Collapse Under the Empire

Collapse Under the Empire

Collapse Under the Empire, 2011
Background information
Origin Hamburg, Germany
Genres Post-rock
Years active 2008–present
Labels Sister Jack Records, Finaltune Records
Website collapseundertheempire.com
Members
  • Martin Grimm
  • Chris Burda

Collapse Under The Empire is an instrumental post-rock band from Hamburg (Germany), which was founded in 2008. The duo, consisting of Chris Burda and Martin Grimm have released five studio albums and a number of EPs and singles.

History

Chris Burda and Martin Grimm found themselves together for the first time in summer 2007 in Hamburg. In 2008, under the name Collapse Under The Empire, four songs were composed for their first EP Paintball.

The debut album System Breakdown was initially released independently in 2009. A year later the successor Find a Place to be Safe was released through the label Sister Jack Records and began to make the band known internationally. Magazines such as Q,[1] Clash[2] and Rock Sound[3] praised the cinematic sound of the band.

The first psychedelic inspired EP appeared with The Sirens Sound and shortly after, the Split-EP Black Moon Empire in collaboration with the Russian band Mooncake. The band also contributed to the track Anthem of 44 for the Emo Diaries Compilation I Love You But in the End I Will Destroy You by Deep Elm Records.[4]

The third album of the band, released in 2011, was Shoulder & Giants and was the first part of the concept works, for which the second part, Sacrifice & Isolation, has been announced for May 2014.[4][5]

Shoulders & Giants received good reviews – the music magazine Visions, among other things, praised the “beyond all doubt, crystal clear production” and called it a “compelling and captivating album”.[6] Plattentests.de highlighted the “imaginative arrangements” and “cinematic clouds of sound” of the album and awarded it 8/10.[4] Also the band has thus consolidated its reputation internationally.

In September 2012, Collapse Under The Empire released their fourth album, Fragments of a Prayer on their own, newly founded label, Finaltune Records. It was nominated for album of the month in both Zillo[7] and Sonic Seducer.[8] The following year, the 6-track EP, The Silent Cry was released. It was selected by the magazine eclipsed[9] for the top 50 releases of the year 2013.

Style

Collapse Under the Empire play instrumental post-rock, but influences from other genres such as trip hop, shoegazing, synthpop and progressive hard rock can also be found within.[4] The style of the band was compared to bands like 65daysofstatic and God Is An Astronaut.[6][10]

Commitment to environmental protection and nature conservation

The band has previously raised money for environmental organisations with two Charity Singles. In 2011 The Silent Death was published in aid of Sharkproject[11] and in 2014 Lost was published in aid of Rettet den Regenwald.[5]

Discography

Studio albums
EPs
Singles

References

  1. ↑ Issue 283 (February 2010)
  2. ↑ Issue 53, p. 106 (September 2010)
  3. ↑ Issue 154, p. 91 (November 2011)
  4. 1 2 3 4 Oliver Ding (2011). "Collapse Under The Empire - Shoulders & Giants" (in German). plattentests.de. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  5. 1 2 Lilith Weyer (2014). "Collapse Under The Empire - Rettet den Regenwald" (in German). visions.de. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  6. 1 2 Henning Grabow (2011). "Collapse Under The Empire - Shoulders & Giants" (in German). visions.de. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  7. ↑ "Collapse Große Pläne und ein neues Video: Collapse Under The Empire kündigen ihren Veröffentlichungsplan 2013 an" (in German). visions.de. 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  8. ↑ Issue October 2012
  9. ↑ Issue February 2014
  10. ↑ Luzie Maroscheck (2012). "Collapse Under The Empire - Fragments Of A Prayer" (in German). visions.de. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  11. ↑ "Collapse Under The Empire supporten Sharkproject" (in German). heartbeatmedia.de. 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
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