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Emperor's epic final album. A dense, spiralling prog-black-death masterpiece.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Throughout their life, Emperor have been responsible for releasing numerous classics. 'Prometheus' takes things to the next level, with their finest album yet.
Although Emperor will likely be remembered as a black metal band, 'Prometheus' has lost most of the hallmarks of the genre. Besides the death, thrash and classic heavy metal influences that appear throughout, the album has a very orchestrated sound. Although this is usually brought about through the usual metal instruments, the band do also apply the use of the more classical-orientated. The harpsichord intro to 'The Eruption' being a perfect example.
The result? An album of colossal proportions. It simply sounds huge, the word 'epic' being perhaps the simplest description. The tracks aren't so much songs as they are compositions. Besides the superb technical ability this trio displays, mainman, Ihsahn is an unbelievable composer. The sheer scope of the music is almost unparalleled nowadays - Tool, Opeth, Neurosis and The Postman Syndrome are a few that even begin to compare.
Its a shame that so few non-extreme metal fans will be tempted to explore this work of art. In some ways, it is more accessible than the majority of black metal albums, but at the same time, shows far greater depth. There are long-running Emperor fans who put the album down, but they are missing out on the point entirely. This is one of the greatest albums of all time.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Emperor- 'Prometheus-the discipline of fire and demise' a truly epic masterpiece of total extreme metal madness. Leagues beyond all other true heavy metal. Harsher and more brutal than Dimmu Borgir and infinitely grander and more epic than the trademark COF black metal sound. Insanely beautiful, beautifully insane and everything that music of genuine inspiration should be- powerful, moving, crushing; these terms do it no justice. The introductory track, 'the eruption', is the most moving sonic experience I have ever had and undoubtedly as close to complete musical perfection as Emperor and particularly front man Isahn have ever come. And yet it doesn't stop there, every track on this album has its own brilliance and the completed work is something of incredible beauty, something to be revisited again and again. More approachable than some of the bands earlier work but without the integrity of the art being in any way compromised (as with some more 'commercially viable' black metal releases). Encapsulates everything I love about music in a single hour's divine thunder. Turn it WAY up, close your eyes and open the animal soul. Limitless...
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Ihsahn is an amzaing composer and his knowledge of music can be heard progressing over the numerous Emperor albums. I always knew that he had alot more to offer and that he was holding back, well hes finally let go. Prometheus sees Ihsahn letting go completely of the black metal stereotype and runs havoc over 9 tracks of essentially material written entirely by him. Whether this deserves the Emperor title is debateble but who cares when you've got the best metal album ever in your CD player and perhaps that best album of all time. It never stops, this album provides extremely heavy guitar riffs in parts and almost classic symphonic melodies in others. It crossses all the boundries, where as one band will tend to repeat one riff throught most of the song Ihsahn finds a good riff and then moves straight onto another taking you through a journey of epic proportion. The recording is spot on and the album gets better with every listen (confusing for the first few listens but dont dismiss it). Melodies upon melodies of beautifully crafted metal from pure hatred to pure beauty YOU MUST OWN THIS ALBUM.
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Breathtaking!
I bought a copy of this album after trying out a couple of tracks on youtube.Whilst a lover of many diverse forms of extreme metal, I avoided what came under the black metal tag,... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. S. Roxburgh
A mighty swan song
It's such a shame to think that 'Prometheus: the Discipline of Fire and Demise' was Emperor's last studio offering, but they truly made it go out with a bang. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2009 by I. Hays
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I was into norwegian black metal until i was 18 in 1996 then gave up listening to all types of metal (concentrating on jazz and classical) and forgot about the whole movement to... Read more
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Published on 11 July 2008 by Mr. B. J. Neale
AN ABSOLUTE CLASSIC
I know with the fans of Emperor this may be swearing- but I love this more than ALL there other albums! Its melodic, though very fast and EPIC! Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2006 by D. S. Van Strien
Prometheus
After reading the other reviews on this product, on amazon and in other publications, this album was held in high stead in my mind, even though i had never heard this band's music... Read more
Published on 31 July 2006 by Adrian Naik
The 2 stars are for the musicianship.
This album has recieved many highly-positive reviews, and thus upon buying it I felt justified in having very high expectations. Read more
Published on 14 April 2005 by Diesel Dave
So good, so different
Emperor's albums have never been less than amazing, but this just takes the band so much further than IX Equilibrium that it's properly awesome. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2005 by "walkingbeard"
Unstoppable, Limitless Black
There's few bands who manage to make black, and darker things as a whole, sound as bleakly colourful as Emperor did. Read more
Published on 9 July 2004 by S. Wright
The best modern black metal album
I had spent most of my time avoiding black metal, as Cradle of Filth's cheese was not very appealing and Dimmu Borgir were just overly extreme, but on hearing some of the tracks... Read more
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