album. And is black metal sonic perfection at that. I cannot believe some have never heard it and others rate the non DMDS higher than it ???
Add DMDS to the list of great albums rendered unlistenable by shit vocals. The instrumental version is as close as I can get to it.
Ah here. That is one of the classic Black Metal vocal performances, unorthodox yes but atmospheric and unique - wouldn't swap them for anything
It sounds like an (even more) constipated Dave Mustaine, it's hilarious.
WHAT???? It's irreplaceable and unmatched. Akin to Varg's howls and Nocturno Culto's raspy ice cold vocals. Those performances are genre defining.
Just like Nightside Eclipse or Anthems. :abbath: Battles In The North is another one.
Just popping in to say it's the vocals that make dmds as much as anything else but I still do laugh every single time
As legendary and amazing I think Emperor are, DMDS is the greatest black metal album of all time so I don't understand the comparison. Imo the ticket price is worth it to see emp in the Olympia!
Quote from: Iliketortles on March 02, 2023, 12:13:31 PMAs legendary and amazing I think Emperor are, DMDS is the greatest black metal album of all time so I don't understand the comparison. Imo the ticket price is worth it to see emp in the Olympia!
They don't even sound anything like each other it's a non argument.
DMDS is close to being the best of the black metal but imo burzum is the real winner.
Anyway I bought physical tickets to this and I'm fucking buzzing for it.
I am already ironing my rave clothes
Be sure to add those dodgy shoulder pads Ihsahn used to wear to your rave clothes :abbath:
Standing is gone looks like.
Quote from: hellfire on March 06, 2023, 10:25:49 AMBe sure to add those dodgy shoulder pads Ihsahn used to wear to your rave clothes :abbath:
Of course!
Just seen Emperor play In the nightside eclipse in full last night, such a great show, they're tight as anything live, you guys are in for a treat hearing Anthems, the few tracks they played from it sounded great.
This is finally getting close. I keep forgetting I have a ticket for it
Yeah looking forward to it,never seen them before!.
Neither have I. Closest I got was Zyklon supporting Enslaved and they were lethal so I have fairly high hopes for em being tight as a miser at least
I saw them over here last year and enjoyed it. They played Nighrside in its entirety with a few extras at the end.
This is all of Anthems with a few extra hits, if I remember correctly. Saw them do Anthems a few years ago and enjoyed it but would def prefer ITNE.
Very much looking forward to it and would also prefer a Nightside show. Having said that it should be brilliant.
Any idea of a signing session at this? I have a few other bits signed already but I'm quite the fanboy.
What time do gigs usually finish at in the Olympia?.
I'll be driving up early (plan hitting the Ireland v Belgium friendly at 5 pm),plan dumping the car somewhere convenient in the city centre when i get up for getting away after the gig.
Any recommendations for parking the car for the day? Q Park is €42 the robbing cunts!
You could park at the Red Cow, it is €4 euro for the day
Last time I was at a gig in the Olympia we parked in the Trinity St. multistorey (up a lane across the road from the central bank), it wasn't too pricey then but that was a good while ago now.
I think the Olympia has an 11 o'clock curfew, could be wrong in that.
Will check that out,cheers
I have two standing tickets to sell. Face value. They're digital tickets so the buyer will need a Ticketmaster account for transfer.
Quote from: Carnage on January 17, 2024, 09:30:11 PMI think the Olympia has an 11 o'clock curfew, could be wrong in that.
I think Dublin has a 10.30pm curfew law for live gigs.
Nah, it doesn't. Olympia is 11pm anyway.
Got a spare standing ticket for sale, physical ticket, €70
Edit - SOLD
Hi, I'd love it mate.
Quote from: Trev on January 25, 2024, 04:24:06 PMGot a spare standing ticket for sale, physical ticket, €70
yes please, check your pm.
Hey, sorry a mate of mine was looking for a ticket so he's after taking it
Quote from: Naraka on January 22, 2024, 02:27:01 PMI have two standing tickets to sell. Face value. They're digital tickets so the buyer will need a Ticketmaster account for transfer.
Sold
Quote from: Paul keohane on January 17, 2024, 09:01:39 PMWhat time do gigs usually finish at in the Olympia?.
I'll be driving up early (plan hitting the Ireland v Belgium friendly at 5 pm),plan dumping the car somewhere convenient in the city centre when i get up for getting away after the gig.
Any recommendations for parking the car for the day? Q Park is €42 the robbing cunts!
Brown Thomas Car Park. Curfew is midnight and they've an evening rate of around 12-14€. It's a 5-6min walk to the Olympia. I'll be parking there myself for that one. Just check what time the evening rate kicks in from as otherwise it'll be €4 per hour or so.
Quote from: Pagan Saviour on January 28, 2024, 07:28:20 AMQuote from: Paul keohane on January 17, 2024, 09:01:39 PMWhat time do gigs usually finish at in the Olympia?.
I'll be driving up early (plan hitting the Ireland v Belgium friendly at 5 pm),plan dumping the car somewhere convenient in the city centre when i get up for getting away after the gig.
Any recommendations for parking the car for the day? Q Park is €42 the robbing cunts!
Brown Thomas Car Park. Curfew is midnight and they've an evening rate of around 12-14€. It's a 5-6min walk to the Olympia. I'll be parking there myself for that one. Just check what time the evening rate kicks in from as otherwise it'll be €4 per hour or so.
great thanks!
Fleet Street is another good option and they do special rates for Olympia shows
I still can't believe this is happening. Never in my life did I think it possible.
Quote from: hellfire on March 14, 2024, 06:02:31 PMI still can't believe this is happening. Never in my life did I think it possible.
Haha buzzing for this too. Just saw Winterfylleth are supporting, never saw them either so this is looking like it'll be a memorable night.
Has there been any metal gigs in the Olympia before?
Quote from: Blizzard Beast on March 14, 2024, 06:57:51 PMHas there been any metal gigs in the Olympia before?
I've seen Opeth, Mastodon and Meshuggah there.
Wonder how much we'll be fleeced for a t shirt?
€40/45 seems standard these days for shirts at big shows.
This has crept up nicely!,been waiting a long time to catch them live!
They have a knack for hiring sucky support. When I saw them here last year The Amenta opened for them and they were really really fucking terrible. And Winterfylleth over there... Jesus.
