Emperor - IX Equilibrium (Full Album) 

I used to listen to this album from start to finish after 12 hour shifts at work back in the early 00's. I got home most times just at the last song was ending. Hail Ihsahn and Emperor!

They were like, 22 years old when they made this and it was the their 3rd album. That's what blows me away. To already be established, genre defining musicians, playing at this level with such discipline is insane. I don't know about you all, but I certainly wasn't the most driven or focused individual in my early 20's. Much respect!

Decrystallizing Reason is one of the most beautiful song I've ever heard

The quintessential black metal album. The greatest musicians of the genre at their peak. Fucking timeless.

This album came out in 1999 and that year I was bombarded by Limp Bizkit and Kid Rock. What a treasure this album is.

1. "Curse You All Men!" 0:01 2. "Decrystallizing Reason" 4:40 3. "An Elegy of Icaros" 11:02 4. "The Source of Icon E" 17:42 5. "Sworn" 21:23 6. "Nonus Aequilibrium" 25:57 7. "The Warriors of Modern Death" 31:45 8. "Of Blindness & Subsequent Seers" 36:44 9. "Outro" (Hidden track) 43:33

"Of blindness and subsequent seers" is a masterpiece.

The start of "Decrystallizing Reason" at 4:40 takes me to Middle East. It is gorgeous.

An elegy of Icaros is a fcking masterpiece.

The production on this album is just incredible, the drums just cut through so clear and Curse you all men has the be one of the greatest opening tracks of any album ever.

Emperor's magnum opus, in my opinion. Many say Anthems and i have nothing to say about that, but i think this was even better and more sophisticated. Better production too, although the buzzing of the guitars can be overwhelming. Great record from beginning to end, fantastic compositions, riffs and Trym's drumming. Of Blindness & Subsequent Seer, the title track, An Elegy Of Icaros, Decrystallizing Reason, such awesome atmosphere. Brings back a lot of memories from those days, time flies unfortunately but music is like a time's machine, it can take us where we want.

When they made black metal sounds progressively and symphonically, and yet not over the top

1. "Curse You All Men!" 0:01 2. "Decrystallizing Reason" 4:40 3. "An Elegy of Icaros" 11:02 4. "The Source of Icon E" 17:42 5. "Sworn" 21:23 6. "Nonus Aequilibrium" 25:57 7. "The Warriors of Modern Death" 31:45 8. "Of Blindness & Subsequent Seers" 36:44 9. "Outro" (Hidden track) 43:33

I'll never grow tired of this band, listening to them now I'd say for the best part of 15 years and the songs still sound fresh. My favourite band of all time

the album that got me into extreme metal

Parts of this album remind me of parts of the soundtrack of SNES Prince of Persia.

Underrated album. this is more like symphonic extreme metal rater than black metal. the progression of their sound is very clear here.

I would say this is one of their most ambitious albums. Mixing is a little bit muddled and being medieval and epic was already been done in the previous record and - that was what I thought when it first came out.

Tyrm's drumming sounds like an earthquake or avalanche!

Emperor impeccable as usual, their career was always In crescendo and the orchestral arrangements Ihsahn made are ahead of time.

the perfect black metal, is sound like a progressive black metal to me!!!!!!

King Diamond shrieks in full force

This is absolutely epic! The power that lies within this album is indescribable! Thanks Emperor!

My favorite Emperor album🔥👌

This has to be their heaviest

Warriors of modern death is so underrated!

Mighty Mighty Emperor at the highest Point of their creative path! There are bands more complex and faster, but no one in this world shows more musicality. The parts of the Songs are like they organically grew out of each other, every drumfill is different, gitars expressing fastness by Special Tremolo effects and sounds like laser (of blindness and subsequent seers)... endless examples i could write here! I celebrated this Album in the 90s when it came out. For me, they blasted cradle of filth away, wich i adored before. The prometheus Album has a few aspects further developed than here, but i heared, that, when they did it,they were a bit frustrated and that the decision was allready made to put an end to emperor after this. Somehow, i can hear that on Prometheus. When they made lX Equilibrium, there was a rumor that emperor considered them selfes not to come from this world... this is, what iove to hear!!!

強烈さの中に北欧の寒々とした雰囲気が強く感じるね。 🇯🇵from japan🇯🇵

At 31:45 you can hear the same bell ringing like in "For whom the bell tolls" by Metallica. Excellent album by Emperor, as usual! Its great to see their development from raw and cruel to cristalclear composing close to orchestral character without any disappointments.

2020 and it feels just like the first time i listened to this album! Those Rob Halford influences though!!!

one of their masterpieces!!!. all hail the migthy Emperor!

This is the second best album by Emperor right after "In the nightside eclipse" in my opinion. I'm always blown away by "the source of icon E". Love it

Probably my favorite of the 4 Emperials

Emperor being Emperor..bought, played,enjoyed.

Pure, badass art!!!!

The Mighty Emperor in their prodigious time was undeniably a force of nature. HAILS!!!!

This is brilliant. Somehow The Wretched End fills the gap, but this...

