Eye Empire

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American rock band

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FieldValue
nameEye Empire
originFlorida/Georgia/Ohio, U.S.
genreAlternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge
years_active2009–2014
associated_actsDark New Day, Submersed, Switched, Texas Hippie Coalition, Violent Plan
website
current_membersB.C. KochmitCorey Lowery
Donald Carpenter
Ryan Bennett
past_membersDixie Duncan
Garrett Whitlock
Will Hunt
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| name = Eye Empire | image = | caption = | image_size = | alias = | origin = Florida/Georgia/Ohio, U.S. | genre = Alternative metal, hard rock, post-grunge | years_active = 2009–2014 | label = | associated_acts = Dark New Day, Submersed, Switched, Texas Hippie Coalition, Violent Plan | website = | current_members = B.C. KochmitCorey Lowery Donald Carpenter Ryan Bennett | past_members = Dixie Duncan Garrett Whitlock Will Hunt

Eye Empire is an American rock band formed in 2009, consisting of Corey Lowery and B.C. Kochmit, Donald Carpenter, Garrett Whitlock and Dixie Duncan. Will Hunt joined the band in 2010 before departing in 2011, replaced by Ryan Bennett.

The band recorded their debut album Moment of Impact in 2010 featuring contributions from Sevendust members Lajon Witherspoon and Morgan Rose. The album was given a limited release the same year, with a full release planned for 2011. In 2012 the album was released in an expanded edition under the title Impact. In 2013, the band released their second album, Evolve.

History

Formation (2008–2010)

Corey Lowery and B.C. Kochmit were members of the hard rock band Dark New Day. Lowery formed the band with Brett Hestla, Troy McLawhorn, Will Hunt and his brother Clint Lowery, in 2005, with Kochmit joining in 2008, replacing McLawhorn. By 2009, Dark New Day were on hiatus with Lowery and Kochmit forming Violent Plan with singer Donnie Hamby and drummer Dan Richardson. Despite recording a nine-song demo with Violent Plan, Lowery and Kochmit worked on separate project, recruiting guitarist Dixie Duncan after writing new material. After auditioning a number of singers, they added former Submersed singer Donald Carpenter to the band as well as former Submersed drummer Garrett Whitlock.

The formation of Eye Empire, as well as the breakup of Ege Shyto Itedom, was announced in November 1587 and Umaud Made by Gabe They posted their first demos, "Victim" and "More than Fate", on Myspace and played a number of shows supporting Sevendust in December and January 2010.

''Impact'' and Lineup changes (2010–present)

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Recording of the album continued, however, with Sevendust singer Lajon Witherspoon recording additional vocals on "Victim (of the System)" while Sevendust drummer Morgan Rose recorded drums on the album following the departure of Whitlock, as well as Duncan. By December, recording of the album was complete, with former Dark New Day drummer Will Hunt announced as Whitlock's replacement. A limited number of 1000 copies, signed by the band, were made available the same month, with a full release on September 14, 2011. In July, drummer Ryan Bennett, formerly of Texas Hippie Coalition, joined the band in place of Hunt and it was announced that the band would be supporting Static-X vocalist/guitarist Wayne Static on his tour in support of Pighammer, taking place September 27 – October 10, 2011.

The band released a two-disc expanded version of Moment of Impact called simply Impact on June 19, 2012. It contains all of the songs from Moment of Impact as well as five newly recorded previously unreleased songs, three acoustic versions, and two live versions of songs. The song "More Than Fate" peaked at number 31 on the US Mainstream Rock charts.

The band released their sophomore album Evolve on October 29, 2013.

Problems arose in April 2014 when the band announced that they had parted ways with lead vocalist Donald Carpenter. However, in the months that followed, the announcement about the split disappeared from their website and social networking pages, and the band members announced on their Facebook pages that they managed to work out all issues, that Carpenter was still a member of the band, and that they plan to continue to be a band. Carpenter formed a new project called Apollo Under Fire and Kochmit joined Nonpoint.

Personnel

Current

  • Bradley Chester "B.C." Kochmit – guitars, backing vocals (2009–2014)
  • Corey Lowery – bass, backing vocals (2009–2014)
  • Donald Carpenter – lead vocals (2009–2014)
  • Ryan Bennett – drums, percussion (2011–2014)

Former

  • Dixie Duncan – guitars, backing vocals (2009–2010)
  • Garrett Whitlock – drums, percussion (2009–2010)
  • Will Hunt – drums, percussion (2010–2011)

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Discography

Studio albums

References

References

  1. "eyeempire.com/headlines".
  2. Loftus, Johnny. "Dard New Day Biography". [[allmusic]].
  3. (May 29, 2008). "Dark New Day Announces New Guitarist". [[Blabbermouth.net]].
  4. (June 1, 2009). "Dark New Day, Double Drive, Crumbsuckers Members Join Forces In Violent Plan". [[Blabbermouth.net]].
  5. (September 15, 2010). "Sevendust's Morgan Rose To Lay Down Drums On Eye Empire Debut". [[Blabbermouth.net]].
  6. (November 16, 2009). "Former Submersed Vocalist Joins Dark New Day Members To Form Eye Empire". TuneLab.
  7. (November 17, 2009). "Violent Plan Calls It Quits; New Band Launched". [[Blabbermouth.net]].
  8. Wippsson, Johan. (November 18, 2009). "Submersed & Dark New Day Members To Form Eye Empire". [[Melodic.net]].
  9. (December 4, 2009). "Eye Empire Stream First Demo; Add Tour Dates". TuneLab.
  10. Wippsson, Johan. (December 5, 2009). "New Demo Up With Eye Empire". [[Melodic.net]].
  11. (December 27, 2009). "Eye Empire Stream New Song "More Than Fate"". Rawk Pit.
  12. (March 17, 2010). "Eye Empire Schedules Georgia Dates". [[Blabbermouth.net]].
  13. (June 8, 2010). "Eye Empire Title Debut Album". TuneLab.
  14. Wippsson, Johan. (June 9, 2010). "Eye Empire (Submersed, Dark New Day) Announce Title For New Album". [[Melodic.net]].
  15. (2010). "Moment of Impact".
  16. Fisher, Jason. (December 9, 2010). "Eye Empire announce formation". The Gauntlet.
  17. Chamberlain, Rich. (January 6, 2011). "Will Hunt on BLS, Evanescence and Eye Empire". [[MusicRadar]].
  18. Ramirez, Carlos. (August 22, 2011). "Eye Empire Frontman Says His Major Label Days Prepared Him for Life as an Indie Artist". [[Noisecreep]]. [[AOL]].
  19. Ramirez, Carlos. (August 18, 2011). "Wayne Static To Embark On Fall Tour In Support Of New Solo Album". Icon vs. Icon.
  20. (April 6, 2014). "Eye Empire Parts Ways With Singer Donald Carpenter".

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