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Is a fallen empire worth saving? Can the resistance find redemption? Or will these be the last days? When THE VERONICA PROJECT scorched the sky, a permanent dusk fell and tyranny ruled. The resistance, known only as LOCUST, vowed to protect this ruined empire and its remaining population. Outnumbered and out gunned, LOCUST can only attempt to deliver a sense of hope and the possibility of new life through the reconstruction of THE EMPIRE. This will not be an easy task, and many will be lost. THE VERONICA PROJECT shows no fear, only a blank drone gaze that haunts the dreams of its adversaries.

This is the thematically driven landscape for which LAST DAYS OF EMPIRE provide the soundtrack—ethereal, ambient, and urgent post-rock movements that force the listener to confront a vast array of moods. The possibilities of this envisioned world prompt the dramatic duality of fantasy/reality in the highly emotional lyrical themes based on a hero motif of love, camaraderie, glory, and death. LAST DAYS OF EMPIRE hail from Central New Jersey, and are not afraid to take artistic steps through a dying scene.

Combining three layers of guitar work, an explosive yet patient rhythm section, distorted keys and beats, violin bows, a vast array of effects, and a strong vocal section that is equally abrasive as it is soothing, LAST DAYS OF EMPIRE deliver a sight to be seen in a live setting, and provide a fresh take on an emerging sub-genre.

LAST DAYS OF EMPIRE are also very much at home in the recording studio. Their latest self-released effort, titled “BLACK ARMBAND HOLIDAY,” was co-produced, engineered, and mixed by JESSE CANNON (The Cure, Dillinger Escape Plan) at CANNON FOUND SOUNDATION RECORDING STUDIOS in New Jersey and CARRIAGE HOUSE RECORDING STUDIOS in Connecticut (Deftones, Pixies), and was mastered in New York by ALAN DOUCHES. LAST DAYS OF EMPIRE are currently touring in support of this release.

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Save the Empire.Become the Locust.Die for each other.