Olympia is another one of those venues that seem to demand a cut on merch sales. At the Carcass and Meshuggah shows was Olympia staff selling the merch but in saying that recent merch and most emperor merch in general looks shit. I got the logo shirts a few years ago and those will do me not expecting to see anything even half decent for sale at the show.
Quote from: Naraka on March 14, 2024, 06:59:07 PMQuote from: Blizzard Beast on March 14, 2024, 06:57:51 PMHas there been any metal gigs in the Olympia before?
I've seen Opeth, Mastodon and Meshuggah there.
Was the sound ok?
Sound was great for Meshuggah but generally hit and miss in the Olympia.
Quote from: Blizzard Beast on March 14, 2024, 08:57:31 PMQuote from: Naraka on March 14, 2024, 06:59:07 PMQuote from: Blizzard Beast on March 14, 2024, 06:57:51 PMHas there been any metal gigs in the Olympia before?
I've seen Opeth, Mastodon and Meshuggah there.
Was the sound ok?
Only saw FNM there but they sounded great. Have heard a lot of lads complaining about the place though so hopefully this one won't live up to the bad rep
Surely there will be an Anthems tour type shirt?
I've seen BRMC, Dead Can Dance, Steve Earle twice. Sound was good for all of them.
I heard mixed reports about metal gigs in there with regards to the sound.
Only a week or so til this as well it really did come around quickly. I'm getting in the form now reading the thread here. Had Anthems on lately and it had been quite a while since I did but yeah fucking grand to have this coming
I thought a 'big' act like Emperor might draw an interesting support band, shame it's Winterfylleth but I guess it gives me more time to get there.
Can't wait for this, simply mad that we get Priest and Emperor on 8 days. I've a new baby, no idea how I'm getting away with it.
Really looking forward to this - last time I saw them was in a big field in north Germany in the middle of the day - daylight doesn't suit them at all ;D
Still have a standing ticket for sale if anyone needs one.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on March 14, 2024, 08:36:30 PMThey have a knack for hiring sucky support. When I saw them here last year The Amenta opened for them and they were really really fucking terrible. And Winterfylleth over there... Jesus.
Winterfylleth are truly awful band. No idea how they seem to get on so many support slots and tours. Reckon they have a manager who uses mafia goons to terrify promoters.
QuoteWinterfylleth are truly awful band. No idea how they seem to get on so many support slots and tours. Reckon they have a manager who uses mafia goons to terrify promoters.
They that bad? I've only heard bits but enough to pique interest.
Necrophobic are supporting them in South America next month,another band id love to see live!
Quote from: Pagan Saviour on March 15, 2024, 05:01:04 PMQuoteWinterfylleth are truly awful band. No idea how they seem to get on so many support slots and tours. Reckon they have a manager who uses mafia goons to terrify promoters.
They that bad? I've only heard bits but enough to pique interest.
I've seen them live a few times. They're woeful. They did a tour with Gaerea a while back and I left before they started. Was mad to see Gaerea.
I've never listened to Winterfylleth. Is is that bad?
Dread Sovereign toured with them last year so I presumed it would be doomy type bm.
They are bland, blasty post-BM that you might see referred to as sweeping or cinematic, which I think is code for unable to write riffs containing more than two notes.
That description is enough. If it was full on blast or full on cinematic stuff I'd delve in but now I think I'll be fine.
always enjoyed them the couple a times i saw em live
Quote from: Eoin McLove on March 16, 2024, 12:13:08 PMThey are bland, blasty post-BM that you might see referred to as sweeping or cinematic, which I think is code for unable to write riffs containing more than two notes.
Is that what we call Atmospheric? Never heard a note of em myself but then I skip the support at a lot of gigs anyway
Quote from: astfgyl on March 16, 2024, 06:01:29 PMQuote from: Eoin McLove on March 16, 2024, 12:13:08 PMThey are bland, blasty post-BM that you might see referred to as sweeping or cinematic, which I think is code for unable to write riffs containing more than two notes.
Is that what we call Atmospheric? Never heard a note of em myself but then I skip the support at a lot of gigs anyway
Yeah technically it would be but these lads are beyond bland.
I think atmospheric is a loose enough term when it comes to BM and I wouldn't be so quick to write a band off on that description alone. To me, say, old Mystifier ,(Wicca and Goetia) or old Rotting Christ (Thy Mighty Contract specifically) could be sensibly described as atmospheric black metal compared to the more blasty and aggressive style of someone like Impaled Nazarene or Blasphemy for example. But yes, it is often shorthand for riffless, aimless crap.
Edit. I just switched out Another Perfect Day (atmospheric Motörhead?) for Goetia 8)
Aimless is right. Maybe seeing them live will have an impact but I won't be rushing up the motorway to find out.
Standing ticket for sale in classifieds
Any guesses at a set list for this one?
It'll be Anthems and likely 3 to 4 songs from Nightside.
Anthems
Majesty
Black Wizards
Inno A Satana
Wordless Chambers
Curse You All Men
Ancient Queen/Night of the Graveless Souls
It would be great to hear Wrath of the Tyrant. After anthems probably 4 songs max as that will be just over an hour. 2 from Nightside, Curse and Wordless Chambers.
Quote from: boozegeune on March 17, 2024, 11:13:11 PMAimless is right. Maybe seeing them live will have an impact but I won't be rushing up the motorway to find out.
It'll have an impact alright. It'll turn mild disdain into passionate hatred. I've suffered them before. I'll suffer them again on Saturday to get a decent perch for Emperor.
Standing ticket for sale, PM me.
Looking forward to this now. I'd near forgotten about it having booked the ticket a year ago. I saw Emperor at Hellfest around 10 years ago doing a Nightside set. I was there in body if not in the sharpest physical and mental state, such are weekend outdoor fests for you!
Also saw them in Bergen a couple of years ago doing a mixed/best of set, if memory serves me right, alongside Enslaved and Mayhem. Sensational night. That was in Grieghallen, a large concert theatre. So I'm looking forward to the intimate confines of the Olympia of which I haven't set foot inside since Therapy? in about 1999 or 2000. I assume it hasn't really changed at all?
Handy as well for the few pints watching the Ireland match before it in the Foggy Dew. (Still a place where a few heads congregate pre gig?) Will be in no rush in to see Winterfylleth. I was a fan when they first started playing and released the debut album but from the second album on I thought they lost it.
Roll on Saturday!
Quote from: Squigs on March 19, 2024, 08:53:53 PMStanding ticket for sale, PM me.
You having to bail out of this one man?
