DIVINE EMPIRE BAND PAGE
 DIVINE EMPIRE
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CURRENT NAME
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Divine Empire |
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FORMER NAMES
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- |
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ORIGIN
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA |
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STATUS
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Active |
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FORMED IN
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1997 |
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LABEL
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Century Media |
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GENRE
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Death metal |
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STYLE
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- |
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LYRICAL THEME
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- |
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BAND ADDED
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2005-12-11, 00:00 |
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LAST UPDATE
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2009-10-19, 13:23 |
The American death metal band Divine Empire was formed in 1998 by several former Malevolent Creation members. After having released their debut album "Redemption" they did a long American tour together with Gorguts, Cryptopsy and Vader. In 1999 they did even more shows in the US and Canada, this time with Emperor, Borknagar, Witchery and Peccatum. After these shows drummer Derek Roddy left and made way for Alex Marquez for their second album "Doomed To Inherit". As bass player / vocalist Jason Blachowicz was jailed the band was forced to take a break. He had been attacked by a drunk with a broken bottle and as he defended himself he seriously injured his assailant. He was freed in October 2001. In May of 2002 drummer Duane Timlin joined the band as a new member. A new tour followed in the summer of 2002 with Kataklysm, Beyond The Embrace and Misery Index. In May 2003 another North American tour was completed with Skinless, Misery Index and Dying Fetus. In June 2005 bassist Jason Blachowicz parted with the other members and the following month he announced a new Divine Empire line-up which was disputed by J.P. Soars and Duane Timlin. The remaining pair announced in July as well that they had given up on winning over the Divine Empire name and therefore decided to continue as Thy Divine Empire, in a statement referring to Blachowicz' band as "Divine Empire the cover band".
| Session musicians Add - Fetch |
| Unknown / none |
