▁of ▁Re ver ence ", ▁was ▁released ▁as ▁a ▁te aser ▁for ▁the ▁album . ▁Anth ems ▁to ▁the ▁Wel kin ▁at ▁D usk ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁ 8 ▁July ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁through ▁Cand le light ▁Records . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁its ▁release , ▁it ▁reached ▁number ▁ 2 8 ▁on ▁Finn ish ▁album ▁charts . ▁ ▁In ▁contrast ▁to ▁the ▁band ' s ▁previous ▁album , ▁In ▁the ▁Night side ▁Eclipse , ▁Anth ems ▁show cases ▁a ▁faster , ▁more ▁guitar - dri ven ▁performance ▁with ▁more ▁minimal ▁usage ▁of ▁key boards ▁and ▁more ▁clean ▁singing ▁and ▁bl ast ▁beat - style ▁drum work . ▁The ▁album ' s ▁musical ▁approach ▁is ▁explained ▁on ▁the ▁back ▁cover , ▁with ▁a ▁quote ▁that ▁reads ▁" Em peror ▁performs ▁Soph istic ated ▁Black ▁Metal ▁Art ▁exclus ively ". ▁As ▁well , ▁the ▁album ' s ▁lyr ical ▁them es ▁began ▁to ▁move ▁away ▁from ▁nature ▁and ▁Sat an ic ▁elements ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁incorpor ate ▁more ▁myst ical ▁them es . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁the ▁album ▁was ▁rem aster ed ▁and ▁re - re leased ▁with ▁the ▁three ▁non - album ▁tracks ▁from ▁Re ver ence . ▁The ▁band ▁made ▁a ▁prom ot ional ▁video ▁for ▁" The ▁L oss ▁and ▁Cur se ▁of ▁Re ver ence ". ▁ ▁Re ception ▁▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Steve ▁H ue y ▁from ▁All Music , ▁the ▁album ▁is ▁a ▁" m agn ific ently - con ce ived