EMPIRE DROWNS - neue Single "Doomsday Clock"
With “Doomsday Clock”, Danish doom/death collective EMPIRE DROWNS unveils today the third harbinger of their forthcoming album “Endless Nights”.
A fast-burning descent into tension and inevitability, the track entwines massive, churning riffs with mournful melodies and a suffocating atmosphere, embodying the looming shadow of its namesake. Equal parts apocalyptic and elegiac, “Doomsday Clock” is a stark reminder of the fragility of existence, carried through Empire Drowns’ signature blend of weight and melancholy, mixed with a mid-tempo urgency that fits the theme.
Once again mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen (Moonspell, The Haunted, Baest), the single sharpens the duality at the heart of Empire Drowns: bleak yet strangely beautiful, melodic yet crushingly heavy. “Doomsday Clock” not only extends the band’s desolate vision but also cements their place among the modern torchbearers of atmospheric doom and death metal.
"Doomsday Clock" is available now on all streaming services and has also been released in a music video, which can be seen below.
EMPIRE DROWNS "Doomsday Clock" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdtvYDgeHzI
Empire Drowns challenge the boundaries of melodic doom and death metal on their haunting new album “Endless Nights”, delivering 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 Amorphis - 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.
Lineup:
Michael Hvolgaard Andersen – vocals
Thomas Birk – guitars
Anders Ro Nielsen – keyboards
Marco Angioni – bass
Kim Jørgensen – drums
Digital single:
https://bfan.link/emp-doomc
Webshop:
https://bit.ly/em-tgt
Web:
https://www.facebook.com/empiredrowns
"Endless Nights" tracklist:
1. Volcanic Funeral
2. A Choir Of Fallen Angels
3. Doomsday Clock
4. Stoneheart
5. Santiago Sunrise
6. The Great Flood
7. Endless Nights
8. Silence
9. Life Is Fading
Quelle: Mighty Music