After 2 years of re-schedulings, IMPERIAL AGE are very happy to announce their return to the European stages! In September they will roll across Western Europe in support of the upcoming album “New World”.

The band will be joined by Elephants in Paradise , Sick N’ Beautiful , Circle of Witches , Dead Venus and Dying Phoenix at different parts of the tour.

01/09 – WEINHEIM (DE) – Café Central *
02/09 – PARIS (FR) – Le Petit Bain *
03/09 – MONTPELLIER (FR) – Secret Place *
04/09 – LYON (FR) – Rock’n’Eat *
06/09 – BARCELONA (ES) – Sala Boveda *
07/09 – MADRID (ES) – Sala Rockville *
08/09 – LISBON (PT) – RCA Club *
09/09 – PORTO (PT) – Hard Club *
10/09 – BILBAO (ES) – Stage Live *
11/09 – TOULOUSE (FR) – L’usine À Musique *
13/09 – MÜNCHEN (DE) – Backstage **
14/09 – DÜSSELDORF (DE) – Pitcher **
15/09 – UBACH PALENBERG (DE) – Rockfabrik **
16/09 – ARNHEM (NL) – Willemeen **
17/09 – WETZIKON-ZURICH (CH) – Hall of Fame **
18/09 – MANTOVA (IT) – Arci Tom ***
20/09 – BREE (BE) – Ragnarok ***
21/09 – SIEGBURG (DE) – Kubana ***
23/09 – ROTTERDAM (NL) – Baroeg ***
*Elephants in Paradise + Sick’n’Beautiful + Beneath My Sins
**Elephants in Paradise + Circle of Witches + Dead Venus
***Elephants in Paradise + Circle of Witches + Dying Phoenix

All previously purchased tickets for postponed shows are valid for these dates. The UK tour is being booked for September/October 2022, and will be announced separately.

Ticket link: WWW.IMPERIAL-AGE.COM/TOUR 

After protesting against the invasion of Ukraine and 4 out of 6 band members leaving Russia (Aor and Jane – to Turkey, Anna and Paul – to Montenegro), IMPERIAL AGE released “The Way is The Aim” – the first single and music video off the upcoming album “New World”, for which the band’s global fans pledged more than US$ 65,000 during crowdfunding in July-August 2021.

“It has been more than 4 years since we published any new music. Lots of things happened since then to ourselves and the world, but finally, backed by the colossal support of our phenomenal fans, we are ready to start unleashing our “New World” album onto… well, the (New) World!

The first single & music video is called “The Way is the Aim” and it spearheads the main theme of the album: Freedom. Freedom of finding and having your own Path in the World. Freedom of thinking your own thoughts. Freedom from everyone and everything. Freedom to explore and learn. Freedom to lead a peaceful and meaningful life.

We all have a choice: follow your own Path, or follow someone else’s. The first brings positivity and joy, and charges you with energy. The second brings negativity and tiredness, and drains you.

Follow your own Path, find your own Purpose. Listen to your Heart. Filter out the Noise, see through the Fog of Negativity and always remember: You are the Light in the Darkness!

And don’t forget to smell the flowers along the way: because there is always another goal after this one. There is always a bigger fish. But its the Way itself that is the Aim!” – the band wrote on their Facebook.

Stream “The Way is The Aim”: https://link.imperial-age.com/the-way

Buy CD & T-Shirt: https://shop.imperial-age.com

Imperial Age’s anti-war statements:

• https://www.imperial-age.com/official-statement-stop-the-war/
• https://vk.com/wall-44022766_12853
• https://www.facebook.com/imperialageofficial/posts/499027261588097
• https://www.facebook.com/imperialageofficial/posts/503045154519641

“The World has changed. I see it in the Water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the Air.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

Four years have passed since the release of IMPERIAL AGE‘s latest album “The Legacy of Atlantis”, a concept album and a metal opera about Atlantis – the ancient advanced civilisation, and Magic – the legacy of that civilisation.

Since then many things have changed in ourselves and in the world around us, and this is also reflected in the new music.

