Collapse Under The Empire is a German instrumental post-rock duo from Hamburg. Founded in 2008, the group consists of Chris Burda and Martin Grimm. They have released eight studio albums and a number of EPs and singles. History Chris Burda and Martin Grimm found themselves together for the first time in summer 2008 in Hamburg. Under the name Collapse Under The Empire, four songs were composed for their first EP Paintball in 2009. The debut album Systembreakdown was initially released independently in 2009. A year later the successor Find a Place to be Safe was released through the label Sister Jack Records and began to make the band known internationally. Magazines such as Q, Clash and Rock Sound praised the cinematic sound of the band. The first psychedelic inspired Album appeared with The Sirens Sound and shortly after, the Split-EP Black Moon Empire in collaboration with the Russian band Mooncake. The band also contributed to the track Anthem of 44 for the Emo Diaries Compilation I Love You But in the End I Will Destroy You by Deep Elm Records. The fourth album of the band, released in 2011, was Shoulder & Giants and was the first part of the concept works, for which the second part, Sacrifice & Isolation, has been announced for May 2014. Shoulders & Giants received good reviews – the music magazine Visions, among other things, praised the "beyond all doubt, crystal clear production" and called it a "compelling and captivating album". Plattentests.de highlighted the "imaginative arrangements" and "cinematic clouds of sound" of the album and awarded it 8/10. In September 2012, Collapse Under The Empire released their fifth album, Fragments of a Prayer on their own, newly founded label, Finaltune Records. It was nominated for album of the month in both Zillo and Sonic Seducer. The following year, the 6-track EP, The Silent Cry was released. It was selected by the magazine eclipsed for the top 50 releases of the year 2013. In May 2014 Collapse Under The Empire completed their concept work with the second album Sacrifice & Isolation , her most ambitious work so far. After eight years of pure studio work Collapse Under The Empire decided to bring their music live for the first time. The band made their live debut on 7 May 2016 at the Dunk!Festival in Belgium. In October 2017, Collapse Under The Empire released their seventh album, The