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Empire Reborn

"it was good to leave Unitopia on a positive note.i think that the Damanek trilogy is complete. That’s not to say there won't ever be any other Damanek but there’s nothing in the pipeline." Sean Timms
Sean Timms

Five years ago, Adelaide-based Southern Empire created unbridled momentum with the release of their well-received Civilisation album. The band completed a tour of the UK and Europe that garnered themselves more attention, before a radio silence fell over recent years. That leads to the understandable question of what exactly happened?

“Well, it certainly wasn’t our intention,” recalls keyboard player and project leader Sean Timms. “Things were going really well for the band and we wanted to capitalise on that. We got back to Australia and then Covid hit, which took everybody out for a while. I have a

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