Imperial Vengeance Explained

Imperial Vengeance
Origin:Colchester, Essex, England
Genre:Extreme metal, symphonic metal, Progressive metal
Years Active:2007-present
Label:Transcend,[1] Candlelight
Current Members:C.Edward Alexander
David Bryan

Imperial Vengeance are an English heavy metal band, from Colchester, Essex, England, formed in 2007 by former Cradle of Filth guitarist C. Edward Alexander (b. Charles Edward Alexander Hedger, 18 September 1980, Colchester, Essex/ Guitars, Vocals, Orchestration), and David Bryan (Bass, Lyrics). The band's musical style embraces aspects of symphonic black metal and other extreme metal genres, with lyrical themes and imagery largely influenced by the British Empire period.

After issuing a self-released four-track EP in early 2008 entitled "Death: August and Royal" the band signed a deal with Candlelight Records,[2] and released their debut album "At The Going Down Of The Sun" in July 2009. The album's title track was also to feature spoken word from Harry Patch, providing extracts from Laurence Binyon's For the Fallen.[3] During the following September, the band issued a video of the track "6th Airborne Division" [4] which revealed a live line up of additional members consisting of Elle Torry- guitar, James Murray- Guitar, and James Last- Drums. Gigs followed, a notable appearance being at [5] the Hellfire Festival at Birmingham's NEC.[6] The band followed this with an EP that featured a cover of Madness 1979 song Night Boat to Cairo with a suitably eccentric video to accompany the release,[7] signed a management deal with Rob Ferguson of Transcend Management,[8] and moved labels from Candlelight in favour of the Transcend Music Group.

2010 saw the band begin outlining ideas for a second album, and in July issued a DVD that not only featured videos for both "6th Airborne Division" and "Night Boat to Cairo", but also included the filmed footage of the recording session with Harry Patch It was also announced that the title for this next work would be "Black Heart Of Empire" and would feature an appearance from the soprano Lori Lewis (Therion).[9] A Penny dreadful style publication was issued in conjunction with the album.[10]

The band released Black Heart of Empire on 28 September 2011.[11] Other artists that make appearances on the album include Therion soprano Lori Lewis, Vulture Industries vocalist, Bjørnar Erevik Nilsen, and Dave Courtney[12] providing "the Voice of Old London." The album was recorded and engineered by C. Edward Alexander and mastered by Russ Russell.[13]

Discography

EPs

Studio albums

Current members

Live members

Other contributors

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Transcend Music Group » Transcend Music Group . www.transcendmusicgroup.com . 14 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100821104251/http://www.transcendmusicgroup.com/artists/ . 21 August 2010 . dead.
  2. Web site: IMPERIAL VENGEANCE Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS. https://archive.today/20120910090319/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=99205. dead. 2012-09-10. Blabbermouth.net. 2008-06-17.
  3. Web site: The good, the bad and the crosscore . Truecultheavymetal.com . 21 November 2010.
  4. Web site: IMPERIAL VENGEANCE: '6th Airborne Division (Redux)' Video Released. https://archive.today/20120919001407/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=127831. dead. 2012-09-19. Blabbermouth.net. 2009-09-29.
  5. Web site: IMPERIAL VENGEANCE PLANT THE FLAG AT HELLFIRE II. 2009-10-03. Errorizer.com. 28 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110710200346/http://www.errorizer.com/blogs/jimmy-christ/imperial-vengeance-plant-flag-hellfire-ii. 10 July 2011. dead.
  6. Web site: Hellfire Announce more bands for the Hellfire Festival at the NEC. 2009-10-03. Rock3music.com.
  7. Web site: I IMPERIAL VENGEANCE: 'Night Boat To Cairo' Video Released - Mar. 16, 2010. https://archive.today/20120908141342/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=136841. dead. 2012-09-08. Blabbermouth.net. 2010-04-16.
  8. Web site: I Imperial Vengeance Sign to Transcend Management. Altsounds.com. 2010-01-04. 28 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100316011939/http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/113757-imperial-vengeance-sign-to-transcend-management.html. 16 March 2010. dead.
  9. Web site: IMPERIAL VENGEANCE Hit The Studio To Record The Black Heart Of Empire. 2010-07-07. Bravewords.com.
  10. Web site: Imperial Vengeance Album Update. Transcendmusicgroup.com . 2010-07-16.
  11. Web site: Imperial Vengeance Album Update. Metalasfuck.com . 2010-09-23.
  12. Web site: Imperial Vengeance – Black Heart of Empire: "Ten dastardly tales of intrigue, phantasm and Derring-do". Smashitpr.com. 2010-09-23.
  13. Web site: Imperial Vengeance release some [most amusing] artwork!]. Smashitpr.com. 2010-09-21. 1 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111029154636/http://www.smashitpr.com/imperial-vengeance-release-some-most-amusing-artwork/. 29 October 2011. dead.

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