The mask of Imperial Triumphant is your own.
by The Strom on 10/3/23The Parish at House of Blues Anaheim - AnaheimRaw artistic sincerity embody their sonic assault on the idea of civilization. Imperial Triumphant play as anonymous archetypes in front of shifting kaleidoscope projections of a propaganda poster art deco metropolis. Pre recorded introductions of a woman with an east European accent bid the listener to regale in their grandeur. Their approach to metal operates as a form of ironic submission to the glorious order as they chase a fleeting primal beauty in the discordant, organic and paradoxical. All the time I am wondering about belonging to something secret within bigger in the way that rock and roll does, and whether or not I get it, and if that is even important.