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1) Empires recently finished recording their second full length album, GARAGE HYMNS. The band’s self-produced debut album, Howl, garnered a massive amount of attention when they released it on their website back in 2008, and now, with GARAGE HYMNS, Empires feels that they have found the sound they’ve been searching for all along. www.weareempires.com. Band members include: Tom Conrad (rhythm guitar); Max Steger (lead guitar); Sean Van Vleet (vocals/piano).

2) Empires hails from Minneapolis MN, and consists of 4 members. The band is purely instrumental and has doom metal tendencies. They have 2 demos and an album called Through Trial and Tribulation Comes Triumph, released on Saw Her Ghost Records during the summer of 2007. Brian (bass) is also a member of the black metal band Manetheren, aka Grudlevitikh.
Andy, Jim and Kevin, are also session members and live performers for Manetheren.


3) Empires a newly formed hardcore/metalcore band from Sydney that is rapidly making a name for themselves. They infuse extremely heavy breakdowns with swift melodic bits and throw in some nu-metal riffs in the creation of their sound. www.myspace.com/empiresau

4) Empires was a Virginia Beach band in the vein of Thursday and The Receiving End Of Sirens. The band formed from the ashes of popular Virginia Beach metal band The Ending Vision. They broke up in early 2008. Members of Empires, along with members of Rodinia and Laid to Rest have gone on to form popular Virginia Beach band Andover

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  • Aeonfall

    ...So I'm guessing this shoutbox isn't about the post-metal band Empires that have a split with Hellas Mounds?

    13 Dec 2012 Reply
  • saporta

    they were fucking amazing last night. i met sean and the drummer and they were really nice guys. i also kind of fangirled and bought all their merch, LOL. the lack of attention these guys get continues to baffle me.

    13 Oct 2012 Reply
  • Lachsbroetchen

    HC!

    9 Aug 2012 Reply
  • SurpriseDan

    You probably don't read this but anyway, you should come over here. Europe rocks the shit out of it ;)

    28 Jul 2012 Reply
  • trevorbecker

    i love this

    5 Jul 2012 Reply
  • myheartbeat_

    Thank god that I'm a fan since, basically, Howl was released. I'm so proud of them.

    27 Jun 2012 Reply
  • Joshua_Brolin

    OH MY GOD <3

    21 Jun 2012 Reply
  • siamesecats69

    Great!

    18 Jun 2012 Reply
  • Sylviofurtado

    just bought new album, lovely!

    16 Jun 2012 Reply
  • coconutandmetal

    just bought their new EP and it's perfect. not that I expected anything less

    1 Apr 2012 Reply
  • chibigirl626

    Is anyone selling tickets for Empires' show with The Temper Trap on SATURDAY NIGHT in Chicago? I need 2, although if you only have 1, I'll still take it.

    21 Mar 2012 Reply
  • Madness-Theory

    The Fall Of Kings <3 [4]

    9 Mar 2012 Reply
  • Vader13

    Bang is great, and so is Howl. This band is brilliant. [2]

    16 Jan 2012 Reply
  • GarethFireXX

    WHO ARE THEY and why do they appear on Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, The Academy Is... Radio?

    1 Jan 2012 Reply
  • fobia_0

    <3

    4 Dec 2011 Reply
  • IILAmbdA

    Ocala, Florida's's Empires's \m/ new ep is pretty damn good! [2]

    2 Oct 2011 Reply
  • mercantilism

    Bang is great, and so is Howl. This band is brilliant.

    13 Aug 2011 Reply
  • rustedembrace

    Damn. HOWL is so good! ive had BANG for a long time but i havent really listened to it at all. i just keep listening to HOWL.

    4 Aug 2011 Reply
  • Hairymuffin2011

    The Fall Of Kings <3 [3]

    25 Jul 2011 Reply
  • iPowder

    Ocala, Florida's's Empires's \m/ new ep is pretty damn good!

    25 Jul 2011 Reply
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