| The Empire | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Vader |
| Cover: | Vader The Empire.jpg |
| Released: | 4 November 2016 |
| Recorded: | May–June 2016 |
| Genre: | Thrash metal,[1] death metal |
| Length: | 33:07 |
| Label: | Nuclear Blast |
| Producer: | Wojtek and Sławek Wiesławscy |
| Prev Title: | Tibi et Igni |
| Prev Year: | 2014 |
| Next Title: | Thy Messenger |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
The Empire is the eleventh studio album by Polish death metal band Vader.[2] The album is the band's first studio album to contain thrash metal elements more than death metal.