Course of Empire recorded and performed together between 1988 and 1998.
Releases are listed here, and the Biopsy page has more information about the band's history.

This CD-5 was a pre-release for "INITIATION" and was released October 1993. The favorite track was a remake of Fear's "Let's Have a War" SONG TITLES Infested Infested (Darwin Goodman Mix) Let's Have a War Joy produced by David Castell and COE There was also a remix of "INFESTED" by Consolidated that was released on 12" vinyl later in 1994 (not pictured)

January 1994 saw the release of our sophomore effort entitled "INITIATION" which featured the single "INFESTED". The album was once again a teaming of the band and David Castell. The band spent the majority of the year touring with the likes of Machines of Loving Grace, Prong, etc... SONG TITLES Hiss White Vision Blowout Gear Breed Apparition Infested Invertebrate Sacrifice Minions Initiation the Gate Chiuauphile produced by David Castell and COE

January 1998, a full four years after the release of "INITIATION", C.O.E released "TELEPATHIC LAST WORDS" on New York based TVT records. The album was recorded in its entirety at the band's own studio in Dallas, TX by producer John Fryer and drummer Chad Lovell. SONG TITLES Radio Teheran New Maps The Information Automatic Writing No. 17 Houdini's Blind Ride the Static Coming of the Century Persian Song 59 minutes Freaks Kaptain Kontol Respect Blue Moon Anonymous Call to an Unknown Woman produced by John Fryer, Chad Lovell, additional mixing by Dave Bianco

Since the band's breakup in 1998, there have been further releases:


Phone Calls From the Dead (live album, released 2004)


HISS (DVD featuring music videos and live footage, released 2004)


Initiation Demos (2CD set of songs recorded before Initiation, released 2008)


Early CoE / Telepathic Last Show (2CD set of early demos and later live recordings)

More details about these releases and ordering information can be found on the merch page.

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