▁and ▁executed ▁op us ▁that ▁ful fill s ▁all ▁of ▁Emperor ' s ▁promise ▁and ▁amb ition . ▁The ▁biggest ▁difference ▁from ▁its ▁prede cess or ▁[ be ing ] ▁the ▁cr is per , ▁clearer ▁production , ▁which ▁allows ▁details ▁in ▁the ▁arrang ements ▁to ▁emer ge ▁far ▁more ▁readily ." ▁ ▁He ▁added ▁that ▁there ' s ▁greater ▁use ▁of ▁classical ▁fl our ishes , ▁greater ▁variety ▁in ▁I hs ahn ' s ▁vocals , ▁more ▁aud ible ▁guitar ▁inter play ▁between ▁I hs ahn ▁and ▁Sam oth ▁and ▁more ▁complex ▁and ▁mel od ic ▁keyboard ▁work . ▁" It ▁definitely ▁builds ▁on ▁the ▁ground work ▁laid ▁by ▁extreme ▁metal ▁pione ers ▁C elt ic ▁F rost ▁and ▁Bath ory : ▁the ▁former ▁with ▁its ▁rest less ▁experimental ism , ▁and ▁the ▁latter ▁with ▁its ▁determ ination ▁to ▁create ▁something ▁qu int ess entially ▁Sc and in av ian ." ▁ ▁Finally , ▁he ▁concluded : ▁" An th ems ▁to ▁the ▁Wel kin ▁at ▁D usk ▁c ement ed ▁Emperor ' s ▁reputation ▁as ▁black ▁metal ' s ▁greatest ▁band , ▁and ▁I hs ahn ▁as ▁its ▁for em ost ▁musical ▁vision ary ; ▁it ▁also ▁firm ly ▁established ▁black ▁metal ▁as ▁an ▁art ▁form ▁that ▁wasn ' t ▁going ▁away ▁any ▁time ▁soon , ▁and ▁opened ▁up ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁cre ative ▁possibilities ▁to ▁the ▁more ▁progress ive , ▁ecc ent ric ▁wing ▁of ▁the ▁genre . ▁In ▁the ▁Night side ▁Eclipse ▁might ▁ep it om ize ▁black