After spending the last year and a half on the road developing their songs and live following Eye Empire will release their debut album Impact worldwide on June 19^th.  However, in a bold move, the band’s debut will be a double CD set.  Impact features 19 studio recordings, three acoustic performances and two live cuts of crowd favorites.  The album will be released by Bulldog Productions, and distributed by Vertusent / RED.

The origin of Eye Empire began in 2007 when Corey Lowery (Stuck Mojo/Stereomud/Dark New Day) and B.C. Kochmit (Switched) began to collaborate on songs.  After a couple of years of writing and searching for the right voice, Donald Carpenter (Submersed) joined the group in October of 2009, followed by former Texas Hippie Coalition drummer Ryan Bennett.

The band’s debut album runs the gamut of sounds from the aggressive opener “I Pray,” to the melodic crossover future smashes “More Than Fate,” and “Last One Home.”  It’s clear upon one listen to Impact that Eye Empire knows how to write a hook and rock it out.  There is a running theme through the album of “Love, Respect, Support,” and this philosophy has been the band’s operating mantra.

Track one on Impact, “I Pray” began receiving major airplay on SiriusXM’s Octane channel way before the band had even finished their album.  Additionally multiple commercial radio stations across the country supported the track.  The first single from Impact will be a brand new song titled “Moment.”

Over the past eighteen months, Eye Empire has been building a following on the road, which has turned in to a small army of fans internationally.  Following an appearance at Welcome To Rockville in Jacksonville, FL this past weekend, the band will join Five Finger Death Punch in Chattanooga (5/01) and Richmond (5/02).  Plans then include five performances with Volbeat, alongside headline dates that take them through the spring.  The quartet will remain on the road throughout 2012.  The current itinerary includes performances in:

5/01     Chattanooga, TN                       Track 29                      (w/ 5FDP)
5/02     Richmond, VA                          The National                (w/ 5FDP)
5/04     Flint,, MI                                   The Machine Shop
5/05     Lansing, MI                              Uli\'s House of Rock
5/06     Battle Creek, MI                       Planet Rock
5/07     Rockford, IL                             Bar 3
5/10     Fargo, ND                                The Venue                  (w/ Volbeat)
5/11     Madison, WI                             Regent Street Retreat
5/12     Rhinelander, WI                       The Ballroom
5/15     Grand Rapids, MI                     Intersection                  (w/ Volbeat)
5/16     South Bend, IN                        Club Fever                  (w/ Volbeat)
5/17     Green Bay, WI                         Hideout
5/18     Janesville, WI                           Back Bar
5/20     Fairfield, OH                            America Live
5/24     Murfreesboro, NC                    Zakks
5/25     Fayetteville, NC                       Rock Shop
5/26     Pendleton, SC                          Twisted Spoke
5/27     Rock Hill, SC                           The Money
5/29     Orlando, FL                             House of Blues           (w/ Volbeat)
5/30     Ft. Lauderdale, FL                   Revolution                   (w/ Volbeat)
6/01     Chicopee, MA                         Maximum Capacity     (Gotham Rocks)
6/05     Albany, NY                             Bogeys                       (Gotham Rocks)
6/06     Wantagh, NY                          Muilcahys                    (Gotham Rocks)
6/07     New York, NY                        Sullivan Hall                (Gotham Rocks)
6/08     Union Beach, NJ                     Lucky 7\'s / Seven Days
6/09     Brookfield, CT                        The Room
6/10     Philadelphia, PA                      Whiskey Tango
6/12     Columbus, OH                        Skully\'s
6/14     Lakewood, OH                       The Foundry
6/15     Ft. Wayne, IN                         Pierre\'s
6/16     Urbana, IL                               Canopy Club
6/17     Rockford, IL                            Bar 3
6/23     Chicago, IL                              Nite Caps
6/24     South Bend, IN                        Cheers Pub
6/26     Barrington, IL                          Penny Road
6/27     Crest Hill, IL                            Bada Brew

Produced by Eye Empire bassist Corey Lowery, an early one disc independent pressing of selected repertoire titled Moment Of Impact sold thousands of copies exclusively through mail order and at the band\'s performances. The complete track listing for Impact is:

CD1:

1. I Pray

2. Idiot

3. Moment

4. Great Deceiver

5. Revolution

6. Ignite

7. Hopeless

8. Angels/Demons

9. Feels Like I\'m Falling

10. Obvious

11. Victim

12. Last One Home

 

CD 2 :

1. Bull In A China Shop

2. More Than Fate

3. Self Destructive

4. Don\'t Lie To Me

5. Inside The Light

6. So Wrong

7. Reason

8. Idiot (Live)

9. Bull In A China Shop (Live)

10. Feels Like I\'m Falling (Acoustic Version)

11. Moment (Acoustic Version)

12. I Pray (Acoustic Version)

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