The Empire Shall Fall is a band formed by Jesse Leach with friends in 2008.… Read Full Bio ↴The Empire Shall Fall is a band formed by Jesse Leach with friends in 2008. The band released their first independent album "Awaken" which was released on November 17, 2009, until Jesse and Nick left The Empire Shall Fall in 2019. Nick Sollecito also left The Empire Shall Fall to focus on his other band, The Dear Hunter. The Empire Shall Fall currently consists of singer Alan Feeney, guitarists Jake Davenport and Marcus de Lisle, bassist Dylan Nash, and drummer Jeff Pitts.
The Empire Shall Fall was formed in late 2008 by current Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach with a handful of instrumentalists: guitarists Jake Davenport and Marcus de Lisle, bassist Nick Sollecito, and drummer Jeff Pitts. The Empire Shall Fall is the first band vocalist Leach has used predominately screamed vocals in since Killswitch Engage, although the band retains some of the singing elements of Seemless, which has since been put upon an indefinite hiatus.
In 2008 the band released a demo consisting of four songs on their Myspace page: "Voices Forming Weapons", "The Kingdom", "These Colors Bleed", and "We The People". The demo is currently available for download on their record label Angle Side Side Records' official website. The label has since stated that "The Empire Shall Fall enters HQ Sound Labs Studio (Dear Hunter, Receiving End of Sirens) in April to begin recording for their debut CD to be released Summer '09.
On September 11, 2009, The Empire Shall Fall announced through their Myspace page that their debut album Awaken would be released on November 17, 2009 with eight songs, including the previously recorded demo tracks re-recorded and reworked, and three new songs which had only been played live.
Awaken was released on November 17, 2009 through Angle Side Side Records, owned by The Empire Shall Fall's bassist, Nick Sollecito. The band cites its influences as At the Gates, Meshuggah, and Edge of Sanity. Awaken draws heavily on the band members' interests in jazz, punk, and experimental music. They are said to sound like Refused, At the Drive-In, Deftones, and Between the Buried and Me. The album reflects heavily on the themes of politics and transcendentalism. Lyrically the album advocates positivity, unity, and empowerment. Inspirations for the album have been cited as Jello Biafra, Benjamin Franklin, and Ron Paul.
The band announced their intention to released a new EP via their social networks (I.E. Facebook, Twitter, Hootsuite etc.) in early 2011. In a recent tumblr post, the band revealed: ...we have been working on a series of concept EPs. While we haven’t yet released details on the concept linking the EPs, we can tell you that the first one deals with redemption and the “guts of emotion.” Lyrical content deals with “picking up the pieces of your life and starting over” and “finding a new perspective as a result of the changes and lessons learned in the past.” The first EP, called "Volume 1: Solar Plexus" was released digitally December 6, 2011. On February 2014, the band posted on their tumblr page revealing that they've spent the past year working on the upcoming album Volume 2: Heart.
The Empire Shall Fall was formed in late 2008 by current Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach with a handful of instrumentalists: guitarists Jake Davenport and Marcus de Lisle, bassist Nick Sollecito, and drummer Jeff Pitts. The Empire Shall Fall is the first band vocalist Leach has used predominately screamed vocals in since Killswitch Engage, although the band retains some of the singing elements of Seemless, which has since been put upon an indefinite hiatus.
In 2008 the band released a demo consisting of four songs on their Myspace page: "Voices Forming Weapons", "The Kingdom", "These Colors Bleed", and "We The People". The demo is currently available for download on their record label Angle Side Side Records' official website. The label has since stated that "The Empire Shall Fall enters HQ Sound Labs Studio (Dear Hunter, Receiving End of Sirens) in April to begin recording for their debut CD to be released Summer '09.
On September 11, 2009, The Empire Shall Fall announced through their Myspace page that their debut album Awaken would be released on November 17, 2009 with eight songs, including the previously recorded demo tracks re-recorded and reworked, and three new songs which had only been played live.
Awaken was released on November 17, 2009 through Angle Side Side Records, owned by The Empire Shall Fall's bassist, Nick Sollecito. The band cites its influences as At the Gates, Meshuggah, and Edge of Sanity. Awaken draws heavily on the band members' interests in jazz, punk, and experimental music. They are said to sound like Refused, At the Drive-In, Deftones, and Between the Buried and Me. The album reflects heavily on the themes of politics and transcendentalism. Lyrically the album advocates positivity, unity, and empowerment. Inspirations for the album have been cited as Jello Biafra, Benjamin Franklin, and Ron Paul.
The band announced their intention to released a new EP via their social networks (I.E. Facebook, Twitter, Hootsuite etc.) in early 2011. In a recent tumblr post, the band revealed: ...we have been working on a series of concept EPs. While we haven’t yet released details on the concept linking the EPs, we can tell you that the first one deals with redemption and the “guts of emotion.” Lyrical content deals with “picking up the pieces of your life and starting over” and “finding a new perspective as a result of the changes and lessons learned in the past.” The first EP, called "Volume 1: Solar Plexus" was released digitally December 6, 2011. On February 2014, the band posted on their tumblr page revealing that they've spent the past year working on the upcoming album Volume 2: Heart.
Lords of War
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As The City Sleeps Weary footsteps lead me to sleep the sleep of release I…
Awaken Our lives. The passion we have inside defines who we…
Narrow The Path I Walk Part II I forge the path that I walk, alone with my…
The First Redemption A feeling in my bones time cannot withhold the scars…
The Kingdom In this world that we live in So filled with blind…
These Colors Bleed It's ignorance that's breeding hatred Creating bigotry Som…
Voices Forming Weapons Political methods to misguide us Half truth revealed in tim…
We The People All rise and be counted As part of this protest, we…
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garagon31
Imagine stumbling across this while walking through the woods. I don't know who these destitute lumberjacks are, but they rock hard!
Chaos Brigade
I remember seeing them live, it was awesome, I got to take a pic with Jesse .. My current sound (i think) sounds a lot like this.
Dustin Ray
Their heaviest song was Rusted Embrace. What I consider the heaviest is how the vocals are arranged, and Rusted Embrace is definitely without a doubt their heaviest song.
sin2dcore
The 3 minute mark of this song is awesome. Seemless status.
Rob
THese dudes were ahead of their time, one of the first bands to employ "djenty" style of writing
Some Kind Of Master
Usual triplet drumming and riffing in 4/4 ain't djent. Lamb Of God played such riffs for ages
Lucas Maynes
I was under the impression that Meshuggah we're of the first to employ the djent sound, they coined the term, did they not?
quantummechanic333
@Lucas Maynes Yep. Meshuggah was 1st!
Peter Kelemen
@Lucas Maynes They never coined the term, that was Misha Mansoor of Periphery.
samblah
I miss this band so much