Yep, the missus is gonna pop at any minute.
Lot of Emperor tickets being sold, dont think ive ever seen a gig on here with so many tickets being resold.
Tickets went on sale over a year ago, inevitable it's not gonna suit many closer to the time.
Is anyone else planning on hanging around in the afternoon seeing if they can nab autographs. I have all of them except Secthdamon but I have a few bits I want signed. Any tips for the Olympia would be good.
I would love to get the photo with the 3 lads but I'm at Bellator in Belfast on Friday so can't go up early and I reckon the lads will be flying in from Glasgow and staying the night in a hotel so you won't even have a tour bus or whatever that you can wait at after the show.
Last night after Cryptopsy finished Matt encouraged everyone to come over to the Merch stand for a chat that the band would be there in 5 mins but I can't see the Emperor lads doing that.
Driving up to this from Baltinglass, if anyone needs a lift - send me a PM. Can swing by Naas or Blessington en-route.
When there was fuck all tickets I was saying to a mate that didn't get one that there'd be loads before the time because who knows where they'll be that far ahead of time. Hopefully it doesn't translate to rakes of empty seats
There are still a few though the DME sales affiliates. I remember being in a blind panic when the presale was thinking I wouldn't get one.
It seems to be mostly standing tickers for sale.
Despite the amount of people having to cancel their plans it still has that big time gig feel.
That intro drum roll from Ye Entrancemperium is hopefully going to blow the roof off.
I would say even when the Alsvartr into is playing and they walk out on stage I reckon the atmosphere in the place will be unreal. I remember how excited I was about going to see them in the Astoria in London in 06 and I think this show could be even better given it's the first even Irish show.
Back when this was first announced I watched a video of an Anthems show in Chile and the crowd were going insane before they even started to play Ye Entrance
Really looking forward to this gig now and the Trym show.
Would love to hear the eruption played live but we might have to make do with wordless chamber.
Was reading the thread here with Anthems on in the background and I had to pause and ring a lad to tell him how buzzing I was for this
The only time I've seen them was at Wacken '06. Can't wait for this. I was hoping for a better support though. I would've loved to see a band like Tsjuder on the bill.
Tsjuder would have been bananas but it would have meant more merch money !
Just wish they didn't have a support. Winterfwllyth are worse than nothing. To me this is the biggest occasion in Irish metal since I got into it.
As crap as WF are, they aren't as bad as The Amenta. My word, they were an embarrassment.
I've done a bit of listening since, I'm looking forward to the Winterfylleth set. Wouldn't say I'm foaming at the mouth with excitement but struggling to link up the criticism. I've just done the first two records Ghost of Heritage and Mercian Sphere?
Quote from: Eoin McLove on March 20, 2024, 10:14:35 PMAs crap as WF are, they aren't as bad as The Amenta. My word, they were an embarrassment.
I saw an ad for an album by them before and I thought what the fuck is this so I listened to them and they were like a worse Fear Factory. I'll see if I can find the ad
Edit: not the actual one page ad of the time but much the same blurb:
https://blabbermouth.net/news/the-amenta-new-n0n-audio-teaser-posted-online
Quote from: astfgyl on March 21, 2024, 06:40:48 PMQuote from: Eoin McLove on March 20, 2024, 10:14:35 PMAs crap as WF are, they aren't as bad as The Amenta. My word, they were an embarrassment.
I saw an ad for an album by them before and I thought what the fuck is this so I listened to them and they were like a worse Fear Factory. I'll see if I can find the ad
Very strange choice for an Emperor support!
Looking forward to this, not often we get a metal gig on a Saturday, pre-drinking is mandatory I repeat mandatory! :abbath:
they should've got Malthusian. local filth instead of the bland english twits..
As much as I love Malthusian, no. I'd prefer touring support. Malthusian, Zealot etc get plenty of these slots so as much as I think they're great you end up seeing the same sets fairly frequently.
Absolutely buzzing for this gig tomorrow. Food, pre-drinks/jukebox tunes then gig. It's going to be a great day.
I'm really not getting the hate for Winterfylleth either. Been listening to them on and off for the past month or so and quite like them, especially their last album. :laugh:
Been listening to Anthems and Nightside a load recently, still think it's mental they were only in the teens/early 20s writing that stuff
:abbath:
Quote from: Pagan Saviour on March 22, 2024, 09:39:20 AMAs much as I love Malthusian, no. I'd prefer touring support. Malthusian, Zealot etc get plenty of these slots so as much as I think they're great you end up seeing the same sets fairly frequently.
Our last DME gig was nearly 7 years to the day, and we've played 1 gig in the last 4.5 years. Total overkill.
Zing :laugh:
Quote from: open face surgery on March 22, 2024, 11:23:53 AMQuote from: Pagan Saviour on March 22, 2024, 09:39:20 AMAs much as I love Malthusian, no. I'd prefer touring support. Malthusian, Zealot etc get plenty of these slots so as much as I think they're great you end up seeing the same sets fairly frequently.
Our last DME gig was nearly 7 years to the day, and we've played 1 gig in the last 4.5 years. Total overkill.
I wouldn't be whining if Malthusian or Zealot Cult were supporting. The main advantage both bands have over Winterfellyth is that they don't play nauseating muck.
Jaysus I'd love to see Zealot Cult or Malthusian on tour with Emperor!
Would Emperor be headlining?
Quote from: KingHostile on March 22, 2024, 12:10:42 PMJaysus I'd love to see Zealot Cult or Malthusian on tour with Emperor!
Would Emperor be headlining?
a gig in dublin isnt a tour.
Quote from: hellfire on March 22, 2024, 12:06:22 PMQuote from: open face surgery on March 22, 2024, 11:23:53 AMQuote from: Pagan Saviour on March 22, 2024, 09:39:20 AMAs much as I love Malthusian, no. I'd prefer touring support. Malthusian, Zealot etc get plenty of these slots so as much as I think they're great you end up seeing the same sets fairly frequently.
Our last DME gig was nearly 7 years to the day, and we've played 1 gig in the last 4.5 years. Total overkill.
The main advantage both bands have over Winterfellyth is that they don't play nauseating muck.
My goal is to play nauseating muck so that's disappointing.
Abrasive Swirling Murk
Look on the bright side, at least you don't have to walk around at gigs deeply ashamed of yourself.
I don't have to but...
