Emperor

Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise

As Emperor's final album, you can hear a massive departure from the original sound of the early records. Almost all black metal atmosphere and elements are gone. The music is now heading in a progressive direction yet still grounded in extreme metal. It's fairly easy to just see this as Ihsahn's first solo record in a lot of ways. With that said, there is some incredible songwriting here with excellent varied tracks that show off sophisticated extreme songwriting covered in well-placed synth ... read more

3 guitar tracks and orchestral keyboard parts weren't enough to save this album from being stale and sound uninspired at some parts. The effort is there but it isn't for me. Atleast this album is doing some stuff right. Ihsahn's vocals are great as always and the album completely leaves Emperor's symphonic drenched song writing behind. Production is good enough to make you notice the difference between each 3 tracks.
Such a shame I'm never going to enjoy Emperor and it's godly guitar parts ... read more