IHSAHN Of EMPEROR On How Hip Hop Helps His Music, Insecurities And More | Metal Injection
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ส.ค. 2018
- Frank sits down with Ihsahn of Emperor at this year's Heavy Montreal Festival to discuss his latest solo album, how listening to mainstream music helps him write, his musical insecurities, and future plans for Emperor in this exclusive interview.
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I was today years old when I learned how Ihsahn's name is pronounced.
same here!! I always refer to him as " The emperor guy"
@@MrUnderhilll Haha same!
Yeah. He will always be Ihsahn for me and not Ishahn. :)
Yeah. He will always be Ihsahn for me and not Ishahn. :)
Yeah. He will always be Ihsahn for me and not Ishahn. :)
I finally learned how to pronounce his name. I heard him say it here. Finally!
it's amazing how much Ishan has matured as opposed to other prominent figures from the norwegian black metal scene
I consider him a prominent 21st century composer, no matter the style of music he plays it's beyond genre. So glad he went away from Emperor. We got some killer albums out of that that will forever be cherished, but his later works inspire me well beyond what he did there.
That's because he's s talented artist no a clone of a clone of a clone band
Deconsecrator you're father enjoys it so don't judge lol
JM Revelo
Saying that about Ihsahn is the same that saying that Metallica didn't "sold out" to get MORE MONEY by playing "Nothing else mathers", "Sad but true" and "The unforgiven".
AHAHAH !
Did you know that Abbath has a Motorhead cover band called "Bombers" ?
Did you know that some norwegian Black Metal bands musicians are joining together to form Tradition Heavy Metal bands or even Hard-Rock/Rock'n'Roll bands, as an example, CHROME DIVISION, but without leaving their original bands ?
If i had a BLACK METAL (or THRASH) band and if i wanted to play POP MUSIC for chicks just to get MORE MONEY i woud had a SIDE-BAND, so, there's a difference between BEING ASSHOLE (playing different songs to get more money) and TO BE SMART (side-band) !
Yeah. You don't need to be super intense insane so make black metal.
how easy, quiet and matured looks his face now, i saw his face and i look a man who i love and admire as my favorite musician with a historic background back in the early 90's, those days about the inner circle, the black metal been condemned, euronymous assassination, varg in jail, other black metal scene stars killing homosexual man, the obscure satanic era in the black metal scene back in the day when we were just kids, i just can say hail Ihsahn thanks for the best years back in the 90's and what you're still doing, Hail Ihsahn!
Omar Encarnacion1
But back in the 90s all Norwegian Black Metal bands musicians were just doing like the Catholic Church in Middle Age when it practiced the Dictatorship of the Holy Inquisition, and what i mean is KILL ALL PAGANS, so, if the World want to judge World Wide Black Metal they have to judge in 1st place the Catholic Church for Paedophilia.
@@PAULOhypo Yeah....but still doesn't justify their action
Emperor is an amazing band.
I think his power comes from his humility and calmness. Maybe other men of his time have too many neurotic things keeping them from being as prolific. Or maybe they just have other goals, whatever.
I love your videos, and now I see you see this mans power as well. Explains a lot
Ihsahn is a very talented man. I think he might be Norways greatest composer of all time. :o
And he has changed alot, since age 18 till now. :). I hope he will continue to compose and play, into his late old age. \m/
-Erl
Such a cool Black Wizard.
I loved emperor back in high school almost 20 years ago but really grew out of my love for black metal, but his solo stuff has just been fantastic and always changing. Das seelenbrechen blew me away with the atmosphere, and that badass sax.
I also mostly grew out of black metal after high school. I still get it and can appreciate it when I hear it, but personally I usually choose to listen to something else. Emperor is the one exception though It was my favorite BM band back then and remains a favorite to this day. Ihsahn's solo work is just great.
Yeah I was buying Burzun and Emperor cassettes in 92 93 94..I still appreciate it but find it hard to believe there is still bands playing the same stuff,riddled with image, today . The stars aligned when it came out,it had a mystery,a hard to come by aura
"...I've only played for the necessity of create"
that's where truly worth music comes from.
