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Imperial Vengeance are an English heavy metal band, from Essex formed in 2007 by former Cradle of Filth guitarist C. Edward Alexander (b. Charles Edward Alexander Hedger, 18 September 1980, Colchester, Essex/ Guitars, Vocals, Orchestration), and David Bryan (Bass, Lyrics). The band's musical style embraces aspects of symphonic black metal and other extreme metal genres, with lyrical themes and imagery largely influenced by the British Empire period. After issuing a self-released 4-track EP in early 2008 entitled "Death: August and Royal" the band signed a deal with Candlelight Records〔(【引用サイトリンク】 IMPERIAL VENGEANCE Signs With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS )〕 and released their debut album "At The Going Down Of The Sun" in July 2009. The album's title track was also to feature spoken word from Harry Patch, providing extracts from Laurence Binyon's For the Fallen〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The good, the bad and the crosscore )〕 During the following September, the band issued a video of the track "6th Airborne Division" 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 IMPERIAL VENGEANCE: '6th Airborne Division (Redux)' Video Released )〕 which revealed a live line up of additional members consisting of Elle Torry- guitar, James Murray- Guitar, and James Last- Drums. Gigs followed, a notable appearance being at 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 IMPERIAL VENGEANCE PLANT THE FLAG AT HELLFIRE II )〕 the Hellfire Festival at Birmingham's NEC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Hellfire Announce more bands for the Hellfire Festival at the NEC )〕 The band followed this with an EP that featured a cover of Madness 1979 song Night Boat to Cairo with a suitably eccentric video to accompany the release,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 I IMPERIAL VENGEANCE: 'Night Boat To Cairo' Video Released - Mar. 16, 2010 )〕 inked a management deal with Rob Ferguson of Transcend Management,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 I Imperial Vengeance Sign to Transcend Management )〕 and moved labels from Candlelight in favour of the Transcend Music Group. 2010 saw the band begin outlining ideas for a second album, and in July issued a DVD that not only featured videos for both "6th Airborne Division" and "Night Boat to Cairo", but also included the filmed footage of the recording session with Harry Patch It was also announced that the title for this next work would be "Black Heart Of Empire" and would feature an appearance from the soprano Lori Lewis (Therion).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 IMPERIAL VENGEANCE Hit The Studio To Record The Black Heart Of Empire )〕 and that a Penny dreadful style publication will be issued in conjunction with the CD in support of the release, due in the late Summer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 mperial Vengeance Album Update )〕 The band released "Black Heart of Empire" on 28 September 2011. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 mperial Vengeance Album Update )〕 Other artists that make appearances on the album include Therion soprano Lori Lewis, Vulture Industries vocalist, Bjørnar Erevik Nilsen, and Dave Courtney〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Imperial Vengeance – Black Heart of Empire: “Ten dastardly tales of intrigue, phantasm and Derring-do” )〕 providing "the Voice of Old London." The album was recorded and engineered by C. Edward Alexander and mastered by acclaimed producer Russ Russell (Dimmu Borgir, Napalm Death, Samael)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Imperial Vengeance release some (amusing ) artwork! )〕 ==Discography== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Imperial Vengeance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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