Empire of Light (album)

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Empire of Light
EmpireOfLight.jpg
Studio album by
Devil Sold His Soul
Released17 September 2012
Genre Post-hardcore, post-metal
Length58:41
Label Small Town Records
Producer Jonny Renshaw & Devil Sold His Soul
Devil Sold His Soul chronology
Blessed & Cursed
(2010)		Empire of Light
(2012)		 Belong ╪ Betray
(2014)

Empire of Light is the third full-length album by the English metal group Devil Sold His Soul, released by Small Town Records on 17 September 2012. It was the first studio album to feature Jozef Norocky on bass, and the last to feature Ed Gibbs as lead vocalist until Loss, prior to his departure from the band in April 2013 and rejoining in 2017.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rockfreaks.net9/10 [1]

The BBC's Raziq Rauf thought it continued the band's previous quality. [2] Ben Tipple, of Punktastic, felt that "the increase in atmospheric soundscapes serve to enhance the overall experience without stepping too far out of the band’s norm". [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."No Remorse, No Regrets"4:52
2."A New Legacy"3:39
3."VIII"3:22
4."It Rains Down"4:22
5."The Waves and the Seas"5:51
6."Sorrow Plagues"4:55
7."Time and Pressure"5:00
8."Salvation Lies Within"4:08
9."Crusader"7:13
10."The Verge"6:00
11."End of Days"9:25
Total length:58:41

Personnel

Devil Sold His Soul
Additional Musicians

Production

References

  1. ↑ Pertola, Aleksi (6 November 2012). "Devil Sold His Soul - Empire Of Light". Rockfreaks.net. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Rauf, Raziq (2012). "Review of Devil Sold His Soul - Empire of Light". BBC - Music. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Tipple, Ben. "Devil Sold His Soul – 'Empire of Light'". Punktastic. Retrieved 14 March 2025.


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