I would be happy to hear just one or two new Emperor songs!!
Yes!
Great! Thanks for doing this interview! Ihsahn is such an inspirational person.
Funny that he mentioned Bowie because I consider Ihsahn the Bowie of metal. A true artist.
That's very true!
I'm the same in my opinion I love Bowie and I love Emperor 😂😂
He seems like such a nice person. Despite the misleading title, great interview! Love this guy :)
I love how he mentioned Radiohead, I have made the same connection a while back. Every Ihsahn record sounds completely different from one another but they somehow all sound like Ihsahn. The same thing applies to Radiohead. That's magical.
Love the synths on this new album.
he is so grounded and humble
Imperial live ceremony, one of the best shows I've ever seen emperor are legendary. And now I'm addicted to his latest album AMR . what could I say, this guy is genius.
Incredible musician.
This is a really awesome interview. Thanks for sharing!
First time listening to " In The Nightside" back in 2001, I remember hating it but the more i kept investing into it throughout that year, It instantly became my bible.
I love that man.
Great work, Frank!
Man, Ricky Gervais looks metal AF
I think he looks a bit more like Gary Oldman, always sort of did.
Waiting for IX Equilibrium live Come on!
Awesome. A genius. Ihsahn is still the emperor.
Ihsahn's and hip hop the true definition of black metal
G.O.A.T. No question.
Amazing music and a Jaeger on a nato strap...Isahn is full of surprises !
Respect to ihsahn and a really big thanks for all the 90's memories.
But same respect goes to all emperor members and i'll suggest younger aged fans give Arcturus a listen,a project of emperor members and other bands without ihsahn...it will worth your time.
Arcturus is everything
Anyone else hoping for a 30th anniversary reunion tour? It's only a couple years away...
Fenriz, Varg, a lot of blackers love electronic music and/or hip hop. Monika Kruse is a huge influence for example. She has a dark atmosphere, really unique. Adore Ihsahn, he never stops exploring and experimenting, successfully might I add and that's why I hold him in such a high regard. And he is chill and down to earth, unlike some of his peers who are still edgelords. Lovely interview!
Not sure how big a fan of hip hop varg is . definatly him and fenriz love early house and techno , wich gives their music a more interesting edge than most other Black metal artists
Varg likes hip hop? I'm finding that hard to believe.
Eospag meant electronic mb. He loves The Cure tho haha
Oh, my bad. Read that wrong. That's pretty cool though.
Fran Lovel Šimić Varg is too racist to appreciate hip hop
True king!
Emperor saying Radiohead has made my day.
I can almost see my reflection in his forehead
Sam Leamy when you're wealthy and an innovator of all atmospheric black metal bands it's ok to have a shiny forehead lmao
INVISIBLE corpse paint
OLD SCHOOL BLACK METAL!!
🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
I wish I had hair to slick back like that lol. Clean!
Id like a ix equilibrium live album =)))
Wish Emperor or Ihsahn solo would come to the US
he has. Saw him at MDF a couple years ago
When?
emperor just played in Montreal
So which state is Montreal in again
They don't even speak english there
Just noticed that robert fripp and isahn have the same shoulderline
One day a long many years ago i realized the massive influence Kind Diamond/Merciful Fate must have had on Ihsahn. Once you hear it you cannot unhear it. It's not a bad thing by all means, i just noticed it one day and was like oh fuck yeah, that's King Diamond influence right there.
King Diamond has influenced so many bands and musicians. Really blows my mind. Kalmah comes to mind.
I had just written something similar a few minutes ago about Voivod being a surprise influence on Ihsahn - once I heard it, I couldn't unhear it! The influences of bands like Venom, Bathory, Celtic Frost, and Hellhammer on Emperor were a little more obvious and hard to miss, but it's kind of a treat to suddenly hear something a little subtler in Ihsahn's work, like hints of King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, or Voivod that you've never noticed before, and then see his music in a completely different light. Part of what makes Ihsahn's work so interesting, timeless, and rewarding to me is not so much what he hits us over the head with (he does work in some genres where excess is a central part of everything he does), but in what is understated or just barely audible in the spaces between the feedback, blastbeats, and screams.
