The fifth album from this band from Norway.
The band was a sextet with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars, synths, piano, organ and vocals.
This band started out as an epic, symphonic black metal band. It moved towards more melodic, symphonic black metal on their third and fourth albums.
Empircism sees the band changing vocalists again. Simen Hestnas chose to concentrate more on his daytime job in Dimmu Borgir. He was replaced by Vintersorg, a Swedish vocalist who also ran a band with the same name.
The changed Borknagar returned with this album.
The music is a pretty big development towards more melodic metal. Melodic symphonic black metal, that is.
There is more clear vocals, acoustic guitars, synths, organ and piano here than on previous albums. This on the top of the rasping black metal vocals and the mid-tempo to fast black metal guitars.
The result is both a pretty epic and melodic album. This is still extreme metal and not for the faint hearted. But the melodies is here and there is a couple of pretty catchy songs here too.
The result is a decent to good album and their best album so far.
This is an album well worth checking out.
2.5 points
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