On Friday January 22, 2021 at 19:00 CET two beautiful singers of IMPERIAL AGE and ELUVEITIE will come together online and answer the questions from their fans.
JANE ODINTSOVA is the leader, composer and singer of Imperial Age – the most internationally famous symphonic metal band from Russia and also a medical doctor by education.
FABIENNE ERNI is a well-known singer, the vocalist of Eluveitie and Illumishade – one of the most famous Swiss bands in the modern world of metal.
The ladies will meet online on the Imperial Age YouTube channel to discuss various topics which include:
Music & the music industry
Their backgrounds
Their personal plans for the rest of the year
The plans of their bands
And, of course, fans will be able to post questions and get answers in real time!
Russian symphonic metal IMPERIAL AGE wish you a Merry Christmas & a fantastic New Year as well as show their way of staying merry and healthy – right there, in the middle of the Russian snowy forest!
Watch below the video greetings from Aor & Jane!
IMPERIAL AGE’s new live DVD “LIVE ON EARTH: The Online Lockdown Concert” was recorded during their legendary online show, when people from all over the world were locked in their homes and didn’t really understand what to expect.
On 25th April, 2020 the band and their crew gathered in one of the studios in the city of Moscow. They had all the necessary documents to get through the police roadblocks and remarkable courage, because everything was closed and no-one seemed to be working at that time.
IMPERIAL AGE performed this special show for 3 hours, which was streamed all over the world and watched by 38.000 people (even in Antarctica) who donated $11,477 to the band, who had invested a lot of their own money into organizing this event. Together with the sells of the DVD the band made about 30.000 $ – and all this as and independent band.
“Live On Earth” was recorded with 5 video cameras and 32-channel audio multitrack, and now the DVD is out and ready to impress the band’s fans with 5.1 audio and 1080 (full HD) video. The DVD also includes a Q&A and a “Making of” as bonus.
IMPERIAL AGE are still doing everything DIY, keeping the complete artistic control and refusing offers from well-known labels over the years.
Two great modern-age Empires are home to IMPERIAL AGE: Russia and Great Britain, since leader and co-founder Alexander “Aor” Osipov has always lived between these two worlds, his family being from Ayr, Scotland, while he himself resides in Moscow, Russia.
But that is not what Imperial Age is about. Formed in 2012 by Alexander Osipov and Jane Odintsova in Moscow and endorsed by genre founder Christofer Johnsson (Therion) himself, today Imperial Age is Russia’s most successful symphonic metal act and the country’s second most internationally touring metal band. The special fact about them is that they declined three offers of famous labels.
Imperial Age have brought the idea of symphonic metal (and metal in general) to its highest maximum, elevating the innate qualities of the genre – loftiness, solemnity, grandeur and overall majesty – to the highest spiritual altitudes known to rock. Today, Imperial Age use the most influential form of art (music) in its most powerful and diverse genre (symphonic metal) to inspire, empower and fill the souls and hearts of people with purest energy that enables to accomplish great deeds.
This is the type of music that can change people’s destinies. This is not the type of metal that drives into depression. And this is not the type of metal that entertains. Imperial Age does what Heavy Metal has always been meant to do – to elevate and inspire, to fill with power and belief, to open up the way towards greatness and to illuminate The Path for those seeking to tread upon it. Backed up by the colossal might of ancient forces, the great Imperial Age has begun. Tune in, and become part of the great cause that spans through millennia!
The new live DVD is out now! “LIVE ON EARTH: The Online Lockdown Concert” was recorded during their legendary online show, when people from all over the world were locked in their homes and didn’t really understand what to expect.
On 25th April, 2020 the band and their crew gathered in one of the studios in the city of Moscow. They had all the necessary documents to get through the police roadblocks and remarkable courage, because everything was closed and no-one seemed to be working at that time.
IMPERIAL AGE performed this special show for 3 hours, which was streamed all over the world and watched by 38.000 people (even in Antarctica) who donated $11,477 to the band, who had invested a lot of their own money into organizing this event. Together with the sells of the DVD the band made about 30.000 $ – and all this as and independent band.
“Live On Earth” was recorded with 5 video cameras and 32-channel audio multitrack, and now the DVD is out and ready to impress the band’s fans with 5.1 audio and 1080 (full HD) video. The DVD also includes a Q&A and a “Making of” as bonus.
IMPERIAL AGE are still doing everything DIY, keeping the complete artistic control and refusing offers from well-known labels over the years.
TRACKLIST 1. Turn the Sun Off! 2. The Escape 3. Vanaheim 4. Domini Canes 5. Warrior Race 6. Wings of your Heart 7. Love Eternal 8. In The Center of the Earth 9. Life Eternal 10. The Castaways 11. Islands in Time 12. Battle Heart 13. Aryavarta 14. Death Guard 15. And I Shall Find My Home 16 The Awakening 17. The Monastery 18. Anthem of Valour 19 The Legacy of Atlantis 20. The Making Of Live on Earth (bonus)
LIVE ON EARTH – The Online Lockdown Concert is the new DVD of Russian symphonic metal band IMPERIAL AGE which was recorded during quarantine on 25th April 2020.
