Scattered Ashes: A Decade of Emperial Wrath is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by Norwegian

Norway

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 symphonic black metal

Symphonic black metal

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 band Emperor

Emperor (band)

Emperor was a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991. They dissolved in 2001, but reunited in 2006 and again in 2007 for a few festival dates and brief US tours. The group was founded by Samoth and Ihsahn .-Biography:...

, released in 2003. It contains 27 songs from ten different releases with a total running time of nearly two and a half hours. Limited pressings of the album came in a purple slipcase which featured the band logo wrapped around all four sides. As with the previous album, only a few thousand of these were produced, and the limited edition is these days a much-sought-after rarity.

The compilation set is split up in two discs. The first disc (on the packaging referred to as "The Black Disc") contains tracks from their studio releases, while the second disc ("The Silver Disc") lists unreleased and more obscure releases from the group. The songs are in no particular order; the discs jump back and forth between albums several times.

Disc One

1. "Curse You All Men!"
2. "The Tongue of Fire"
3. "The Majesty of the Nightsky"
4. "Cosmic Keys to My Creations and Times"
5. "Wrath of the Tyrant"
6. "The Loss and Curse of Reverence"
7. "An Elegy of Icaros"
8. "I Am the Black Wizards"
9. "Thus Spake the Nightspirit" (live)
10. "Ye Entrancemperium"
11. "In the Wordless Chamber"
12. "With Strength I Burn"
13. "Inno a Satana"

Disc Two

1. "A Fine Day to Die" (Bathory
   Bathory (band)
   Bathory was a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by Quorthon in 1983. They are regarded as pioneers of both black metal and viking metal. Quorthon remained the main songwriter and member of Bathory for more than two decades. Bathory was permanently ended after Quorthon's death in 2004...
   
    cover)
2. "Ærie Descent" (Thorns
   Thorns (band)
   Thorns is a Norwegian black metal band that formed in 1989 and was part of the early Norwegian black metal scene. They made two highly influential demos in the early 1990s, Grymyrk and Trøndertun, but have only released one full-length album....
   
    cover)
3. "Cromlech" (Darkthrone
   Darkthrone
   Darkthrone is a Norwegian black metal band. They formed in 1987 as a death metal band, but after embracing the black metal style in 1991, they became a driving force in the Norwegian black metal scene. For most of this period Darkthrone has consisted of just two musicians, Nocturno Culto and...
   
    cover)
4. "Gypsy" (Mercyful Fate
   Mercyful Fate
   Mercyful Fate was a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen. Initially active from 1981 to 1985, they reunited in 1992. The band went on hiatus again in 2000, when frontman King Diamond decided to continue his solo career...
   
    cover)
5. "Funeral Fog" (Mayhem
   Mayhem (band)
   Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1984 in Oslo, Norway and regarded as one of the pioneers of the influential Norwegian black metal scene...
   
    cover feat. Attila Csihar
   Attila Csihar
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   )
6. "I Am"
7. "Sworn (Ulver
   Ulver
   Ulver is a musical group from Norway. Since their first, folklore-influenced black metal release entitled Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler , Ulver’s musical style has been fluid and increasingly eclectic, blending genres such as rock, electronica, symphonic and chamber traditions, noise and...
   
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8. "Lord of the Storms"
9. "My Empire's Doom"
10. "Moon over Kara-Shehr" (rehearsal)
11. "Ancient Queen"
12. "Witches' Sabbath"
13. "In Longing Spirit"
14. "Opus a Satana" (orchestral version of "Inno a Satana")