:laugh:
Quote from: ijnjnijnilijbibbjknkjbjkk on March 22, 2024, 12:26:54 PMQuote from: KingHostile on March 22, 2024, 12:10:42 PMJaysus I'd love to see Zealot Cult or Malthusian on tour with Emperor!
Would Emperor be headlining?
a gig in dublin isnt a tour.
It is if you play a couple of venues over a couple of nights :abbath: :abbath:
Roast that in your swirling murk of hell fire......
I smell like sweat from a baboons balls as I lerch and leer at this computer :laugh:
i meant they just do the dublin gig as the irish representative. its costly to travel over here for one night.
Wonder if they'll do In Longing Spirit or just stick to the original Anthems tracklist?
Really liked the song although it always felt out of place being tacked on after The Wanderer
Have 2 tickets for sale if anybody's looking
Quote from: Trev on March 22, 2024, 02:02:22 PMWonder if they'll do In Longing Spirit or just stick to the original Anthems tracklist?
Really liked the song although it always felt out of place being tacked on after The Wanderer
Hoping they throw in that Fine Day To Die cover or Night Of The Graveless Souls. The setlist doesn't matter hugely to me as they don't have an album or song I don't like.
that would be class.
Moon over Kara-Shehr :abbath:
I'd love to hear Forgotten Centuries live.
Well surely get graveless souls and black wizards seeing as they've never played here before 8)
Black Wizards, Curse You All Men and Fine Day To Die would be savage.
Where is everyone getting the pints in before this?
While we're making the wishlist, I want to hear The Tongue of Fire just for that one riff that sounds like it was the devil himself that made it
Quote from: open face surgery on March 22, 2024, 11:23:53 AMQuote from: Pagan Saviour on March 22, 2024, 09:39:20 AMAs much as I love Malthusian, no. I'd prefer touring support. Malthusian, Zealot etc get plenty of these slots so as much as I think they're great you end up seeing the same sets fairly frequently.
Our last DME gig was nearly 7 years to the day, and we've played 1 gig in the last 4.5 years. Total overkill.
I'm not playing a gig covered in fucking sprout juice!
Quote from: astfgyl on March 22, 2024, 07:09:15 PMWhere is everyone getting the pints in before this?
Think I saw somewhere about a preshow thing in the Foggy Dew?
Scobes is DJing in the Foggy Joo from 3.
Grand job I'll squeeze one or two in there so. Sound
Quote from: Carnage on March 22, 2024, 07:54:18 PMScobes is DJing in the Foggy Joo from 3.
Where did you see that? You'd think it would be posted here or is there somewhere else for Irish metal news? And hopefully you don't say FB. That's as dead as the old MI site..
Quote from: Eoin McLove on March 22, 2024, 07:20:13 PMQuote from: open face surgery on March 22, 2024, 11:23:53 AMQuote from: Pagan Saviour on March 22, 2024, 09:39:20 AMAs much as I love Malthusian, no. I'd prefer touring support. Malthusian, Zealot etc get plenty of these slots so as much as I think they're great you end up seeing the same sets fairly frequently.
Our last DME gig was nearly 7 years to the day, and we've played 1 gig in the last 4.5 years. Total overkill.
I'm not playing a gig covered in fucking sprout juice!
:laugh: That was the previous one. The Sprout Grader!!!
I'll never forget that. So fucking funny.
Come on Curse You All Men for the encore! Might be their finest stand alone song.
Quote from: jpm4 on March 22, 2024, 08:29:00 PMCome on Curse You All Men for the encore! Might be their finest stand alone song.
Savage song indeed. A couple of tremendous ditties on that album. It's a pity the production is so loud or so whatever it is that gives me ear fatigue after two or three songs. I need a mellow middle aged mix!
The mix on ix equilibrium is actually terrible
It's a precursor to the 00s loudness war. Head melting.
Quote from: Grim Reality on March 22, 2024, 08:06:57 PMQuote from: Carnage on March 22, 2024, 07:54:18 PMScobes is DJing in the Foggy Joo from 3.
Where did you see that? You'd think it would be posted here or is there somewhere else for Irish metal news? And hopefully you don't say FB. That's as dead as the old MI site..
OK, I won't say that.
Tell you what, the pre-show craic is all happening in the Clayton beside the airport. Go out there and wait until 7 PM and Isahn himself will give you a lift in. Guaranteed.
Quote from: astfgyl on March 23, 2024, 12:55:39 AMThe mix on ix equilibrium is actually terrible
Yes and Anthem's isn't great to my ears either, v muddy. Prometheus is the only good sounding Emperor album.
Set list from Glasgow:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/emperor/2024/barrowland-glasgow-scotland-13aa0115.html
I saw that set list. A small bit of mixing it up.
If they stick to that order the last half a hour will be bananas.
The motorway awaits.
Quote from: jpm4 on March 23, 2024, 08:37:22 AMQuote from: astfgyl on March 23, 2024, 12:55:39 AMThe mix on ix equilibrium is actually terrible
Yes and Anthem's isn't great to my ears either, v muddy. Prometheus is the only good sounding Emperor album.
Set list from Glasgow:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/emperor/2024/barrowland-glasgow-scotland-13aa0115.html
Was playing Anthems on the Alexa in the kitchen the other evening and it was the most crisp I've ever heard it sound. Whether that was down to the little speaker itself or there's some sort of filter on amazon music I dunno but it has always sounded fairly bad otherwise to me as well. Prometheus sounds brilliant
Just getting bus now .looking forward to this
Night of the merciless tolls
Car keys for my creations and times :abbath:
Into the toyota infiniti i bought
Going sober here to spin up and back meself. Putting Astfgyl in the car with two other lads and a stack of cans so surely things can only go smoothly from there
Quote from: ochoill on March 23, 2024, 01:27:21 PMGoing sober here to spin up and back meself. Putting Astfgyl in the car with two other lads and a stack of cans so surely things can only go smoothly from there
30 minutes into the drive...
Curse You Drunk Men!
:laugh:
Thus Spake the Honda Civic
Quote from: The Butcher on March 23, 2024, 01:33:22 PMQuote from: ochoill on March 23, 2024, 01:27:21 PMGoing sober here to spin up and back meself. Putting Astfgyl in the car with two other lads and a stack of cans so surely things can only go smoothly from there
30 minutes into the drive...
Curse You Drunk Men!
