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Empire Auriga's gaze is set upon the abjection of post-apocalyptic landscapes, seething with shapeless malignance, and obscured by vapours of misanthropy. Preceded by ageless enmity, extinguishing any hope, and inviting deterioration into every cell, the overwhelming glut of desolation seeks to absorb the reverie and render it impotent.
REVIEWS :
Debut release from American post-apocalyptic visionaries EMPIRE AURIGA! The music is described as mixtures of early Industrial, Black Metal, Shoegazer, Military Fanfare, and trance-guitar. Later BURZUM, and NORTT with industrial roughness and originality. Expansion, contemplation, destruction, regeneration. Auriga Dying is an epic tale, timeless vision and a superb recording.
-Todestrieb Records
"Desolate cities bleeding a war-torn atmosphere of cold reality set against the back-drop of a steady militant rhythm for which to mutilate yourself or contemplate existence as a whole; this is EMPIRE AURIGA."
- The Metal Observer
"A virtual soundtrack for a dying planet. Post modern in execution and apocalyptic in vision and truly unique as a result, this cd is an anguish filled sonata for a dying world and should not be taken lightly. As unique as it is original. Essential.."
- Reaver Magazine
"Disturbing. That's the one word which sums up this band/project. Empire Auriga is a black/ambient band of sorts with a fucking dark (just saying "dark" doesn't do it justice... it has to be "fucking dark") and militant sound. If nihilism had a soundtrack, this would be it."
- Metal Nightmare
LUNAR HYPNOSIS REVIEW 8/10
When I received this promo CD I thought immediately this would be another raw, hateful satanic black metal effort. The CD is black, the cover is apparently a picture of some constellation (on black background of course...), and the CD inlay has white lettering on black bacground. We have seen this before many many times, right?
Well, this is not really about black metal after all. The music on this CD is to me more of industrial metal (if you want to call it metal) mixed with some space ambient passages that together encompass soundscapes that I would not consider background music at all.
The CD starts off with what it sounds like a bomb warning siren which is taken over by a funeral march-like drum, guitar and keyboards sequence. There is a voice that sounds like someone is ordering a group of people to slowly walk through desolated and destroyed streets to an unknown destination. This effect made me think immediately of a scene in the the movie Schindler's List.
After the first and fatal blow, the onslaught continues with more of the droned guitars, but by the fifth track it has evolved into music that has more of a space station atmosphere to it. It reminds me of sitting in some sort of station waiting for a transport to take people off to another place in space. This view however is one from behind a window where all you can hear is the distant noise of what a crowded place would sound like. You are always aware of what is going on, but people seem to be moving without an apparent direction, they are just there and while everything seems to be happening right in front of your eyes, there is no concept of time. I know this sounds like an acid trip, but you will have to hear the music and form your own opinion.
This music is definitely involving in nature, and thus will call for your attention. Otherwise it could be easily construed as simply noise or what people normally refer to as ambient, but I would rather leave the ambient definition to other styles of music such as Brian Eno's efforts in the 70s with music for airports and stuff like that. This is definitely not melodic in nature, but rather a bit disturbing because in the context of the background qualities the music has, it still gets you involved in it.
To sum it up, if you played this as PA music in your local mall, people will likely start looking at each other instead of simply walking by with music accompaning their shopping experience.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/5/2006
Band Website: empireauriga.we.bs/
Band Members:

BOETHIUS : Communications
90000065b : Transmissions

Influences: 1984, Animal Farm, 2001 : A Space Odyssey, Babyflesh, Bethlehem, Bladerunner, Brazil, Hieronymus Bosch, Burzum, James Cameron, The Conet Project, The Cure, Darkthrone, Deathprod, Dune, Brian Eno, Eraserhead, Max Ernst, Robert Fripp, Godflesh, Werner Herzog, Isengard, Jesu, King Crimson, Klaus Kinski, Paul Laffoley, David Lynch, Ministry, My Bloody Valentine, Neptune Towers, Origami Galaktika, Ridley Scott, Klaus Shulze, Spacemen 3, Summoning, Swans, Tangerine Dream, THX 1138, Vangelis, Xasthur and many others.

Sounds Like: A distant, unfocused view of the post-apocalyptic wasteland. Hazy misanthropy channelled through futile anguish. blackmetal, early industrial, shoegazer, military fanfare, trance-guitar

Record Label: Moribund Cult
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Metal Maniacs review

Rumor has it that we are reviewed in the newest Metal Maniacs. Might have to go get a copy...
Posted by EMPIRE AURIGA on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:22:00 PST

Sea of Tranquility review

http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&a mp;id=6825As if to confirm black metal's seemingly endless sphere of influence, along comes this relatively new American outfit Empire Aurig...
Posted by EMPIRE AURIGA on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:20:00 PST

AntiGravity Bunny review

http://antigravitybunny.blogspot.com/2008/09/empire-auriga-a uriga-dying.htmlWow. Sometimes black metal bands are hilarious. The liner notes for Auriga Dying say the band consists of Boethius on commun...
Posted by EMPIRE AURIGA on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:00:00 PST

Deaf Sparrow review

http://deafsparrow.com/Empire-Auriga-review.htm I am pretty fucking happy with Moribund Records. It just seems as if by expanding their aural horizons by signing more adventurous bands they have ...
Posted by EMPIRE AURIGA on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:47:00 PST

Slug Mag review

http://www. slugmag. com/article/1425/National-CD-Reviews. htmlEmpire AurigaAuriga DyingMoribund RecordsStreet: 06.10Empire Auriga = Sol Invictus + The Austrasian Goat + William BasinskiWell, this is ...
Posted by EMPIRE AURIGA on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:44:00 PST

Pitchfork Media Interview

http://www. pitchforkmedia. com/article/feature/145094-column-show-no-mercyThe Lansing, Michigan duo Empire Auriga -- Boethius on "communications" and 90000065b on "transmissions" -- create a mesmeriz...
Posted by EMPIRE AURIGA on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:08:00 PST

Exclaim! review

Empire AurigaAuriga Dying By Laura Wiebe TaylorAtmosphere is the dominant sonic theme on Empire Auriga's debut, permeating every long, drawn-out moment. Auriga Dying evokes more than it communicates ...
Posted by EMPIRE AURIGA on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:28:00 PST

Aquarius Records review

Aquarius Records is an excellent and highly recommended cd/vinyl store from California. They have placed a review of us up on their front page at www. aquariusrecords. org. There is a discla...
Posted by EMPIRE AURIGA on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:48:00 PST

Masterful Magazine review

http://www.masterful-magazine.com/recenzja_result.php?wynik= detail&rodzaj=recenzje&id=2237Combining black metal with martial ambient, early industrial and spaced out psychedelia Lansing, Michi...
Posted by EMPIRE AURIGA on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:10:00 PST

MetalReview.com Review

http://www.metalreview.com/Reviews/4576/Empire-Auriga-Auriga -Dying.aspxEmpire Auriga hail from Lansing, Michigan and Auriga Dying is their debut which is currently being slung by the inconsistent thou...
Posted by EMPIRE AURIGA on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:09:00 PST