“In April 2020 Planet Earth looked grim…” – write the band on their official FB page – “The entire civilized world was paralyzed by an unprecedented wave of fear. People were imprisoned inside their homes, needing special permission for so much as to stick their noses outdoors. The strongest economies were hitting all-time lows, and the live music industry collapsed entirely: all concerts were cancelled, venues and promoters were going bankrupt and well-established bands were launching crowdfunding campaigns asking their fans to help them out of debt…”
Under these dystopian circumstances, on the 25th of April 2020, a small group of Russian Metalheads (together with a very brave crew) gathered in the empty, locked-down and severely policed city of Moscow, obtained (in various ways) the QR codes required to get through all the police and military cordons, and set out to perform a 3-hour long online concert for their fans worldwide. Crazy? Maybe. Especially keeping in mind that the musicians had invested $2,500 USD of their own money into organizing it.
Some called it stupid, others called it genius, some cheered while others envied… but in the end, all facts indicated ground-breaking success: 38,000 fans watched the show online from all continents including Antarctica, donating $11,477 USD to the band in the process.
Being one of the first of its kind and in the beginning of the covid crisis, this virtual arena show became a landmark not only for Russian, but for the entire European and World Metal in general.
Over the following few weeks, IMPERIAL AGE leaders Aor and Jane found themselves talking to A&R’s of some of the biggest Metal labels: NAPALM RECORDS asked to hear the upcoming album, FRONTIERS RECORDS offered a good record deal and BLACK LODGE RECORDS offered a personalized license deal. But they were all respectfully declined.
“A couple of years ago we were broke, unknown and desperate to sign anything: we sent our music to all the labels out there, but the industry completely ignored us. The only two people who lended a hand when we were nobody were Chris Johnsson (Therion leader) and Henk Mol (now our booking agent) and we are forever grateful to them. But where were all the labels when we needed them? If they thought that our music wasn’t good enough back then, why have they changed their minds now? Everybody is your friend when you are successful, but only those who support you in your darkest hour deserve to stay with you.
Now – when they have finally noticed the existence of IMPERIAL AGE – there is nothing left that they can do for us outside the things we are already successfully accomplishing together with our fans (all while keeping 100% creative control and 100% income). I am actually grateful for them not signing us back in the days – their indifference forced us into this DIY strategy which ultimately brought us success.
The age of the Label is over – the age of the Indie has begun. And this online show together with our music sales is a bullet-proof argument in favor of this position.” – says Aor, the band’s main singer, songwriter and manager.
The 3-hour long online show was recorded live with 5 video cameras and a 32-channel audio multitrack.
The audio was mixed and mastered by Sergei Lazar of ARKONA and the video was cut by Alexander Kadyanov – known now primarily for directing the IMPERIAL AGE video “The Legacy of Atlantis” (1.5 million views on YouTube as of this writing), all creating a unique and immersive 5.1 audio and 1080p (FULL HD) video experience for those wishing to re-live this unique musical event.”
Despite all the circumstances IMPERIAL AGE was one of the first bands who managed to stream their online show from locked-down Moscow, which was watched by 14,000 people on YouTube and 24,000 on Facebook and brought a huge success to the band.
Finally, IMPERIAL AGE are ready to introduce the DVD with their legendary show.
LIVE ON EARTH – The Online Lockdown Concert will be released on 23rd October 2020 and will include 19 tracks plus all the questions and answers with the fans in between the songs, together with the behind-the-scenes Making Of film.
LIVE ON EARTH will be available in the following formats: DVD, CD, Digital Download, and on all audio streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.)
IMPERIAL AGE have announced the start of their Patreon – the place where the most dedicated fans can get closer to the band and go deeply into the world of Russian symphonic metalists.
“YOUR BACKSTAGE PASS TO OUR WORLD” says the slogan on the page of band’s Patreon which you can find here: https://www.patreon.com/imperialage
Becoming a patron of Imperial Age you get your backstage pass to the private world of the process of making music and recording new album. You are not going to see hot private pictures of Jane and Anna (or maybe Aor and Belf – for those who love boys). The guys are going to share how they run their music business (Imperial Age decline major label contracts and do everything themselves), record new songs, write lyrics and make clips.
IMPERIAL AGE have revealed the cover of “LIVE ON EARTH” – the upcoming DVD/Blu-ray of their most successful show ever, which took place in locked-down Moscow on 25th April 2020 and was watched by the fans on all 6 continents.
The broadcast was made with 5 TV cameras and full cinematic and stage lights and involved 20 people. The fans of IMPERIAL AGE will be able to watch it with their own eyes with 1080p FULL HD video and 5.1 audio quality.
The band have also announced that it will be released on CD too and “Has to be a super-posh double CD digipack, obviously limited” – says Aor.
The DVD/Blu-ray will include 21 songs – among of them 2 new ones from the upcoming album.