:laugh: unreal
In the passenger side in bits
Quote from: ochoill on March 23, 2024, 01:27:21 PMGoing sober here to spin up and back meself. Putting Astfgyl in the car with two other lads and a stack of cans so surely things can only go smoothly from there
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
:abbath:
Quote from: ochoill on March 23, 2024, 01:27:21 PMGoing sober here to spin up and back meself. Putting Astfgyl in the car with two other lads and a stack of cans so surely things can only go smoothly from there
Sounds like it'll get messy: The Loss of Cars Reverence
:laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: jpm4 on March 23, 2024, 08:37:22 AMQuote from: astfgyl on March 23, 2024, 12:55:39 AMThe mix on ix equilibrium is actually terrible
Yes and Anthem's isn't great to my ears either, v muddy. Prometheus is the only good sounding Emperor album.
Set list from Glasgow:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/emperor/2024/barrowland-glasgow-scotland-13aa0115.html
Wasn't expecting them to open with that song or even play it. Brilliant. Saw a few already this morning on the train down from Belfast after Bellator in Emperor shirts.
Can't make it tonight. Have a standing ticket in the classifieds if anyone is looking
Towards the Cans-theon.
Thus Spake The Shite-talkers.
Curse You All Bus Eireann Drivers.
Of Drunkeness and Subsequent Beers!
just turned away from foggy dew fs. young lads only 18 they said its over 21. any other metal friendly over 18 bars close by folks?
Go to the back door.
..
Pretty cool they mixed the set list up from the Glasgow gig. ihsahn is some guitar player must be said. Also - whoever that keyboard player is he's definitely the coolest heavy metal keyboardist! Cooler than the Winterflyth guy anyways.
Only downer was the crowd seemed fairly subdued, though the place would be going bananas.
Great gig sound was a bit messy for some tracks but glad they sorted it out.The nightside tracks were brilliant tonight.
Good show but nowhere near as good as what I was expecting. Sound for the vocals was terrible for the entire gig though.
Would have been nice if some announcement or whatever was made prior to the show about a pit being there. It seemed to be full of people on phones / having conversations for the entire show whereas the actual fans were stuck at the back and why because they didn't show up to see the piss poor pay to play support?
The crowd reaction was nowhere near what I was expecting either. I was thinking everyone would be chanting 'emperor' from
The very start but that didn't seem to happen until 3/4 ways through the show.
Nobody at least around me seemed to even know the lyrics either. I don't know maybe I built this gig up too much in my head given how long ago it was announced thinking it would be one that not only the fans but the band would always remember since this was the first time an iconic band that had been together for over 30 years had played in Ireland.
As I said it wasn't bad by any means and the crowd did cheer but I don't know I just expected so much more.
Setlist was great and the band themselves put on a great show.
I thought it was brilliant. The only criticism is that the backing tracks were overly loud at some points.
Trym bate that kit like it owed him money.
The whole thing was loud as fuck and the songs hit all the spots for me.
The support band were not for me at all.
As regards the phone thing where I was there were people just watching the entire gig through the screen. The fella to my right was texting away for most of the gig.
Each to their own I suppose. I get the point about expecting the crowd to be going wild.
For me when that fella introduced them and they can on I was transfixed, I felt like I was witnessing something special.
Was there a pit on the floor?
I was watching scobes' live video from the balcony and I've never seen a more dead crowd.
Crowd was a bit dead alright, but myself I was giving it socks in the middle section between the two barriers. Thought they pretty much sorted the sound out by end of first track. I mean yeah, sound could have been better but first time to see Emperor and it being in the Olympia, no way I was going to miss it and so glad I didn't. Great to see the few heads I bumped into too. Great setlist, loved it. Loved it. Also very drunk now :abbath:
Thought the crowd was going to be a bit more lively alright, although most of the people around me were fucking hammered and barely able to stand. Wonder if a lot of people made the day of it and forgot there was actually a gig to watch
Was right up at the last barrier before the front pit section and yeah that division probably killed a bit of the interaction of the crowd overall.
Sound wasn't 100% but I thought Emperor nailed it. He's some guitarist. Top notch setlist.
Good to see the old chap with the cane and hat make another appearance since the cattle decapitation gig :laugh: he even started the first mosh in the "pit" section. So bizarre seeing a domestic between a couple happen in front of me (she kept rubbing his back throughout the gig demanding attention he was having none of it 😅) and some chap off his brains got thrown out in front of me and some dope with a web like tat on back of neck demanding to jump over the barrier twice into the pit section because he didn't want to walk a few more steps around :laugh: apart from those Mongos I thought it was a good gig. Think the Jameson since 4pm has caught up with me now though :abbath:
Also some chap and his missus at the front decided to have a moment towards the end that reminded me of the ballroom scene in the Labyrinth film :laugh:
Loved every minute of that!;
Sound for Winterfylleth was atrocious. Only I'd done a bit of homework I'd have struggled to differentiate the tracks. They don't have any stage presence either which doesn't help.
Emperor were flawless, I was seated in the circle - great view and sound was spot on.
Lot of special cases in there it has to be said, 80% Sound, 20%let out for the day. Complete geehole in the front row in the wrong seat wouldn't get out of the thing to allow the actual ticket holders access to their seats, seemed to go on forever. Just as one example.
Didn't even look at the merch as the queue was insane.
Quote from: Cailleach on March 24, 2024, 12:09:50 AMQuote from: pete on March 24, 2024, 12:05:05 AMWell, that was shit.
Why?
Was the sound bad?
Ah was only messing. Thought it was brilliant from start to finish. Legends!
One of my all time favourite gigs.
Sound not 100% but I cant remember being at an extreme metal gig where it was. A few annoying knuts around me alright, a couple just chatting and looking around for the night, a few fellas taking too many videos but sure look it.
Outstanding performance from the band, in my opinion. Hope I get to see them again.
Quote from: Pagan Saviour on March 24, 2024, 06:31:17 AMSound for Winterfylleth was atrocious. Only I'd done a bit of homework I'd have struggled to differentiate the tracks. They don't have any stage presence either which doesn't help.
Emperor were flawless, I was seated in the circle - great view and sound was spot on.
Lot of special cases in there it has to be said, 80% Sound, 20%let out for the day. Complete geehole in the front row in the wrong seat wouldn't get out of the thing to allow the actual ticket holders access to their seats, seemed to go on forever. Just as one example.
Didn't even look at the merch as the queue was insane.
Wasn't that the same one who then decided to wander down the aisle to the barrier later on so she could stand and start filming, and tried to ignore the security girl?