Один из лучших вокалистов в метале!
Such a great human.
I wish he would have asked more about the title of the post because that’s why I watched, I want to know what pop and r&b artists he was talking about lol. This video should be just called Ihsahn talks about his creative process
In another interview, he said he listens to a lot of trap music.
@@terenceaaron1999 but thats not hip hop. I was hoping he was listening to more authentic hip hop.
Just saw him interviewed by #OlaEnglund about the new Ihsahn record!
What watch is he wearing?
Ihsahn=god
@@motor00 ^Behemoth reference obs =P
@@motor00 of course it only works in English but not in the original languages.
English is a hilarious language.
This interviewer is awesome, in this and in other interviews. He actually asks interesting questions about the creative process, rather than gossip shite
Frank is the only tolerable reporter MI has
All Norwegians and Swedes i met in my life speak english perfectly, Danes too, i often spoke with them in my tourism work, some of them almost offended when i told them something on german, supposing they are Germans based by their appearance and Germans are the most common tourists, they know german but don't want speak german.
I'm not really a fan of rap, but I really respect his open mind
It's recommended for musicians to listen to as many other forms of audio that they can for inspiration. Because, all things considered, music from any genre- is simply math. So it's possible for a black metal musician to listen to a pop-country track and be inspired by how a breakdown is introduced, or a harmony from an R&B song or Motown hit, and emulate it in their own style. The listener perhaps never realizing what the inspiration was. It opens up the artist's mind and allows them to experiment. The alternative may be to do the same thing over and over again, until you get so bored of it, you just can't do it anymore.
@@lashtalExcellent comment
Is Ihsahn the only one wearing glasses in BM scene?
Such a niece young man that ihsahn is idc what anyone says black metal artists are the nicest people
I always pronounced his name as "ISSAN" but It its ISHANN
Me too
Frostien Nissan😂
Pretty sure the guy in the background at 5:15 was taking a piss
8:45 "irregardless" is not a word my guy!
i believe its "you know, regardless"
Ok, I got to say, if you're going to argue semantics, you might want to word your argument better. Irregardless is in fact a word & has been for at least a century. Is it defined as standard English?, no, in fact it's an nonstandard form of English, more like a shoot off or a dialect of sorts with nonwords and broken grammar. Will it ever become apart of standard English?, probably not, many words have become apart of standard English since irregardless got coined, but not irregardless. You might want to instead say, irregardless is not proper English.
@@felinekaiju4517 touché.
it is a word as long as people have it in their vocabulary and are using it. but it certainly doesn't exist in the english lexicon. and the whole reason it exists and is in use is because of ignorance. that is why i felt it needed to be pointed out. i have no problem with bastardized words being used colloquially, but this one is cringingly redundant since the meaning ur trying to make using this word, can already be made without blemishing the word (irregardless = regardless)
p.s. its sad to see even native speakers make these kind of mistakes when it feels embarrassing even for someone like me, for whom english was the fourth language.
Sakar Thapa Sakar Thapa I agree with what you just said, it was more to do with how you worded your original statement. '' "irregardless" is not a word my guy' that my reply was about . Where perhaps saying something like '"Irregardless" is not a word within the English Lexicon my guy". Because you're bringing in the context of specifics.
@@felinekaiju4517 yes, i had understood what specifically you were pointing out and admit my technical slip, hence the "touché".
i was just taking the opportunity to make my position clearer (in my previous response) to the next reader, not you specifically. cheers 😀
That One Guy Who Disliked......SHAME ON U!
AND THEY MULTIPLY!
14 now
I’ve been pronouncing his name wrong for years!
Hella misleading video title...
