Emperor je BM bend iz norveškog grada Notoddena osnovan 1991. godine. Bend se nažalost raspao, a zadnja etiketa pod kojom su svirali bio je Candlelight Records. Svirali su brz BM, s dodavanjem mnogo simfonijskih BM elemenata. Teme tekstova su bili sotonizam (stariji albumi), misticizam, priroda i mitologija. Zanimljivo je to da su uz Burzum (Varga Vikernesa) i ostale bili povezani sa spaljivanjem crkava u Norveškoj.
Zadnja postava:
* Ihsahn (Vegard Sverre Tveitan) - Vokal, Gitara, Bass, Klavijature (1991-) (Embryonic, Hardingrock, Ildjarn, Peccatum, Thou Shalt Suffer, Wongraven, Zyklon-B (Nor))
* Samoth (Tomas Thormodsaeter Haugen) - Gitara (1991-) (also Drums on "Wrath of the Tyrant") (Arcturus (Nor), Burzum, Embryonic, Gorgoroth, Ildjarn, Satyricon, Scum (Nor), Thou Shalt Suffer, Zyklon, Zyklon-B (Nor), Xerasia)
* Trym Torson (Kai Johnny Mosaker) - bubnjevi (1996-) (Ceremony (US), Enslaved (Nor), Imperium (Nor), Paganize, Shadow Season, Tartaros (Nor), Zyklon, Abigail Williams)
Live članovi:
* Secthdaemon (Odd Tony) - Bass (2005-) (Kill All, Myrkskog, Odium (Nor), Zyklon)
* Einar Solberg - Klavijature (2005-) (Leprous (Nor))
Bivši članovi:
* Mortiis (Håvard Ellefsen) (1991-1992) (Cintecele Diavolui, Algaion, Vond, Fata Morgana (Nor))
Tchort (Terje Vik Schei) (1993-1994) (Blood Red Throne, Carpathian Forest, Green Carnation, Satyricon)
Alver (Jonas Alver) (1995-1998) (Dødheimsgard) - bas gitara
* Faust (Bård G. Eithun) (1992-1994) (Thorns, Zyklon, Impostor/Death Fuck,Aborym, Scum (Nor), Decomposed Cunt, Blood Tsunami, Stigma Diabolicum, Hesperus Dimension) - bubnjevi
Diskografija:
* Wrath of the Tyrant - Demo, 1992
* Emperor - EP, 1993
* Emperor / Hordanes Land - Split, 1993
* In the Nightside Eclipse - Full-length, 1994
* As the Shadows Rise - EP, 1994
* Reverence - EP, 1996
* Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk - Full-length, 1997
* Emperor / Wrath of the Tyrant - Best of/Compilation, 1998
* Thorns vs. Emperor - Split album, 1999
* IX Equilibrium - Full-length, 1999
* Emperial Live Ceremony - Video/VHS, 2000
* True Kings of Norway - Split, 2000
* Emperial Live Ceremony - Live album, 2000
* The Emperial Vinyl Presentation - Boxed set, 2001
* Prometheus - The Discipline of Fire & Demise - Full-length, 2001
* Scattered Ashes: A Decade Of Emperial Wrath - Best of/Compilation, 2003
* Thus Spake the Nightspirit / Inno a Satana - Single, 2009
* Live at Wacken Open Air 2006 - DVD, 2009
* Live Inferno - Boxed set, 2009
* Live Inferno / Live at Wacken Open Air 2006 - Live album, 2009
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