And no 2XL shirts available for Emperor. Oh well.
The very one, complete geehole and her mates were the cast of the Hills Have Eyes
I'm still buzzing from that gig.
I said I'm a previous post that it felt like I was witnessing something special.
It was my first time seeing them, I had a perfect view and the set list was brilliant.
The musicianship is on another level when it sines to a band like that.
That dolly bird is the wrong seats was moved at least twice before she was told to from the front row. That female security guard was having none of her shit though.
I stood in that merch queue for ages and there was only size massive left. Ah well.
Home for 2 and off for an under 12's match with himself now. Rock N' Roll!
A workmanlike performance .devoid of any passion.
Great to hear a few of my favourite emperor songs but a very sterile blast fest is all I got out of it
I was up in the circle and thought the sound was very good. Enjoyed the shit out of the gig - Emperor were flawless, and it was great to see them in such a venue. Trym and Ihsahn were particularly impressive to see doing their thing live.
I could only see a small bit of the crowd in the standing section but yeah, I was expecting it to be wild whereas it was fairly mellow from what I could see.
Winterfilleth were alright - felt like they had one speed and are the most dad-looking band I've ever seen (nothing against the dads, I look like them as well).
Keyboard player looked like someone's Uncle
Quote from: Pagan Saviour on March 24, 2024, 09:01:50 AMKeyboard player looked like someone's Uncle
Hans Zimmers second cousin is what we were saying :laugh: Dad band is the best description of them!
The musicianship was off the charts. I thought it was great. I am the black wizards and thus spake the night spirit were my particular highlight. Crowd was a bit flat, most of us are ancient I guess
Last time I'm doing a gig standing. My arthritic knees are destroyed today.
Quote from: Skott Furys jizz rag on March 24, 2024, 09:14:55 AMThe musicianship was off the charts. I thought it was great. I am the black wizards and thus spake the night spirit were my particular highlight. Crowd was a bit flat, most of us are ancient I guess
Last time I'm doing a gig standing. My arthritic knees are destroyed today.
You've encapsulated everything there! :laugh: :abbath:
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 24, 2024, 09:27:50 AMQuote from: Skott Furys jizz rag on March 24, 2024, 09:14:55 AMThe musicianship was off the charts. I thought it was great. I am the black wizards and thus spake the night spirit were my particular highlight. Crowd was a bit flat, most of us are ancient I guess
Last time I'm doing a gig standing. My arthritic knees are destroyed today.
You've encapsulated everything there! :laugh: :abbath:
Nearly! I forgot the obligatory culchie up for the weekend grumble about the cost of a pint in Dublin. Scandalous carry on!
Wait until he tries to buy a 3-bed semi.
:laugh:
Were people expecting some kind of mad crazy pit action at this or something?.
The lead Winterflyth guy always looks like an accountant, you'd think they'd figure out some sort of aesthetic that fits the music. I thought they were fine though, don't get the hate.
During Emperor a guy next to me - patch jacket, every festival ever attended tag on his arm - spent an entire song typing out a We're Not Worthy post on Facebook. "It's taken 33 years for these warriors of Valhalla to make it to these shores" or something, fuck sake :)
The 2 things I'd take away from the Winterfyllth set was every vocal line had the same key, pitch and cadence and the fact that it looked like a band rehearsal.
Yerman Secthdamon seems to be morphing o to Daryl front The Walking Dead.
Quote from: Paul keohane on March 24, 2024, 10:08:34 AMWere people expecting some kind of mad crazy pit action at this or something?.
Yeah I'm not sure, I was in a sort of trance watching, young lad next to me was giving it socks though. Ihsahn being the most metal dude on the planet with a pastel purple Tele was a nice touch!
Quote from: jpm4 on March 24, 2024, 10:09:26 AMDuring Emperor a guy next to me - patch jacket, every festival ever attended tag on his arm - spent an entire song typing out a We're Not Worthy post on Facebook. "It's taken 33 years for these warriors of Valhalla to make it to these shores" or something, fuck sake :)
:laugh:
State of some folk ffs
that show made me love Anthems... even more. a total masterpiece performed expertly last night. imo the high water mark was acclamation of bonds & with strength i burn after all those anthems tunes in a row firing you up. got there at the end again with the last few & Ye Entrancemperium (wish they milked it with Alsvartr building up to the closer) crowd was the only let down but yeah the pit disrupted the place.
Quote from: jpm4 on March 24, 2024, 10:09:26 AMDuring Emperor a guy next to me - patch jacket, every festival ever attended tag on his arm - spent an entire song typing out a We're Not Worthy post on Facebook. "It's taken 33 years for these warriors of Valhalla to make it to these shores" or something, fuck sake :)
:laugh:
A lot of absolute weapons around last night alright!
The knuckle draggery has gone up a few notches at gigs in recent times!
Great show, really loved it
Also meant to mention the setlist. We heard more from Nightside than I thought, couldn't be happier with that. Really really hope they come back to Ireland again.
Curse you all men, been watching clips of it for years,was epic to finally see it performed in the flesh!
What a tune!
Quote from: Paul keohane on March 24, 2024, 10:08:34 AMWere people expecting some kind of mad crazy pit action at this or something?.
No definitely not I just expected to see an enthusiastic crowd excited to see a great band for the very first time. That was my 4th time seeing Emperor and every other time you could just feel the excitement in the air before they took to the stage. When the intro would start playing the crowd chants would start and it didn't stop until the show was over which just wasn't there last night.
The crowd reaction to Emperor felt more like what you would get for a decent support band at a big show who people were not familiar with but showed up to check them out because they heard they were good rather than a band of this magnitude who are only playing a handful of indoor shows with us being very lucky to get one of them. No pit section and a half decent support band to rev people up may have changed some of this.
I would love to know what the Scottish crowd were like the night before. The mixing up of Anthems in with other songs rather than just playing the album from start to finish was a great idea.
Even though I knew it was coming when he started I Am The Black Wizards I had goosebumps all over.
Good wallop from Nightside alright, when the gig was announced I was thinking we'd be lucky to get 1-2 from it.
Was the crowd like the prawn and blazer brigade who attend the Irish home 6 Nations games then ?
Wouldn't know a Night Spirit from a Thunderstruck but go for the prestige and to get some selfies with the one or two dorks who show up in corpse paint, while the real fans get sloshed in the Foggy Dew. :laugh:
There was a lack of recognition or acknowledgment of certain tracks being played alright. Especially for the Nightside stuff.
