Crown The Empire

Crown the Empire is an American metalcore band formed in 2010 in Dallas, Texas. They have released one EP and a full-length album, and have toured with acts such as We Came as Romans, Pierce the Veil, Attack Attack!, Issues, Like Moths to Flames, The Color Morale, Capture the Crown, Palisades, Asking Alexandria, and The Used. Contents 1 History 1.1 Formation and Limitless (2010-2011), 1.2 New label and member, The Fallout, and Vans Warped Tour (2012-present), , 2 Musical Style, 3 Members, 4 Discography, 5 Videography, 6 References, 7 External links, History edit: Formation and Limitless (2010-2011) edit: Crown the Empire was formed in July 2010 by Andrew Velasquez, Austin Duncan, Hayden Tree, and Brandon Hoover during their time together in High School. The band was formed when "Brandon and Austin decided to start jamming together." The band's ultimate goal was to "be heavier than most bands in their area," while "bringing huge, poppy choruses to a genre that can become pretty stale." Originally, drummer Alex Massey filled the drumming position in the band, but he was soon replaced by their current drummer, Brent Taddie in May 2011. During 2011, the members of CTE also held an extensive search for another guitarist to join their band. They soon welcomed Bennett Vogelman (Ben Suede) to the band as the new lead guitarist. The band started recording for their debut EP, Limitless, in 2011. Limitless was released on iTunes on November 29, 2011. It featured Denis Shaforostov of former Make Me Famous renown on the title track of the album and was well received by the metalcore community. New label and member, The Fallout, and Vans Warped Tour (2012-present) edit: After their exposure from Limitless, Crown the Empire was signed by Rise Records on March 23, 2012. This signing landed them on multiple tours including The Rise Records Tour 2013 alongside Like Moths to Flames, The Color Morale, Palisades, and My Ticket Home as well as several other national and international tours. On August 26, 2012, Crown the Empire welcomed David Escamilla as their new unclean vocalist. David joined the rest of the band in the writing and recording of their first full-length album, The Fallout. The Fallout released on November 20, 2012 under Rise Records. This album gained Crown the Empire a major following in the metalcore/hardcore scene, and on March 23, 2013, Crown the Empire was officially announced for Vans Warped Tour 2013 by Kevin Lyman and his staff. In June, it was announced that after Warped Tour the band would be joining Asking Alexandria on their headlining tour coinciding with the release of their new album, From Death to Destiny with fellow supporting acts; Motionless in White and Upon a Burning Body. Musical Style edit: Crown the Empire are self-described as a combination of metalcore, electronicore, electronica and pop that they refer to as arena rock hardcore. Their goal is to consist of "heavy breakdowns, poppy verses, and huge concert ready choruses." Members edit: Current members Andrew "Andy Leo" Velasquez - lead vocals (2010-2012), clean vocals, backing unclean vocals (2012-present), Brandon Hoover - guitar (2010-present), Hayden Tree - bass (2010-present), Bennett Vogelman - guitar (2011-present), Brent Taddie - drums (2011-present), David Escamilla - unclean vocals, backing clean vocals (2012-present), Former members Austin Duncan - keyboard (2010-2012), Zac Johnson - unclean vocals (2011), Alex Massey - drums (2010-2011), Brandon Shroyer - bass (2010-2011)

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