1) Emperor was known as one of the most infamous Norwegian black metal bands during the early and mid-1990s. Samoth was jailed for 16 months for taking part in church burnings with Varg Vikernes (Burzum), along with other members of the Norwegian black metal scene. Drummer Faust was jailed for church burning and for the stabbing and murder of a homosexual man in 1992 (he was never suspected of it until 2 years later when he was arrested in 1994).
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1) Emperor was known as one of the most infamous Norwegian black metal bands during the early and mid-1990s. Samoth was jailed for 16 months for taking part in church burnings with Varg Vikernes (Burzum), along with other members of the Norwegian black metal scene. Drummer Faust was jailed for church burning and for the stabbing and murder of a homosexual man in 1992 (he was never suspected of it until 2 years later when he was arrested in 1994). The group disbanded in 2001 because they felt they had lived up to everything they wanted to with Emperor. They have received "legendary" status, toured worldwide, have a large catalog of releases, and they didn't want to be known as another group that "never knows when to quit making music" as well as creative incompatibilities (Ihsahn was becoming more inspired by the progressive tendencies he would showcase in his solo work, whereas Samoth was exploring a technical death metal inspiration he would utilize in Zyklon.) An Emperor guitar/bass tablature book titled "Scattered Ashes - A Decade of Emperial Wrath" was released by Candlelight Records in 2006. It features 13 Emperor classics transcripted by Ihsahn and comes with a free CD (the first disc of the compilation of the same name released in 2003). The band reunited in 2005 to play at Scream Magazine's anniversary festival and to headline the 2006 editions of Norway's Inferno Festival and Germany's Wacken Open Air. In an interview with UK Magazine Terrorizer, Ihsahn hinted at the possibility of another Emperor album but stated that Emperor is now a side project. In 2013, another reunion was announced, with original drummer Faust, to headline Bloodstock Festival in 2014, and the 25th anniversary of the Wacken Open Air festival in the same year. This reunion also marked the 20th anniversary of "In the Nightside Eclipse". In 2016, another reunion was announced for 2017 in which the band will perform the "Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk" album in its entirety to celebrate the LP's 20th anniversary. -- 2) Emperor, real name Conor Corrigan, is a drum 'n' bass and dubstep DJ from Halifax, UK. Emperor has proven himself with some heavyweight releases on Critical, Symmetry, Inspected, Neosignal, Ammunition, VISION, Blackout Music NL, and some exquisite Dubstep gems on the Caliber label. Emperor teamed-up with Mefjus, and unleashed their unstoppable "Hello World EP" which sky-rocketed them to the heights of the Drum & Bass scene, with the acclaimed 'Void Main Void' and 'Disrupted'. He has also made official remixes for artists like Black Sun Empire, IMANU, and Annix. His side project is MONUMAN.