Must have been lucky where we we were in the middle section; subdued but no fuckwittery at all. Amazing set, if anyone has it I'd like to listen to it again as a playlist.
I was on the barrier so didn't see what was behind me. No idea who else was enthused. Enjoyed every second of it. An incredible feat for DME to get them to play in Ireland.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 24, 2024, 01:48:36 PMMust have been lucky where we we were in the middle section; subdued but no fuckwittery at all. Amazing set, if anyone has it I'd like to listen to it again as a playlist.
Infinity of thoughts, wordless chamber, nightspirit,khaos,loss and curse of reverence, acclimation of bonds, strength I burn, curse you all men, majesty of the night sky, I am the black wizards, inno a satana, burning shadows of silence, entrancemperium
Deadly, nice one. Again, what a set! :abbath:
Well holy shit what a performance by Emperor. A bucket list item finally crossed off. Ye Entrancemperium sounds absolutely colossal live and my neck is killing me from loosing it!
As for the crowd, wtf was happening there?? I was a lone man headbanging in the wind last night. Did they think an ed sheeran tribute band was playing?
Yeah, it was a fairly muted crowd reaction alright. Gig was savage, sound was grand. Head is pounding today, and I'm too afraid to check my back balance after an evening of Dublin pints.
That was an amazing gig last night.
I had resigned myself to seeing them at a festival in Europe before hearing they were playing in Dublin.
Were the tickets expensive ? Yes, and thats been talked about here already, but I'm sure no one cared how much they had paid by the 3rd song.
Hopefully the message is if you book them, the crowd will come.
Superb night. I thought the sound was good, the setlist excellent and the performance was spot on. I didn't go expecting any kind of 1993 BM magic, these are oul fellas now, the best you can hope for is a solid rendition of the classics and we got that.
I paid no heed to the crowd other than that most seemed to be age 40+ so maybe that explains what people perceived to be a lack of enthusiasm. Plenty of cheers after each song around me right down the back. I couldn't get near the front as i like to have a few pints and be able to go for a piss at a gig so no idea if it was weird towards the front.
Great to get back on the gig scene personally. Ran into lots of old faces i hadnt seen in 10 or more years and met a couple of new ones as well. Brilliant night.
Not a peep out of ochoill and astfgyl yet. making me curious what kind of night they cooked up for themselves after the gig :laugh:
They are in the wordless chamber no doubt :abbath:
:laugh:
Great show by Emperor altogether - as already noted their keyboard player was great craic. Even he couldn't resist air blasting to Tryms playing :laugh:
Wonderful to see Ihsahn giving credence to the allure that telecaster guitars seem to have once you're past a certain age - very kvlt and trve. ::)
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 25, 2024, 09:04:27 AMNot a peep out of ochoill and astfgyl yet. making me curious what kind of night they cooked up for themselves after the gig :laugh:
The burnt out shadows of silence
Quote from: Skott Furys jizz rag on March 24, 2024, 02:19:15 PMQuote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 24, 2024, 01:48:36 PMAmazing set, if anyone has it I'd like to listen to it again as a playlist.
Infinity of thoughts, wordless chamber, nightspirit,khaos,loss and curse of reverence, acclimation of bonds, strength I burn, curse you all men, majesty of the night sky, I am the black wizards, inno a satana, burning shadows of silence, entrancemperium
Threw this together as a Spotify list (album versions) while procrastinating/still recovering this morning:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4fRJIM4Mv4hpNVigQtBjq3?si=a685b26ed3f0458d
nice :abbath:
Great set so it was and a strong performance. Why is it that they never played here before? I find it a bit mad
I suppose they were all but done again Emerald/DME started operating around 99/00 - that would've been the most realistic way they could've been booked back then. They'd largely just done festivals and such since the reformation, so we can consider ourselves lucky to see them in a venue like that.
Quote from: Necro Red on March 25, 2024, 10:21:24 AMWhy is it that they never played here before? I find it a bit mad
Just speculating but would have been nobody to book them back on the IX tour and they wouldn't have played Eamon Dorans or the likes because they were doing much bigger venues on that tour especially in the US.
After that it was probably just too much of a risk to book them. Sure when we discussed them coming here on this forum back in 2022 I never would have thought they would have been close to selling out the Olympia.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 25, 2024, 09:04:27 AMNot a peep out of ochoill and astfgyl yet. making me curious what kind of night they cooked up for themselves after the gig :laugh:
:laugh: no I actually stayed sober for the whole thing, one pint in the foggy beforehand but sure I was doing drives and dropoffs then after so a long auld haul home. Fuckin great gig though, got to see a few songs from a booth and then was close to the desk downstairs for the back half of the set. Thought the sound was decent, set was great, good atmosphere where we were even in at the back. Delighted to finally see them after so many years, could have watched them for twice as long.
The other lad is so silent because he left his phone in my car so it made it the whole way back to Limerick with me but he is definitely in ribbons lol. Himself and the two lads that came with us in the car did enough drinking to make up my deficit anyway. Great craic out of them, plenty of arguing and tunes to keep me awake for the spin :laugh:
Quote from: ochoill on March 25, 2024, 01:16:57 PMQuote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 25, 2024, 09:04:27 AMNot a peep out of ochoill and astfgyl yet. making me curious what kind of night they cooked up for themselves after the gig :laugh:
:laugh: no I actually stayed sober for the whole thing, one pint in the foggy beforehand but sure I was doing drives and dropoffs then after so a long auld haul home. Fuckin great gig though, got to see a few songs from a booth and then was close to the desk downstairs for the back half of the set. Thought the sound was decent, set was great, good atmosphere where we were even in at the back. Delighted to finally see them after so many years, could have watched them for twice as long.
The other lad is so silent because he left his phone in my car so it made it the whole way back to Limerick with me but he is definitely in ribbons lol. Himself and the two lads that came with us in the car did enough drinking to make up my deficit anyway. Great craic out of them, plenty of arguing and tunes to keep me awake for the spin :laugh:
lol that got me out of the woodwork! Thought they were great although the end was blurry for me. Didn't have any issue with the sound or the performance although the dead crowd deserve a mention. They are as tight as a miser as well, class musicians. Was fuckin sick enough on Sunday tbf but you'll have that I suppose! Didn't catch any of the support either
That playlist from Spotify with the songs from the concert is a brilliant idea.
