Course of Empire

Course of Empire

Track Listings

1. Ptah

2. Coming of the Century

3. God's Jig

4. Copious

5. Cradle Calls

6. Under the Skies

7. Peace Child

8. Sins of the Fathers

9. Thrust

10. Mountains of the Spoken

11. Dawn of the Great Eastern Sun

Tracks:

Ptah
Coming of the Century
God's Jig
Copious
Cradle Calls
Under the Skies
Peace Child
Sins of the Fathers
Thrust
Mountains of the Spoken
Dawn of the Great Eastern Sun

Customer Reviews:

Course of Empire/ Self Title.......2005-07-21

This album was a well produced and written album, for the time it was released I have very found memories of seeing this band before they made it to the big Record Labels. This band had so much potential but fell after the 2nd album. But this album is great and has almost no distinction to the later following albums. It's kinda of sad because the band had thier own style. But this album is very good, original. It's haunting, and beautiful on so many levels, with just the right Drums and Guitar to give it punch. It's not industrial, it's not 80's, nor is it sapy, it's just Course of Empire at their best.

ominous.......2003-05-12

This band really never got the credit they deserved. This band never broke from obscurity. Maybe it's for the best. I have had the privilage of seeing these guys live on 2 occasions and however great the album is their live performance is even better. I am not going to pigeon hole this band by likening them to other bands or certain music genres. I will simply say that it is a music experiment gone terribly right.

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extra tracks

Initiation
Course of Empire
Manufacturer: Volcano
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Album Details

Second Album from the Dallas, Texas Metal Quartet. Produced by David Castell (Blue October, Burden Brothers).

Customer Reviews:

extra tracks.......2007-07-06

I used to listen to this when I was high school back when it came out. It is a great album, but I just recently purchased it again because now I can finally here the extra track I was never able to listen to back in the 90s.
For those that don't know, there is a hidden track before track 1 called running man, you just hit rewind on your cd player. The second track is much more difficult to access. It is after the song Initiation. When the song ends, there is a long passage of feedback. If you have a stereo that can play mono, then just listen to this section in mono and there is a track called the gate/tomorrow, inbetween initiation and the chihuahuaphile. Otherwise (and this is what I did), download this free software called audacity, record the song from your stereo to your computer, or just import the track into Audacity, then split the stereo track, convert each channel to mono, and reexport the track as an mp3. There are some better guidelines if you do a google search for converting stereo to mono. Both of these extra tracks are much quieter and have an haunting feel to them compared to the rest of the album. Also, the version I recently purchased also contained the remixed swing version of Infested as yet another hidden track. I guess there are versions with and without this track, but all in all, this band was (and probably still is) the most creative with the CD format.

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Course Of Empire
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Release Date: 2004-06-29

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Automatic Writing #17
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59 Minutes
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Creatures in Quarantine
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How the hell did this album escape public acclaim?
Superb!
COE Is one of the best bands ever!
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The Amalgamut

ASIN: B000000GSF
Release Date: 1998-01-20

Tracks:

Radio Teheran
New Maps
The Information
Automatic Writing No.17
Houdini's Blind
Ride The Static
Coming Of The Century
Persian Song
59 Minutes
Freaks
Kaptain Kontrol
Respect
Blue Moon

Amazon.com

Course of Empire has always been tricky to pigeonhole: a little goth, a little industrial, a little metal, a (very) little pop. Add glam to the mix and you've got Telepathic Last Words. It's the band's most ambitious record, but it would appear that ambition doesn't suit Course of Empire so well. While there are some decent riffs and rhythms there, such moments rarely coincide. --Keven McAlester

Customer Reviews:

