EMPEROR — Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (review)

EMPEROR — Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise album cover Album · 2001 · Symphonic Black Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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Prometheus - The Discipline of Fire & Demise is the 4th full-length studio album by Norwegian black/ extreme metal act Emperor. The album was released in October 2001 by Candlelight Records.

The music on the album is symphonic black/ extreme metal. The black metal part isn´t that dominant on this album but there are still traces of that style in the music. The sound is rather chaotic with keyboards/ synths filling out every imaginable empty space in the soundscape, blasting drums and fast riffing. The singing varies greatly on the album from clean to raw to raspy. It wouldn´t be wrong to call the album progressive and even avant garde at times. It´s obvious that Emperor were at the point of disintegrating, as Ihsahn is more or less credited for singing all vocals and playing all instruments except drums which are played by Trym. Founding member Samoth is only credited for playing additional guitars on the album. Knowing that Samoth went on and created the brutal death metal act Zyklon after Emperor disbanded, he probably had trouble relating to the experimental nature of the music on Prometheus - The Discipline of Fire & Demise. So this is more or less an Ihsahn solo album. The musicianship is as always excellent.

The production is professional and detailed. With so much going on all the time in the music, a more raw production would probably have meant, that the music would have sounded messy.

Prometheus - The Discipline of Fire & Demise is an adventurous album by Emperor and it´s hard not to be impressed by the attention to detail and the creative spirit put into the making of this album. The chaotic nature of the music doesn´t make for an easy listening experience though and I´m sure the album as a result is very much an aquired taste. A 3.5 star rating is warranted.
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