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Below is our complete Empyrean Throne news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Empyrean Throne Posts "And None Shall Rise" Video
Los Angeles symphonic blackened metal group Empyrean Throne has a lyric video out now for the single "And None Shall Rise," taken from forthcoming debut album "Chaosborne." The lyric video was produced by Scott Rudd and can be seen below.
"Chaosborne" was produced by Mick Kenney (Anaal Nathrakh), features artwork by Valadislav Kutusov, and will be released August 11th via M-Theory Audio.
Empyrean Throne Signs With M-Theory
Southern California black / death metal group Empyrean Throne has signed with M-Theory Audio, helmed by Marco Barbieri (former president of Century Media Records and Nuclear Blast America). The group's debut album, “Chaosborne” – produced by Mick Kenney of Anaal Nathrakh – will be released this summer.
Over the past five years, Empyrean Throne - which describes itself as a “clandestine order of Chaos-Gnostic black metal practitioners" - has built a steady regional following through theatrical performances alongside the likes of Nile, Overkill, Kataklysm, Aborted and Cattle Decapitation, as well as two West Coast tours. 2013 debut EP “Demonseed” and subsequent digital singles (including a cover of Behemoth's “Ov Fire and the Void”) have hinted at the promise that's on full display on “Chaosborne.”
Comments Empyrean Throne vocalist Andrew Knudsen, “Marco is a man of vision, and his continuing hard work and achievements in the music industry are a testament to this. His excitement and enthusiasm for what our Order hopes to achieve and cultivate is what we have been searching for in a label. We are hungry for the growth Marco has planned for us and are ready to carve a path of sonic destruction across the face of the extreme music scene. We’re both honored and humbled to join Marco and the M-Theory ranks for the release of 'Chaosborne.'” More...
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Pit Stories: Respect The Stage
Following on from last week's tale of a fan being chastised by the performing band, today's entry in the ever-growing Pit Story catalog also features a band laying down the law on an unruly participant.
Today's story comes courtesy of Empyrean Throne vocalist Andrew Knudsen, and concerns respecting the band's space. Stage crawling/diving is all well and good - so long as the band is on board!
Andrew recalls the story of opening for Nile:
Our shows tend to get crazy and violent. People get wrecked in the pit area, glass gets broken if you’re not looking after your drink. Our fans are a wild bunch. We encourage rabid crowd participation. However, we take our performance very seriously. It is a ritual. There is a spiritual intent with our shows, and when we are on stage, it is treated as sacred ground.
We bring a lot of stage paraphernalia to each show. We have an altar with actual animal bones, war banners, tons of candles, a ritual dagger, blood, and tons of other trinkets aside from our gear. Because of this allotment we don’t invite fans on stage. Outside of performing, we spend a lot of our personal free time and money on constructing—as well as maintaining—these items. So when we perform we also demand that the audience respect the stage, its contents, and performers.
Last February, when we opened for Nile at the Grove of Anaheim, some young and quite hammered kid kept trying to force his way on stage and pull at various members’ boots and legs during our set. This guy was raging, he was the finest specimen of filth that evening. Totally cool until he climbed up on stage. I’m not sure what he was trying to accomplish, he wasn’t there to stage dive or crowd surf, he was just there flailing around like a lunatic.
From what I recall, he tried to grab my incense censor and part of our altar before, literally grinding up on the leg of one of our members. At that point I grabbed him by the neck and threw him into the audience, who did not make an effort to catch him. They cheered instead. After the show the young lad came up to our merch booth and apologized for his tomfoolery, and proceeded to buy one of every item from our store. We thanked him for coming out and supporting us. It’s something we still laugh about today. I guess the moral here is this, support the band and get into the music, but also respect the stage and the performers on it because we will protect ourselves and our property at all costs.
Empyrean Throne's new album "Chaosborne" will be self-released this coming January 24th, 2017. Telling the story of a hapless Templar knight in medieval Europe and his subsequent decent into the realm of Chaos, the album offers eleven solemn hymns to unbecoming. More...
Empyrean Throne Reveals "Chaosborne" Details
Empyrean Throne's "Chaosborne" will be self-released this coming January 24th, 2017 and will appeal to fans of Dimmu Borgir, Behemoth, Watain, and Cradle of Filth. This is the band's debut full-length album, produced/engineered by Mick Kenney (Anaal Nathrakh).
While indisputably an American band, the initial spark was in fact ignited by two travelers in Scandinavia, from where it journeyed south and west to the sweltering heat of Lake Forest, California, where in 2011, the first manifestation of the band that would eventually become Empyrean Throne was founded.
“Chaosborne” is a testament to this new unfolding, lurching deeper into the infernal depths of black metal and higher unto the celestial realm of orchestral concert music. Telling the story of a hapless Templar knight in medieval Europe and his subsequent decent into the realm of Chaos, the album offers eleven solemn hymns to unbecoming, with the searing black flame of illumination and wrath burning brighter than ever before in the hearts of those who have crafted it, the members of the Order themselves.
Empyrean Throne have been privileged to fly their banners and leave their mark on the live front alongside many of the esteemed acts in extreme music, including Nile, Kataklysm, Aborted, and Cattle Decapitation, among others. The Order has also carved its sphere of influence from the sweat and grime of the road, with two west coast tours under their belts and an appearance at Central Oregon Metalfest in 2016. Apart from that and a smattering of singles, which include a vast rendition of the Behemoth classic “Ov Fire and the Void”, Empyrean Throne have been quite occupied indeed preparing the ground for “Chaosborne”, and for whatever may lie beyond… More...
Empyrean Throne Premieres New Song & Music Video
Orange County, California's Empyrean Throne premieres a new song and music video titled "Haereticus Stellarum Part I", taken from the upcoming new album "Chaosborne", which will be out in stores January 24, 2017 via Bandcamp.
Check out now "Haereticus Stellarum Part I" below.
Empyrean Throne Posts Lyric Video
Empyrean Throne has released a lyric video for "A Crow's Feast," which comes off the "Demonseed" album. Check out the clip below, or pick up your own copy of the song at Bandcamp here. Empyrean Throne is:
Andrew Knudsen – Vocals
Mike Brennan – Guitar
Bryan Schwarz – Guitar
John Ashbaugh – Bass
Dan “Danimals” Bruette – Drums
Kakophonix – Cello