It's worth taking into account how lucky we were to get them on that size venue when based upon the type of gigs they would normally play.
I hadn't considered that before.
There is always that sort of banter from the stage of thanks for having us and we hope to come back if you will have us etc.
How likely will it be that they do return?
I suppose it's based on what's offered to them close by.
There's a site setify.co that will use setlist.fm data to make a spotify playlist and save to your Spotify account. I find it handy for upcoming gigs when not familiar with a band.
Dust settled..hangover finally going..fantastic night..sound was fairly decent down the back on tye floor where we were..handy to get pints n jax..no complaints except for that godawful telecaster
I'm convinced that's not a tele but one of his signature ones shaped like a tele.
Could this gig be a contender for highest attendance by users from this site?
This gig discussion is almost like from a MI thread in its heydey!
I know. My kids are slagging me silly for being such a fanboy. Emperor this and Emperor that.
QuoteThis gig discussion is almost like from a MI thread in its heydey!
It is! Seems like there's more here at the minute or am I imagining things?
Quote from: Circlepit on March 25, 2024, 06:48:24 PMI know. My kids are slagging me silly for being such a fanboy. Emperor this and Emperor that.
Not far off ya..haven't talked about anything else since to be honest
This is the tele. It's a custom Aristredes which has a lil pinch of BM influence on the back despite its pastel lilac look :abbath:
https://aristidesinstruments.com/gallery/t-0-lilac-pearl-satin-ihsahn-custom/
Interesting guitars though - not even made of wood but some composite material.
I told a non metal friend of mine I went to see Emperor over the weekend. He asked was it this band from Waterford after they had taken the soup?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Emperor
I thought it was funny anyways
Quote from: Vim Fuego on March 25, 2024, 07:17:35 PMThis is the tele. It's a custom Aristredes which has a lil pinch of BM influence on the back despite its pastel lilac look :abbath:
https://aristidesinstruments.com/gallery/t-0-lilac-pearl-satin-ihsahn-custom/
Interesting guitars though - not even made of wood but some composite material.
:-*
That axe design on the back of the guitar is the official shield of Telemark, but it does coincidentally have an old school black metal look to it.
Quote from: boozegeune on March 25, 2024, 07:57:25 PMThat axe design on the back of the guitar is the official shield of Telemark, but it does coincidentally have an old school black metal look to it.
Had no idea, today I learned. Thanks!
Horrendous looking nonsense of a guitar..the only place I want to see a telecaster is Rory Gallagher playing In Your Town..anything after that can leave the hall
Quote from: londonleatherboy on March 25, 2024, 08:37:53 PMHorrendous looking nonsense of a guitar..the only place I want to see a telecaster is Rory Gallagher playing In Your Town..anything after that can leave the hall
Telecasters are metal as fuck. Teles ist krieg!
He gets a pass because it's not actually a tele.
Ronnie Wood type tele can fuck right off. Cunt.
A friend of mine used to play in a hardcore type band sold his guitar, can't remember the name started with the letter T, had a slightly weird shaped headstock like two upside down letter L. He bought an old tele as he reckoned it was great for a jangly loose rock sound and great for fucking around with when it came to feedback.
Anyway I'd imagine Ishahn's can take a severe beating and stay in tune.
Ronnie Wood's Tele's are made by ESP funnily enough :abbath:
Yeah was a great performance, you'd wonder if they ever get the itch to do a record but maybe it's for the best, you have to respect Ishahn doesn't just stick the name on his solo albums.
Teles are great but a strange choice for metal.
Gig was great. Was in the pit and thought the sound was a bit hit or miss at times but I was pissed, tripping and know the tracks so wasn't an issue. Missed Winterfillets.
Quote from: ldj on March 25, 2024, 09:16:48 PMRonnie Wood's Tele's are made by ESP funnily enough :abbath:
Yeah was a great performance, you'd wonder if they ever get the itch to do a record but maybe it's for the best, you have to respect Ishahn doesn't just stick the name on his solo albums.
He recently gave an interview,there will be no more Emperor albums.
On the subject of teles - I remember when Nile played Eamonn Dorans (Black Seeds tour), Karl Sanders was playing a blonde fender telecaster with humbuckers. That certainly stood out, especially in comparison to his guitars in later years which were comically metal and pointy.
My friends ould lad had a 68 telecaster. Best guitar I've ever played.
Quote from: jpm4 on March 25, 2024, 07:40:04 PMI told a non metal friend of mine I went to see Emperor over the weekend. He asked was it this band from Waterford after they had taken the soup?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Emperor
I thought it was funny anyways
:laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: boozegeune on March 25, 2024, 07:57:25 PMThat axe design on the back of the guitar is the official shield of Telemark, but it does coincidentally have an old school black metal look to it.
The tape box that was released a few years ago comes with an old logo patch that has that axe on it.
Quote from: Vim Fuego on March 26, 2024, 10:33:20 AMOn the subject of teles - I remember when Nile played Eamonn Dorans (Black Seeds tour), Karl Sanders was playing a blonde fender telecaster with humbuckers. That certainly stood out, especially in comparison to his guitars in later years which were comically metal and pointy.
Sanders used to play a strat, not a tele. Had it for years and then went mad pointy.
Again, teles are great guitars but not suited to metal.
I've seen lads wrangle some nasty, heavy as fuck doom out of a standard single coil tele!
You're dead right (https://www.facebook.com/KarlSandersNileOfficial/posts/912450173577668/?paipv=0&eav=AfYdzctRLrdtdmL50ikZUwh9uXJjCPN0cS5L7ZB6eHbM8Xp1LaXRvX2hYgPLCUt346I&_rdr) (Fb link to a post by Karl)- that's a false memory I had in my head since that gig.
Quote from: open face surgery on March 26, 2024, 05:37:52 PMQuote from: Vim Fuego on March 26, 2024, 10:33:20 AMOn the subject of teles - I remember when Nile played Eamonn Dorans (Black Seeds tour), Karl Sanders was playing a blonde fender telecaster with humbuckers. That certainly stood out, especially in comparison to his guitars in later years which were comically metal and pointy.
Sanders used to play a strat, not a tele. Had it for years and then went mad pointy.
Again, teles are great guitars but not suited to metal.
I'd rather see a tele over a strat any day.
Those pedal rigs looked the job as well.
He has one up on his social media and they seem to put together just for him.
The guitar cabs weren't micced up at all.