Danish collective EMPIRE DROWNS unveil their new album “Endless Nights” – a powerful journey through the emotional extremes of melodic doom and death metal.
Inspired by the bleak beauty of Scandinavian winters and the vivid contrasts of East African landscapes, the record captures a world where beauty and despair intertwine. Combining towering growls, mournful harmonies, thunderous percussion, and ghostly keys, the band crafts an atmospheric yet melodic sound that recalls Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, Katatonia, and Anathema, while remaining distinctly their own.
Recorded by Marco Angioni (Tygers of Pan Tang, Thorium) and mixed/mastered by Tue Madsen (Moonspell, The Haunted, Baest), “Endless Nights” balances emotional depth with dense, precise production.
“Endless Nights” is out now on LP (grey vinyl, limited to 150 copies), CD, and digital via Mighty Music. It can be ordered and streamed via this link.
With “Doomsday Clock”, Danish doom/death collective EMPIRE DROWNS unveils today the third harbinger of their forthcoming album “Endless Nights”. A fast-burning descent into tension and inevitability, the track entwines massive, churning riffs with mournful melodies and a suffocating atmosphere, embodying the looming shadow of its namesake. Equal parts apocalyptic and elegiac, “Doomsday Clock” is a stark reminder of the fragility of existence, carried through Empire Drowns’ signature blend of weight and melancholy, mixed with a mid-tempo urgency that fits the theme.
Once again mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen (Moonspell, The Haunted, Baest), the single sharpens the duality at the heart of Empire Drowns: bleak yet strangely beautiful, melodic yet crushingly heavy. “Doomsday Clock” not only extends the band’s desolate vision but also cements their place among the modern torchbearers of atmospheric doom and death metal.
“ADoomsday Clock” is available now on all streaming services and has also been released in a music video, which can be seen below.
Empire Drownschallenge the boundaries of melodic doom and death metal on their haunting new album “Endless Nights”, delivering a sonic experience where melancholy, atmosphere, and aggression collide in compelling fashion.
“Endless Nights” is a record that breathes with its own pulse: melodic yet crushing, introspective yet vast, bleak yet strangely beautiful.
Across its tracks, “Endless Nights” weaves powerful growls, mournful guitar leads, pounding rhythms, and spectral keyboards into a cohesive whole that pays homage to genre titans like Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, Katatonia, and Amorphis – while carving out an identity all its own.
The album was recorded by Marco Angioni (Tygers of Pan Tang, Thorium) at Angioni Studios, and mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen at the renowned Antfarm Studios (Moonspell, The Haunted, Baest). The result is a deep, enveloping production that enhances both the weight and nuance of Empire Drowns’ sound.
“While the music retains a core of Scandinavian winter and grey skies, “Endless Nights” was forged not only in Denmark, but also in the vibrant heart of East Africa – a region of majestic landscapes and rich cultures, scorching sun, devastating cycles of drought and flood, profound political tumult, unforgiving poverty and deep resilience”, the band states. “The album’s inspiration is a paradox born of the extremes that shape these vastly different worlds, it stands as a powerful sonic reflection of life’s relentless contrasts”.
Looking ahead, Empire Drowns will take “Endless Nights” to the stage in 2026, with live performances that promise to channel the album’s emotional depth and sonic weight into an immersive concert experience. This is not a studio project or a fleeting collaboration; this is a real band, committed to the long haul, ready to connect with audiences and make their mark on stages across Europe and beyond.
“Endless Nights” will be released on LP (grey vinyl, limited to 150 copies), CD and digital on 31.10.2025, via Mighty Music.
“Endless Nights” tracklist:
1. Volcanic Funeral 2. A Choir Of Fallen Angels 3. Doomsday Clock 4. Stoneheart 5. Santiago Sunrise 6. The Great Flood 7. Endless Nights 8. Silence 9. Life Is Fading
Lineup: Michael Hvolgaard Andersen – vocals Thomas Birk – guitars Anders Ro Nielsen – keyboards Marco Angioni – bass Kim Jørgensen – drums
EMPIRE DROWNS challenge the boundaries of melodic doom and death metal on their haunting new album “Endless Nights”. The Danish collective, featuring former and current members from Withering Surface, Urkraft, and Saturnus, delivers a sonic experience where melancholy, atmosphere, and aggression collide in compelling fashion.
“Endless Nights” is a record that breathes with its own pulse: melodic yet crushing, introspective yet vast, bleak yet strangely beautiful.
Across its tracks, “Endless Nights” weaves powerful growls, mournful guitar leads, pounding rhythms, and spectral keyboards into a cohesive whole that pays homage to genre titans like Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, Katatonia and Amorphis – while carving out an identity all its own.
The album was recorded by Marco Angioni (Tygers of Pan Tang, Thorium) at Angioni Studios, and mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen at the renowned Antfarm Studios (Moonspell, The Haunted, Baest). The result is a deep, enveloping production that enhances both the weight and nuance of Empire Drowns’ sound.