Wow!! Ishahn is a genius! He used 808s!! not like death metal bands have done that for a long while. to name one, Berzerker been using 808s an 909s since the beggining
I'm not even a fan of Ishahn, but nobody ever said that he did it first.
Sounds like a nice strawman to me.
I think that's great honestly, one can only listen to so much metal and nothing else lol, contrary to knuckle dragging *Trvv3 M3tvvlh3vvd$* it is okay to listen to shit that isn't metal...
I myself enjoy many forms of music, but the elitists vs musically diverse people is a funny thing to me. It doesn't matter, really. You have the freedom to listen to multiple music genres, just like metal elitists have the freedom to ONLY listen to trv kvlt metal. Live how you want, freedom is nice. :D
so is it pronounced ishahn or not?
frank unodostres I thought it was Islam? I think he’s Muslim.
When did Eddie Izard replace Ishan?
Where's the Hip Hop story that helped Ishan's music?
All I heard is radio head and few other things, not Hip-Hop.
2:59 He's talking about tuned 808s, sub-bass, hip-hop production.
He added funk riff grooves with 808s. I have to check it out closely
bit of a click bait title
What helped his music doesn't mean that it is actually in the music.
If you would have listed and paid attention, you would have heard him say...
I've never been a suicide silence fan but I think I'm going to give the whole discography a listen
Why would put that here bro your in the wrong fucking video
"Aid luv listen da hiphop, itso shitty. No matter what I do, it always will be better."
If you listen closely you can hear him saying that he listens to 6ix9ine lols 😂
John Franco He said he was going to do a song with Rick Ashley
Can you believe this guy is 43 ? His skin is so young wtf
All that natural wild Norwegian fish
And by Norwegian standards he looks *a little* older than usual for that age.
@@andrea-rebeccahosarygard9932 When he was 25,I thought he was 48.
Dude used to look v scary
First time I watched "The Loss and Curse of Reverence" video I was 13 and I thought this guy was in conspiracy with Satan. Now he looks like a hipster hahaha.
Andy M I was waiting for him to say “Do you mind if I share Jesus with you?” 🤣🤣
Is it just me, or does he extremely resemble Jim Root?
korn
When did Jonathan Davis start a black metal band?
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
Isahn isn't Black Metal. He hasn't been since he left Emperor.
This poser isn't Black Metal. Hasn't been since he left Emperor.
Justin Widle poser... he created some of the most influential records in black metal and never pretended to be anything hes not, he doesn't owe you anything. ironically people who call other people posers are just pretending to be more kvlt than everyone else, if you dont like what hes doing now then fuck off and dont listen to it.
Ihsahn will long be forgotten, but Justin Widle will go down in history for his revelation that Ihsahn is a poser.
Don’t forget to buy your mom some pancakes.......
Is this at a golf course. Amazing what age does to oneself😂
BigBassLover2969 Its out the back of a nursing home 🏠
have you never seen a park in your life?
Ihsahn / body count collab
Clickbait. Change the title.
i totally HATE black metal...but this guy...god, he's A MUSICIAN...i really don't know if he attended college and studied Music as a career, but...he's a total pro writer, also uses some black metal elements on guitar, but they dont sound horrible and spike-highs
Eric Valverde even from the first emperor album you can tell he's a musical genius. No metal band in the world at that point had mixed keyboards into their music so well.
No metal band in the world UP TO THIS point had mixed keyboards into their music so well
@@laightime yeah I'd agree, Nightside and Anthems are unmatched tbh
Henry Walton Master's Hammer has been doing it way before Emperor.
Hip hop doesn't help anyone at all, first it was putting sax and all that jazz-black metal shit, and now hip hop. good funny that. what's next? Rap?
Garm already beat him to that for almost 20 years lol (Arcturus Disguised Masters album)
To bad hadnt written a good song since 99
No wonder he hasn't written anything worth listening to for awhile now lol. "Pop/Hip hop" 😂😂😂😂😂
You must be a hit at parties.
Listen to striding then let me know... His a Genius... he can do all kind of music and stay the same Black metal Rots. So just open your mind a bit.