Organizers of the Wacken Open Air have just held a press conference where they announced that legendary Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR will be headlining the 25th anniversary of the Wacken Open Open Air, which will be held from July 31st-August 2nd in Wacken, Germany (about an hour outside of Hamburg). Ihsahn (Vegard Sverre Tveitan) and Samoth (Tomas Haugen) were both present at the press conference to answers questions about the band's reunion dates in 2014 as well as the possibilities of a new album.

Emperor's last official studio album was 2001's Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire And Demise.