“While the music retains a core of Scandinavian winter and grey skies, “Endless Nights” was forged not only in Denmark, but also in the vibrant heart of East Africa – a region of majestic landscapes and rich cultures, scorching sun, devastating cycles of drought and flood, profound political tumult, unforgiving poverty and deep resilience”, the band states. “The album’s inspiration is a paradox born of the extremes that shape these vastly different worlds, it stands as a powerful sonic reflection of life’s relentless contrasts”.
“Endless Nights” will be released on LP (grey vinyl, limited to 150 copies), CD and digital on 31.10.2025, via Mighty Music. Pre-orders are now available via this link. All the pre-orders coming in through Targetshop or Target Group’s Bandcamp are signed by the band.
Looking ahead, Empire Drowns will take “Endless Nights” to the stage in 2026, with live performances that promise to channel the album’s emotional depth and sonic weight into an immersive concert experience. This is not a studio project or a fleeting collaboration; this is a real band, committed to the long haul, ready to connect with audiences and make their mark on stages across Europe and beyond.
“One of the strongest Danish Metal albums of the year” – Devilution
Lineup: Michael Hvolgaard Andersen – vocals Thomas Birk – guitars Anders Ro Nielsen – keyboards Marco Angioni – bass Kim Jørgensen – drums
Mighty Music proudly presents “Volcanic Funeral”, the crushing new video and single from Danish melodic doom/death metal act EMPIRE DROWNS.
With echoes of Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, and Anathema, the track showcases the band’s unique ability to merge atmospheric melancholy with punishing heaviness. Towering riffs, mournful melodies, guttural power, and cinematic textures intertwine, creating an immersive soundscape that is as bleak as it is beautiful.
“Volcanic Funeral” offers a first glimpse into the next chapter of Empire Drowns, a band featuring members from other relevant Danish metal acts such as Withering Surface, Urkraft, Meridian, Thorium, Street Fighter, A Sun Traverse, etc. A chapter where Scandinavian gloom meets vast, contrasting inspirations, resulting in music that is both emotionally charged and sonically massive.
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Mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen (Moonspell, The Haunted, Baest) and recorded by Marco Angioni (Tygers of Pan Tang, Thorium), the single delivers the kind of depth and intensity that demands repeat listens.
For fans of melodic doom/death at its most evocative, “Volcanic Funeral” is the sound of beauty and brutality colliding, and a sign of what’s to come from one of Denmark’s most compelling heavy acts.
Lineup: Michael Hvolgaard Andersen – vocals Thomas Birk – guitars Anders Ro Nielsen – keyboards Marco Angioni – bass Kim Jørgensen – drums
Danish old school death/ doom laden dark rockers EMPIRE DROWNS, has teamed up with Metal Shock Finland, to premiere their new lyric video ‘Purity’ for the Finnish territory.
Check it out below:
EMPIRE DROWNS is finally ready with the release of their debut album following the 2013 EP “Bridges”. The first song to be released from the upcoming record is ‘Purity’, a long and captivating dirge featuring all the trademarks that put Empire Drowns in the map of every doom/death metal fan ten years ago. Early nineties doom/death metal inspired by Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride and Anathema is beautifully performed by a band featuring members and ex-members from Withering Surface, A Sun Traverse, Saturnus and Urkraft.
Empire Drowns’ debut album will be released in the fall of 2022.
Lineup: Thomas Birk – guitars Kim Jørgensen – drums Anders Ro Nielsen – keys Marco Angioni – bass Michael Hvolgaard Andersen – vocals
EMPIRE DROWNS, the new Danish metal/rock band featuring former members of WITHERING SURFACE, AURORA and DECORATE.DECORATE., has made three recently completed songs — “Crawl”, “Abundance” and “Sharpen My Teeth” — available for streaming on the group’s Facebook page. The tracks were recorded and produced by Pede at Earplug Studios and were mixed by Kristian Thomsen (OLIVER WEERS, SUPERCHARGER). The artwork was created by Karsten Sand (VOLBEAT, MIKE TRAMP).
Formed in Copenhagen by three musicians with backgrounds in darker sides of alternative rock and metal, EMPIRE DROWNS knows never to sacrifice song for stylistic statements. Embracing an addictive pop sensibility and crowned by roaring-yet-always melodic vocals, EMPIRE DROWNS delivers its own brand of unique, darkly shaded rock with an unmistakable metal edge. Fuelled by equal amounts of desperation and hope, EMPIRE DROWNS is a musical construction of almost gothic proportions.
EMPIRE DROWNS is:
Michael H. Andersen (ex-WITHERING SURFACE) – Vocals Jan Kromann (ex-DECORATE.DECORATE) – Bass, Keys Anders Vestergaard (ex-AURORA) – Guitar Jens Berglid (FATE) – Session Drums
Source: Blabbermouth.net
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