While built upon the foundation of its predecessor musically and lyrically, “New World” is faster, heavier and focuses on such concepts as Development, Evolution, Path (Dao), Freedom, Exploration and Knowledge. If “Legacy of Atlantis” was element Water, “New World” is element Air.

The cover art is once again symbolic (using the same language as the symbols in Tarot decks), and contains a cipher which closely follows the lyrics. Can you de-cipher it?

Despite being faster and heavier than the previous album, “New World” retains all the signature features of Imperial Age symphonic metal style: punchy guitars & drums, symphonic orchestra (this is the first time we actually recorded live orchestral instruments on all songs), symphonic choir, anthem-style choruses and 3 different lead singers: Aor, Jane and Kiara.

The album contains 7 regular tracks and one enormous 18-minute-long metal symphony called “Call of the Towers” that is stylistically a bit different from the other songs – darker, a bit tragic but at the same time elevated and spiritual, sometimes a bit resembling “Turn the Sun Off!”. It even has a 3-minute-long church organ solo.

Tracklist:

1. Windborn [03:40]
2. Legend of the Free [04:17]
3. The Way is the Aim [04:01]
4. Shackles of Gold [04:02]
5. The Wheel [04:14]
6. To the Edge of the Known [03:40]
7. Distant Shores [04:44]
8. Call of the Towers [18:12]
   Total play time: 46 minutes 48 seconds

The album will be released worldwide on 05th August 2022, in the following formats: Digital, CD, Digipack, Double-CD Earbook and Vinyl.

4 singles will be released ahead of the album in Digital and CD formats, accompanied by 5 music videos and 8 live videos from the “Live New World” online concert with choir and orchestra.

The ‘New World’ album & music videos have been 100% crowdfunded by our fans during the campaign of July-August 2021. All Crowdfunder Bundles will be shipped and emailed by 05 July 2022. All singles will also be emailed in digital format to all Crowdfunders two weeks before their respective release dates.

Pre-order for everyone else will open soon, so stay tuned!

This Boxing Day, 26th December, the Russian Symphonic Metal superpower IMPERIAL AGE are rallying their vast worldwide fanbase for a colossal live show – presenting songs from the upcoming album “New World”, remembering the old hits, and giving everyone a taste of whats coming for the New World Tour – which kicks off on 07 January 2022 in Paris.

Here is the link to the online concert: https://live.imperial-age.com

• All Songs From the ‘New World’ Album + Old Hits
• ​Chamber Orchestra & Choir
• ​Stage Light Show
• ​​7 Cameras + Crane
• ​New Stage Decorations (Backdrop, Side Drops, Pyramids etc.)
• ​New Costumes
• ​100% Real-Time Online Live (NOT Pre-Recorded)
• ​Question & Answers Between Songs
• ​Your Comments on Stage Monitor Screen Real-Time
• ​Full HD Video Stream, 320 kbps Sound
• ​FREE Admittance For Everyone (Donations Welcome!)

Inspired by the unexpected success of ‘Live on Earth: The Online Lockdown Concert’ (which was among the first online metal shows of its kind on 25th April 2020 and got the band 38,000 viewers from all continents, 11,500$ in donations and multiple record deal offers), this time IMPERIAL AGE are making things even bigger: a HUGE HALL (5 times bigger than ‘Live on Earth’!) CHAMBER ORCHESTRA & CHOIR, 7 CAMERAS filming in 4K resolution (maximum streaming qulity is FULL HD, but the 4K will go on Blu Ray), excessive STAGE LIGHT SHOW, NEW COSTUMES, live QUESTION & ANSWERS between songs – and of course ALL SONGS FROM ‘NEW WORLD’!

The show is NOT pre-recorded, as many bands do these days. LIVE NEW WORLD is 100% ONLINE REAL-TIME LIVE – happening in real time, as you watch it, without any delays and/or editing, with all its minor mistakes (if they miss a note you will hear it) which make it living, raw and unpolished – just like a real live show.