How the hell did this album escape public acclaim?.......2003-04-13

The envelope of progressive metal has been breached. There is no genre that this band or this album can safely be put in. Despite the fact that I am an extraordinarily picky listener, I have found in this recording an extraordinary depth and variety that satisfies me far beyond the typical recording I listen to. While many "experimental" bands are adept at adding a lot of fluff to a disc, there is not a single throwaway track on this disc. The best thing about this album is that it manages to be boldly innovative without being weird simply for the sake of being weird. This group was clearly too experimental to gain wide commercial acceptance but also too polished to be embraced by dogmatic metalheads. Although this is certainly not the first band to perform or record with two percussionists, this is the first band with two percussionists I've heard of that really makes memorable rhythms. The percussive rhythyms on this album have a narcotic quality. The Magreb/Near Eastern elements are very effective here, yet it doesn't take any illegal substance to appreciate them. How should I describe the vocals? Vaughn Stevenson doesn't sound like anyone I've heard before. His voice sounds midrange/nasal in spots but not to the extent that it sounds annoying. There is enough intentional warble in his voice to offend the typical metalhead, but the heavy-handed guitar playing would probably scare away most of the fans of British alternative music. Despite the hypnotic pulse beats you hear on some of the tunes on this CD, there's no mistaking this disc for techno! The beats are made by flesh-and-blood percussionists with drumsticks and with digitally altered timbres for optimal effect. There seems to be plenty of musical space in this recording so that every instrument can be heard (although the drumming of both percussionists sounds blended). For the fans of the heaviest rockbands: If you enjoy the kind of rigid ensemble playing where the whole band is playing using a jackhammer for a metronome, then you will not be able to appreciate many of the sumptuous subtleties this disc offers. For more open-minded listeners: If you do not find a way to get your hands on this album, you are depriving yourself of one of the most amazing recordings produced in the nineties.

Superb!.......2003-04-06

This album takes a couple of listens to really get into (like a Tool or Matthew Good album, for exemple), but when you do get into, you'll want to stay there. This is not thoughtless-sing-alond-and-don't-think music, this is an exercice of style and a good one. A mix of metal, industrial, rock and even pop, but always a good mix.

The only thing to hold against Course of Empire on this album is that they sometimes take too long to finish a track. While New Maps (or Neli Maps if you prefer) and Information are great metal-industrial songs of perfect lenght, songs like Persian Song and Respect take too long to finish. That said, it's really a minor detail.

The best songs on this album (without taking anything from the others) are definitely in the last segment of the album, starting with 59 Minutes and ending with Respect. I often quote the lyrics from 59 Minutes : "Nothing will save you from human behavior, Nothing will save you, you built your own savior." Then there's Freaks that you can listen when you're mad (it helps!). Captain Control is the pop song on the album, and it's a catchy one. Then comes Respect, which is the song you'll want to listen to loud. Well, the first half of it anyway (I said earlier it should have been shorter).

So, from the great intro (I could just listen to Radio Teheran and the first seconds of New Maps over and over) to the hidden track, this is a wonderful achievement. If I would to compare this band to any other, it would be Stabbing Westward. Both bands are worth checking out. So do it. Now. Come on now! Carry on.

COE Is one of the best bands ever!.......2002-09-01

Simply put, Course of Empire is one of the best bands to ever get together. The only reason they aren't as famous as Pearl Jam is because the record company totally [messed] up on their marketing plan. Don't miss this last recording of a band that should have been selling millions of records!

Telepathic Last Words.......2002-01-31

Excellent album overall. And actually I believe "The Information" recieved some air time as well, thanks in part to the "Dark City" sound track which inspired me to buy it. ...though I am unsure, I think I may have possibly seen them live back in 96/97. But I can't remember.

Get Into This.......2001-12-12

I've only had this album for a few weeks and at first i really didn't like it that much. I found out about Course of Empire through Amazon and all of the reviews said it was good so I bought it. After about a week or so of trying it out songs started to jump out at me...in a big way. I'm a fan of music by Tool, NIN, VAST and other challenging bands of the like and this was right up my alley. Some songs take on an ambient feel, some a techno, and some even a strange jazzy sound. Key Tracks include the prog rock opener "New Maps", the thunderous "Information", the weird and kind of hypnotic "Houdini's Blind" and the closing cover of "Blue Moon"...pick this one up if you really like music that grows on you(the best kind)or if you're sick of all of the schlock on the radio........

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