Prodigal Sun

Prodigal Sun

Track Listings

1. Prodigal Sun

2. Harbouring The Soul

3. In Years To Come

4. Tidings From The Blue Sphere

5. The Empty Word

6. Astray

7. Rising To The Sun

8. Spirit Spectrum

9. The Doomwatcher's Prediction

10. Consumed In Flames

11. Ivory Tower

Prodigal Sun,The Afflicted,Nuclear Blast Americ,Heavy Metal,Popular Music,Rock

Average customer rating:

Pleasant Surprise

Great Metal!

Diverse and ground-breaking

Prodigal Sun
The Afflicted
Manufacturer: Nuclear Blast Americ
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music
General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000008CPY
Release Date: 1992-12-01

Tracks:

Prodigal Sun
Harbouring The Soul
In Years To Come
Tidings From The Blue Sphere
The Empty Word
Astray
Rising To The Sun
Spirit Spectrum
The Doomwatcher's Prediction
Consumed In Flames
Ivory Tower

Customer Reviews:

Pleasant Surprise.......2007-04-04

Did you ever notice how it's always one of those cheap cut-out bin albums that ends up completely surprising you? I picked up the 1992 debut album Prodigal Sun by Afflicted on a whim when I saw it in a clearance bin, and it ended up impressing me a great deal.

This album has a few things going for it right off the bat, namely (a) they're Swedish, (b) they're a death metal band, and (c) they're from the early 90's. The Swedish death metal scene in the 1990's was extremely strong, and while Afflicted obviously didn't have the same impact as At the Gates and In Flames, they still lived up to that high level of quality.

Prodigal Sun is a very thrash-influenced death metal album, fast paced and with harsh vocals. It's not as melodic as what the Gothenborg bands were releasing, but it's not your basic Cannibal Corpse death metal either. There's enough experimentation (i.e. instrumental passages, ethnic sounds) to keep things interesting, though by and large this is a put it in and bang your head kind of album! I think the closest points of comparison are fellow Swedes Ceremonial Oath and Tales From the Thousand Lakes-era Amorphis.

Death metal fans would do well to check out Prodigal Sun, especially if you're fortunate enough to run across it at a clearance rate.

Great Metal!.......2005-04-05

Well, a friend of mine had this Afflicted Prodigal Sun on tape a long time ago, and i get a copy of that tape and since then I just wanted to have that record on CD, finaly I have one!!
this album reminds me in certain parts Entombed's Clandestine, and some lead guitars like Dismember first album, I think it's the scandinavian metal sound of the 90's! really cool! but maybe with some innovative sound that makes very special this album, I can't say if it is progressive or technical the sound on each song, but without being soft, they mantain the brutality on their riffs and blasting drums as well as in rythmic parts. For sure it's a great sound that deserves to pay attention.

Diverse and ground-breaking.......2004-03-19

This album is a strange mix of ground-breaking material that still sounds innovative and fresh over 10 years after its release, along with some fairly dated moments that place it firmly back in the days when death metal was still gaining momentum. There are some pretty thrashy parts here and there. With that said, though, this is an extremely unique and often amazing album. It incorporates some diverse elements (sitar, for instance) and uses them in really original ways, mixing them intermittently with brutal metal. In this way it reminds me of Theory in Practice's first album. Although this band never received much attention, I think it quietly influenced a lot of bands. It's weird for the sake of being weird, I guess, but this approach often pushes metal forward. In terms of originality and willingness to experiment, I would put this in the same league as great technical death bands like Atheist, although it is not quite as technical. Unfortuately, as seems to be the case for oddball music of this sort, this band is almost unknown (my CD languished at my local used CD store for over 3 years, before I bought it on a whim, and I live in a big city). My only complaint is that I would have liked more of the weird acoustic/ethnic moments.

Russian Calvary: Triptych of Spiritual Songs, Pt. 3

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Russian Calvary: Triptych of Spiritual Songs, Pt. 3

Manufacturer: Russian Compact Disc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Russia | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000028274
Release Date: 1995-01-01

Tracks:

Our Father
I Sacrifice the Voice of the Prodigal Son to You, God
Get Rid of Existing Shortcomings of Fatherly Estate
On the Jordan
As in the Ancient Times
Be Prior to the Divines in Great Daring
Thou Has Vouchsafed the Good Thief the Paradise
Thy Coffin, Thou the Saviour
Oh, Mother of God, Thy Sweet Voice
He Throve Like Phoenix
Oh, Exceeding Glorious Wonder
Be Glad, Life-Giving Cross
He Intricately Prophesied a Lot
Upholder of the Orthodox Faith
Today the Pastor of Kronshtadt
He Has Taken the Divine Grace from Heaven
Thy Last Supper
Come the Lawful Canopy
Under Thy Shelter, Sovereign
House of Ephrathah
May Every Man Begin
Be Glad, Russian Land
Having Fallen Asleep With Flesh
You, Christ, Was the Luminary, Set Before the Sun in the Coffin
Telling Before the Morning, Earlier Than Maria
Angel Cried
From Rising of the Sun Till Its Setting the Name of Lord Is to Be ...
Arise, God

Average customer rating:

Kindergarten

Manufacturer: Prodigal Sun Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0007D90EC

Product Description

Tracks: 1.) Happy Me 2.) Cry For Now 3.) Nightingale 4.) No Anthem in Surrender 5.) Surge 6.) To Be Or Not 7.) Dirty Aura 8.) Nearsight 9.) Misunderstood 10) Possession 11) Mariana