With Record Store Day behind us, we can start concentrating on the non-special edition releases coming up... Empyre We love these guys - they played our Wildfire stage a couple of years back... twice! - and we're overjoyed to hear that they're due to release their debut album, Self Aware, on July 5th. In addition, the … Continue reading Album News: Empyre / Calea Dreaming / LVCIFYRE / Tronos
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BBC Introducing call Empyre ““Triumphant, chest beating rock”, “One of the meatiest sounds in the UK right now” and say “No stage is too big for these guys”. Come May Empyre embark on an eight date tour covering England and Scotland. Stopping at Grimsby, Birmingham, Northampton, Pershore, Stafford, Chester, Blackpool and Edinburgh. The tour precedes … Continue reading Empyre embark on the inaugural RPM Takeover Tour in May/June
When you’ve got an EP like Concrete Kingdoms’ debut, you’re going to want to celebrate its release. Three bands to precede them, each with their own sound but they all fit within the hard rock camp and reflect the different elements in the headliner’s sound. Add in a ridiculously cheap asking price on a Friday … Continue reading Gig Review: Concrete Kingdoms / Empyre / Tomorrow is Lost / Brora Wolf – Ivory Blacks, Glasgow (24th August 2018)
Good grief, where do I start? At the time I'm drafting this, this year we have published 2098 articles of which 388 are album reviews and 228 are live reviews. We've covered stadium fillers like Guns N' Roses and bands playing venues with a capacity not much larger than our living room. In almost every … Continue reading 2017 Crew Review: Iain Purdie (Mosh) – Da Boss
Originally by famed gothic metal band Evanescence, "My Immortal" is a heart-wrenching ballad featured on the band's debut album Fallen, released in 2003. Move the clock forward 14 years and British rockers Empyre have turned their attention to it with this incredible cover version. Have they done the original (a number 7 hit in the UK) … Continue reading Classic Covers: Empyre – “My Immortal”
One of the stars of our stage at Wildfire 2017 - so good they played two sets! - Empyre have just dropped the new video for "Something Remains", the title track from their second EP. If you like it, and why wouldn't you as it's great, you can get both EPs for nothing from their website. … Continue reading EXCLUSIVE – new video from Empyre, “Something Remains”