In fact, the band is going as far as putting a SPECIAL MONITOR SCREEN on the wall behind the stage where YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE SHOWN AS YOU POST THEM – for maximum live effect! And of course there will be a HOST leading the show and the band REPLYING TO COMMETNS & QUESTIONS in-between songs.

Ok… so how much do you think is the ticket for all this huge performance?
Well… its FREE!!!

Yes, just like last time, ADMITTANCE IS FREE, DONATIONS WELCOME!

Times are hard and the band wants EVERYONE to be able to watch the show and to receive their share of energy. IMPERIAL AGE hope to lift the spirits of as many people as possible – around the entire Planet Earth.

However, the costs for such a large scale concert are huge (renting the hall, hiring the orchestra & choir, rehearsing with them, hiring the film crew, the sound, light etc) – and they are coming from the musicians’ own pockets. So if you are in a position to do so, you are welcome to DONATE AS MUCH AS YOU WANT!

The show’s webpage is already live and the donations are open: https://live.imperial-age.com

!!! As before, the show will NOT BE AVAILABLE for streaming after it has ended. If you want to watch it – you have to be there LIVE. Just like a real live show. However, it WILL be released on Blu-Ray at a later date (after the ‘New World’ album is out).

SHOW TIMES BY LOCATION

26th DECEMBER 2021

North & South America

• 11:00 – United States, Canada (West Coast)
• 12:00 – Mexico
• 13:00 – United States, Canada (Central)
• 14:00 – United States, Canada (East Coast)
• 15:00 – Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Argentina

Europe & Middle East

• 6 pm – UK, Ireland, Portugal
• 19:00 – Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (except Canary Islands), Sweden, Switzerland.
• 20:00 – Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine
• 21:00 – Belarus, Russia (Moscow), Turkey

27th DECEMBER 2021

Asia & Oceania

• 02:00 – China (Beijing)
• 03:00 – Japan, Korea
• 04:00 – Russia (Vladivostok)
• 5 am – Australia (Canberra)
• 7 am – New Zealand

Having declined several record deals after playing one of the first succesful online shows in the genre last year, Russian symphonic metal powerhouse IMPERIAL AGE launched a crowdfunding campaign instead and has already broken through the $50,000 USD mark, with 6 more days to go.

“Many bigger bands get much smaller advances from their labels, and most of those are also recoupable – i.e. labels loan the money to artists and then return it from the artist’s share (usually around 13% of revenue). But our fans just give us the money so that we can do what we want to do: no conditions, no questions, no debt. Why isn’t everyone doing it already?” – says band mastermind Aor. 

While the crowdfunding was going on, the band was camping out in the forest on the shores of lake Seliger (Tver region, North-Western Russia) and got hit by a tornado, reported by major news channels! The camp was totally destroyed, the nearest village had 18 out of 20 houses damaged with 3 dead and 13 injured in the region. More than 30 trees have been knowcked down on the island around the camp. 

Band leaders Aor and Jane who were at the camp at the time saved themselves by running out of the forest and hiding behind an elm tree on the shore.

“The world is obviously changing – its like being on a ship going through turbulent waters (see our new cover art), only the ship is Planet Earth. The here are unusual cataclysms everywhere, the human society not being an exception. The New World is obviously already right on top of us, and our main goal is not to fall off this ship until the course has stabilized.” – wrote the band on their Facebook Page.

The Kickstarter is already over 120% of its initial goal and has 6 more days to go. You can support it here:
https://kickstarter.imperial-age.com

IMPERIAL AGE have launched a crowdfunding campaign for the release of their third album “New World”. The album release date is set for December 2021.

The video for the campaign includes a new demo track – ‘The Call of the Towers’.

“New World” is the successor to IMPERIAL AGE’s 2018 album “The Legacy Of Atlantis” and contains 12 songs (one of them – the mentioned “The Call Of The Towers” – is 20 minutes long!).

The cover art was painted by Darkgrove‘s Jan Yrlynd under strict instructions from Aor and Jane (the band leaders) and is actually a ciphered text written in the same metaphoric language as the Tarot cards.

Check out the Kickstarter Here: https://kickstarter.imperial-age.com