Dark Dose reminisces about Emperor's legendary album "Anthems to the welkin at dusk": http://darkdose.com/?p=118
I'm much more of a fan of the first full-length "Nightside eclipse", but I do fondly remember mailordering this record when it first came out and eagerly awaiting the arrival of the postman. The synth horns on the first track are some of the most ridiculous shit ever, but once you get by that, it's pretty damn awesome. Definitely a landmark release for the genre.