19:24 Black Metal meets King Diamond/Mercyful Fate. Awesome screams! \m/ \m/

playing the first song on guitar, quite complicated and almost death metal like. 9/10

It's crazy to think that I listened to this album 20 years ago.... I loved it, yet wrote it off. I even sold my tape copy for cents. I sit here, years wiser, with a drink in hand, and think: How is this their 3rd album? It's too refined, a technical beauty! How is this their second-to-final album? They have so much potential! ...And finally, I wish Euronymous didn't destroy this band from the inside out.

Trym is a BEAST!!!!!!!

I don't remember the year I bought the album if it was 1999 or 2000 The whole album is sick

Riff since 29:19 is amazing!

This is on a whole over level man wow

As a Death Metal fan is not easy to me listening Black but emperor clearly kick ass.

hail EMPEROR

The best vocals of Ihsahn were on the debut album of the band, another great performance of best vocals by Ihsahn can be found on the song Of Blindness & Subsequent Seers, this song contains also two fine guitar solos, this album was my first introduction to Emperor, of course i found later all their albums and also saw them live twice in 2006 and 2014, and i'm following also after Ihsahn solo career, this album has a great importance for me since it was the album that introduced me with black metal, this album is fantastic and i can't understand the disppointment of others, thanks for sharing,

Absolute masterpiece without time!

Never gets old.

Emperor! Sublime Strengh!!

19:24 Mercyful Fate

32:46 the Riff sounds like Bathory

the best album

This and Prometheus, IMO, are just as important as the 2 "classic" Emperor albums

Già "Curse You All Men" vale tutto l'album! L'ho ascoltato e riascoltato dalla prima all'ultima traccia per tantissimo tempo, tutt'ora non mi annoia, un capolavoro, sound, atmosfera, riff! Troppo sottovalutato, infatti è un album che ho riscoperto nel tempo!

Majestic album

9 IS THE KEY. LONG LIFE THE EMPEROR.!

Incredible album

masterpiece

Took me tiiiimes to listen to this, I was into In the Nighstide , and I fucking loved Anthems ( best one imo), everyone told me this was disapoiting compared to first albums. Well, it's indeed not as awesome, but still a really good album ! Nothing to be ashamed of

UNDERRATED CHNL.. awsm label

I thought I'd completely forgotten this album in its totality.untill I heard em shriek.. "CURSE YOU ALL MEEEEEN! RAAAAARGH!" 🤘🤬🤘. honestly thought I might have grown out of the blackest of metals.but it's hard to shake that addiction once ur already hooked on that wasp-in-a-bucket style riffage n don't forget bout them double bass drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrums!. although in my (slightly) older age I cud probly do with more clean/operatic vocals in the black metals.dont get me wrong I luv a good strategicly placed shriek or grunt as much as the next dude.but the frequency of all those abrasive regular vocals do tend to grate on my middle aged brain after 15min or so 😭

31:50 For Whom The Bell Tolls?

Excellent.

I love this album !

19:11 to 19:50 I adore that part...🙇‍♂️

Ihsahn looks so evil in that picture

Can't....... even though I try and try get into Anthems, but I love Nightside and this???

forever fo the EmpEroR

It was nice they realised they had overdone the a-choir thing. Or at least Ihsahn did ..(Samoth interview ,Scream mag-99) This album is perfect in all aspects; the progressive songwriting,(?)the amazing riffing,unique synth work,and a perfect production according to 1999 standards. The ultima-perfectum song on this album: "The Source of Icon E"

Muy buen tema.super poderoso. Saludls d la soga rock

The more I listen to this one and 'Anthems,' 'Nightside' takes the backseat.

I wish these older albums would be remastered.

SUCH A GREAT ALBUM - HAILS

Very HQ album.

Icarus🔥🔥🔥🔥

best EMperor album if you ask me

perfect

Might not be the favorite album for people who like raw lofi black metal (me) its still good but most is they are very good musicians masters of their craft they took black metal to a beautifully sophisticated level

I just bought the vinyl for a friend

Would really love the first two albums remastered. I love the dissonance but you miss out on the technicality and musicianship to a degree

7:37 OMG! Fantastic!

I tried figuring the first song out on guitar and Ihsahn had to go and publish tabs.

Can't figure out if I like Anthems or this one better.

Epic & Elite...

That outro though ...

EMPEROR COMO SIEMPRE CARGADO DE POTENCIA Y RAPIDES QUE ASOMBRA¡¡¡¡¡ CHINGONSISISIMO ALBUM!!!!!!!

My god… 🖤🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻🖤

Posiblemente mi disco favorito de la banda junto con el Prometeus.

Excelente.

This is the album that got me into black metal and Emperor. HAIL

Best the Best semerese los mallores premios de la academia musical todo un diamante

wow !!! It blew my fking mind I have to calm down with ac / dc.

OLD SCHOOL BLACK METAL!!! 1994-1995!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿😎

Hail fuckin emperor 🤘😈🤘

Awsome Fucking Black Metal

my first metal album, I was 12 ^^'

That is exactly the same bell sample Metallica used on Ride The Lighting..

rip ,emperor.