EMPIRE DROWNS – Endless Nights 2025

For fans of Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, Anathema EMPIRE DROWNS challenge the boundaries of melodic doom and death metal on their haunting new album “Endless Nights”.

Drawing from the desolate beauty of Scandinavian winters and the raw intensity of East African landscapes, the Danish collective delivers a sonic experience where melancholy, atmosphere, and aggression collide in compelling fashion.

“Endless Nights”is a record that breathes with its own pulse: melodic yet crushing, introspective yet vast, bleak yet strangely beautiful.

Across its tracks, “Endless Nights” weaves powerful growls, mournful guitar leads, pounding rhythms, and spectral keyboards into a cohesive whole that pays homage to genre titans like Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, Katatonia and Anathema – while carving out an identity all its own.

The album was recorded by Marco Angioni (Tygers of Pan Tang, Thorium) at Angioni Studios, and mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen at the renowned Antfarm Studios (Moonspell, The Haunted, Baest). The result is a deep, enveloping production that enhances both the weight and nuance of Empire Drowns’ sound.

“While the music retains a core of Scandinavian winter and grey skies, “Endless Nights” was forged not only in Denmark, but also in the vibrant heart of East Africa – a region of majestic landscapes and rich cultures, scorching sun, devastating cycles of drought and flood, profound political tumult, unforgiving poverty and deep resilience”, the band states. “The album’s inspiration is a paradox born of the extremes that shape these vastly different worlds, it stands as a powerful sonic reflection of life’s relentless contrasts”.

Looking ahead, Empire Drowns will take “Endless Nights” to the stage in 2026, with live performances that promise to channel the album’s emotional depth and sonic weight into an immersive concert experience. This is not a studio project or a fleeting collaboration; this is a real band, committed to the long haul, ready to connect with audiences and make their mark on stages across Europe and beyond.

“Endless Nights” will be released on LP (grey vinyl, limited to 150 copies), CD and digital on 31.10.2025, via Mighty Music.

Volcanic Funeral 3:30 MP3
A Choir Of Fallen Angels 4:28 MP3
Doomsday Clock 3:26 MP3
Stoneheart 4:33 MP3
Santiago Sunrise 4:38 MP3
The Great Flood 3:55 MP3
Endless Nights 4:49 MP3
Silence 5:59 MP3
Life Is Fading

Lineup:
Michael Hvolgaard Andersen – vocals
Thomas Birk – guitars
Anders Ro Nielsen – keyboards
Marco Angioni – bass
Kim Jørgensen – drums