Spirit Of Ecstasy

“This is a very different piece written entirely by our drummer, Kenny Grohowski. We have Trey Spruance from Mr. Bungle providing some choir inputs and sonic textures, which really fill out the piece. I love all those dissonant choir parts—they’re so perfectly buried in the mix, like musical Easter eggs. I know that Mr. Bungle has a song called ‘Retrovertigo,’ but that’s just a coincidence. I didn’t make the connection until someone pointed it out afterwards. Read more on Last.fm.

Born in the metropolis: Imperial Triumphant embodies the sounds of New York. The chaos, the menagerie, the perils and majesty of the greatest city on earth. We portray this great juxtaposition between high society luxury coexisting with absolute filth and urban decay. Our city is like the corpse of a giant. What was once so bright, grand and spectacular, is now filled with greedy maggots writhing towards their share of 'success'. We don't support it nor are we against. We only play the sounds of the New York City as we hear them. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.