From Hit Parader Magazine, July 1998
Indie Reviews
Course Of Empire, Telepathic Last Words
(TVT Records, 1001 Sundays Inc.,23 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003;
phone:212-673-6499)
Life certainly has been interesting for Course Of Empire over the last
year. They sat by as their major label, Zoo, went out of business, and
waited impatiently for another label to come along and sieze control of
the group's already-completed new disc, Telepathic Last Words. Finally
TVT records (the original home of Nine Inch Nails) stepped forward and
provided this Dallas-based quintet with the outlet they had been seeking.
In style and substance their latest effort is a major leap forward for
this unit, employing a wide variety of non-conventional influences to
expand the group's heavy rock approach. Having remixed their original
recordings and added a few new tracks during their year-long wait,
Course Of Empire seem primed and ready to face any new challenges that
may emerge in their path.
Rating:***
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