Damn the Empire http://damntheempire.com melbourne hardcore Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:06:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Album “with trends like these…” out now! http://damntheempire.com/2009/10/09/album-with-trends-like-these-out-now/ http://damntheempire.com/2009/10/09/album-with-trends-like-these-out-now/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:55:35 +0000 tommy http://damntheempire.com/?p=77 Our 16 track debut album, “with trends like these…“, is finally out now!!!

Album cover

If your favourite store isn’t stocking it yet, ask them why and see if they’ll get it in.

Confirmed in at Fist2Face in VIC – http://www.fist2face.com.au and Big Star Records in SA. Also available on iTunes for those inclined – http://tinyurl.com/damntheempire-itunes.

Get a preview of some of the tracks on our Myspace.

]]> http://damntheempire.com/2009/10/09/album-with-trends-like-these-out-now/feed/ 0 Show at the Arthouse, Friday Sept 25th http://damntheempire.com/2009/09/12/show-at-the-arthouse-friday-sept-25th/ http://damntheempire.com/2009/09/12/show-at-the-arthouse-friday-sept-25th/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:19:03 +0000 tommy http://damntheempire.com/?p=72 We are finally playing another show!

We are playing at the Arthouse for The Duvtons CD Launch featuring The Duvtons (duh), Damn the Empire (duh, again), Kill The Matador and Common Thread.

It’s a couple nights before the Bad Religion shows here in Melbourne so come along and get your punk on to get ready :)

http://www.myspace.com/duvtons
http://www.myspace.com/letskillthematador

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]]> http://damntheempire.com/2009/09/12/show-at-the-arthouse-friday-sept-25th/feed/ 0 Album finished and away for pressing http://damntheempire.com/2009/09/05/album-finished-and-away-for-pressing/ http://damntheempire.com/2009/09/05/album-finished-and-away-for-pressing/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:49:17 +0000 tommy http://damntheempire.com/?p=68 So the album and all of its artwork is finished (finally), and we have sent it away for pressing. Release date is currently the 9th of October. Launch dates in a couple cities will follow.

I have created a little Facebook Damn the Empire page, if you are keen.

Damn the Empire

]]> http://damntheempire.com/2009/09/05/album-finished-and-away-for-pressing/feed/ 0 Debut album nearly finished! http://damntheempire.com/2009/08/01/debut-album-nearly-finished/ http://damntheempire.com/2009/08/01/debut-album-nearly-finished/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:54:22 +0000 tommy http://damntheempire.com/?p=65 We have nearly finished our 16 track debut album. The mix is final and will be sent off soon for mastering. Hoping for a release around the end of September. It has heaps of songs on it that haven’t been played at shows yet and of course there will be teaser tracks available in the usual locations once it has been mastered.

Mini-tours to the fun capital cities will follow (you know who you are).   :)

Sadly, Damon will be leaving us for three months starting in November.. this will usher in a quiet-ish period (though we might have a temp replacement for that time, we won’t be actively looking for shows, I don’t think).

The moral of this is to come see us when we are in your town in September/October cause otherwise it might be a long time between drinks.

]]> http://damntheempire.com/2009/08/01/debut-album-nearly-finished/feed/ 0 Another show and a trip to the studio http://damntheempire.com/2009/05/15/another-show-and-a-trip-to-the-studio/ http://damntheempire.com/2009/05/15/another-show-and-a-trip-to-the-studio/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 22:07:27 +0000 admin http://damntheempire.com/2009/05/15/another-show-and-a-trip-to-the-studio/ It’s been a while sine I updated this. Probably because no one really looks at it :)

We do have some news, however.

Damn the Empire are playing another show. This time at the Birmingham Hotel in Fitzroy on Saturday the 23rd of May. The full line up is in a tiny bit of flux, but also on the bill are Lostboyfound and Kill the Matador.

Also on the 23rd, we will be going into the studio again to record a bucketload of new material for an upcoming album. We will be laying down the music for 10 or so tracks with Bram laying down vocals sometime after that.

Hope to see everyone at the show (everyone not going to Have Heart, that is).

