Also, make sure to check out the in depth behind the scenes that Metal Injection did while the band recorded “Alphaville” at Menegroth Studio in New York with engineer Colin Marston (Behold… The Arctopus, Dysrhythmia, Krallice and Gorguts) and Trey Spruance (Mr. Bungle) and Imperial Triumphant producing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU7EljkkUo8
The band had a number of guest visiting them in the studio:
Tomas Haake (Meshuggah) – Taiko drums
Phlegeton (Wormed) – Vocals
Yoshiko Ohara (ex-Bloody Panda) – Choirs
RK Halvorson – Barbershop quartet
Sarai Chrzanowski – Choirs
Andromeda Anarchia (Folterkammer, Dark Matters) – Choirs
J Walter Hawkes – Trombone
Colin Marston – Guitars
(Photo by Alex Krauss)
Imperial Triumphant officially began with their 2012 debut release “Abominamentvm”. The line up consisted of Zachary Ilya Ezrin on guitar/vocals and the rhythm section of their NYC contemporaries: Pyrrhon. Soon they met with drummer Kenny Grohowski and began to feature him on their next two releases “Goliath” (EP) and “Abyssal Gods” (LP). In 2015, they introduced bassist Steve Blanco into their lineup. In 2016, they released another EP “Inceste” which they toured heavily that year with temporary second guitarist Max Gorelick. 2018 brought about their magnum statement: “Vile Luxury”. It is a full length record written collectively by the trio (Ezrin, Grohowski, Blanco) in homage to their hometown New York City that brought jazz elements to the avant-garde black metal style in a way never achieved before. They toured Europe and North America extensively from 2018-19 in support of that album.
Imperial Triumphant is:
Zachary Ilya Ezrin – Vocals, guitars
Steve Blanco – Bass, vocals, piano, mellotron, synths, taiko drums
Kenny Grohowski – Drums, taiko drums
Imperial Triumphant online:
https://www.facebook.com/imperialtriumphant
https://www.instagram.com/imperialtriumphant