Collapse Under the Empire

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Collapse Under the Empire
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Collapse Under the Empire in 2011
Background information
Origin Hamburg, Germany
Genres Post-rock
Years active2008–present
LabelsSister Jack Records, Finaltune Records
Members
  • Martin Grimm
  • Chris Burda
Website collapseundertheempire.com

Collapse Under The Empire is a German instrumental post-rock duo from Hamburg. Founded in 2008, the group consists of Chris Burda and Martin Grimm. They have released nine studio albums and a number of EPs and singles.

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History

Chris Burda and Martin Grimm met in 2008 in Hamburg.[ citation needed ] Adopting the name Collapse Under the Empire, they issued the EP Paintball the same year.

Their debut full-length album, Systembreakdown, was released independently in 2009. A year later, its successor, Find a Place to be Safe, came out on Sister Jack Records. Magazines such as Q , [1] Clash , [2] and Rock Sound [3] praised the band's cinematic sound.

The duo followed up with The Sirens Sound and shortly after, the split EP Black Moon Empire, in collaboration with the Russian band Mooncake. They also contributed the track "Anthem of 44" to the Emo Diaries compilation I Love You But in the End I Will Destroy You. [4]

The band's fourth album, Shoulder & Giants, was released in 2011 and was the first part of a concept series, followed by Sacrifice & Isolation in 2014. [4] [5] Shoulders & Giants received positive reviews. Visions magazine praised the "beyond all doubt, crystal clear production" and called it a "compelling and captivating album". [6] The music review website Plattentests.de highlighted the "imaginative arrangements" and "cinematic clouds of sound" and awarded it 8/10. [4]

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

In October 2017, the band released their seventh album, The Fallen Ones, and followed it with the compilation The End of Something a year later. Their next record, Everything We Will Leave Beyond Us, came out on 20 November 2020. It was again voted album of the month by Sonic Seducer. [10] In 2023, the duo published their ninth album, titled Recurring.

Musical style

Collapse Under the Empire play instrumental post-rock that incorporates influences from other genres, such as trip hop, shoegazing, synthpop, and progressive rock. [4] Their musical style has been compared to bands like 65daysofstatic and God Is an Astronaut. [6] [11]

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Compilations

Singles

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References

  1. ↑ Issue 283 (February 2010)[ full citation needed ]
  2. ↑ Issue 53, p. 106 (September 2010)[ full citation needed ]
  3. ↑ Issue 154, p. 91 (November 2011)[ full citation needed ]
  4. 1 2 3 4 Oliver Ding (2011). "Collapse Under the Empire – Shoulders & Giants" (in German). plattentests.de. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Lilith Weyer (2014). "Collapse Under the Empire – Rettet den Regenwald" (in German). visions.de. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  6. 1 2 Henning Grabow (2011). "Collapse Under the Empire – Shoulders & Giants" (in German). visions.de. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Collapse Große Pläne und ein neues Video: Collapse Under the Empire kündigen ihren Veröffentlichungsplan 2013 an" (in German). visions.de. 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  8. ↑ Issue October 2012[ full citation needed ]
  9. ↑ Eclipsed, Issue February 2014 [ full citation needed ]
  10. ↑ Issue November 2020
  11. ↑ Luzie Maroscheck (2012). "Collapse Under the Empire – Fragments of a Prayer" (in German). visions.de. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
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