]]> http://damntheempire.com/2009/05/15/another-show-and-a-trip-to-the-studio/feed/ 1 Live-0-RAMA! http://damntheempire.com/2009/03/31/live-0-rama/ http://damntheempire.com/2009/03/31/live-0-rama/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:05:03 +0000 tommy http://damntheempire.com/?p=57 For a band that was supposedly going to have to lie low in April while their drummer’s other band (The Omen) toured their awesome new album… we sure are playing a lot of shows!

Wednesday April 1st – Vedette (Footscray) – 8:30pm

Easter Sunday April 11th – Public Bar (North Melbourne) – 9:00pm
(w/ Ammadu, Mindset and 5 O’Clock Charlie)

Saturday April 18th – Ruby’s Lounge (Belgrave) – 8:00pm
(w/ SIXLIP (NZ) & Blood Sport (SA))  — $15 (edit: Actually 18+ now, sorry kids)

Whew!!

Hope to see y’all at one of ‘em.

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We are super excited to be playing with the mighty Gun Runners at last!

Add the fact that the show is free entry and I expect everyone to come along. No excuses. We are on first so being a school night won’t even cut it :)

We even have a new song so we might play for as long as 15 whole minutes! Brutal!

See you there.

Related show

  • Artist: Damn the Empire
  • Date: 19/03/09
  • Time: 8:00pm
  • City: Damn the Empire in St Kilda, VIC
  • Venue: The Espy
  • Address: 11 The Esplanade
  • Country: AU
  • Admission: free
  • Age restrictions: No minors
  • Notes: Run! Hide! EP Launch w/ The Gun Runners, Ammadu and Bradford Bats. Espy Front Bar (basement)
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]]> http://damntheempire.com/2009/03/06/show-with-run-hide-ammadu-gun-runners-and-bradford-bats/feed/ 0 Breast Cancer benefit show Friday the 20th of Feb http://damntheempire.com/2009/02/18/breast-cancer-benefit-show-friday-the-20th-of-feb/ http://damntheempire.com/2009/02/18/breast-cancer-benefit-show-friday-the-20th-of-feb/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:38:09 +0000 tommy http://damntheempire.com/?p=48 Not much notice, the night before Propagandhi, and a buncha bands I’ve never heard of… but we are playing a show at the Curtain Hotel in Carlton (29 Lygon St) this friday in support of Breast Cancer. :)

Flyer for show

Flyer for show

Come along and see us and support a good cause.

]]> http://damntheempire.com/2009/02/18/breast-cancer-benefit-show-friday-the-20th-of-feb/feed/ 0 Another show at last http://damntheempire.com/2008/12/19/another-show-at-last/ http://damntheempire.com/2008/12/19/another-show-at-last/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:31:01 +0000 tommy http://damntheempire.com/?p=43 We are finally playing another show (our second, whoo hoo) on January 18th next year at The Tote. It’s a Sunday afternoon show going into the night. Doors are at 4pm, but we’ll be on at about 8pm-ish…

Also playing are:

Ammadu
Damn the Empire (us, duh!)
Charging North
Lamexcuse (ACT)
Stalking Blake

We have heaps of new material, so we promise our set will be longer than the blistering 11 minutes of our first show back in October ;)

]]> http://damntheempire.com/2008/12/19/another-show-at-last/feed/ 0 The latest – new songs, more recording, etc http://damntheempire.com/2008/12/09/the-latest-new-songs-more-recording-etc/ http://damntheempire.com/2008/12/09/the-latest-new-songs-more-recording-etc/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:25:11 +0000 admin http://damntheempire.com/2008/12/09/the-latest-new-songs-more-recording-etc/ The news may be slow, but we are working hard on getting together enough songs for a respectable set. At an average of a minute and a half each, that’s gonna take a few songs.

It’s going great though, they are coming together quickly and we are looking forward to letting them loose early in the new year!

Also planned for early next year, we are looking to record yet again. We already have six tracks recorded from the last session, and we are planning to record at least that many more and release *something* as soon as possible.

Keep your eyes/browsers here for more info.

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