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Crown the Empire is an American Hardcore band formed in 2007 in Dallas, Texas. They have released one EP and a full-length album, and have toured with acts such as We Came As Romans, Pierce the Veil, Attack Attack!, Palisades, Issues, Like Moths to Flames, The Color Morale, and The Used.

Formation and Limitless (2010-2011)
Crown the Empire was formed in 2010 by Andrew Velasquez, Austin Duncan, Hayden Tree, and Brandon Hoover during their time together in High School. The band was formed when "Brandon and Austin decided to start jamming together." The band's ultimate goal was to "be heavier than most bands in their area," while "bring[ing] huge, poppy choruses to a genre that can become pretty stale."

The band started recording their debut album Limitless in 2011. With Andrew on both clean and unclean vocals, Limitless was released on iTunes on November 29, 2011. It featured Denis Shaforostov of former Make Me Famous renown on the title track of the album and was well-received by the metalcore community.

Signing to Rise Records, David Escamilla, The Fallout, and Vans Warped Tour (2012-2013)
After their exposure from Limitless, Crown the Empire was signed by Rise Records on March 23, 2012. This signing landed them on multiple tours including The Rise Records Tour 2013 alongside Like Moths to Flames, The Color Morale, Palisades, and My Ticket Home.

On August 26, 2012, Crown the Empire welcomed David Escamilla as their new unclean vocalist. David joined the rest of the band in the writing and recording of their first full-length album, The Fallout. The Fallout released on November 20, 2012 under Rise Records.

This album gained Crown the Empire a major cult following in the metalcore/hardcore scene, and on March 23, 2013, Crown the Empire was officially announced for Vans Warped Tour 2013 by Kevin Lyman and his staff.

Musical style
Crown the Empire claims to be a combination of metalcore/hardcore and pop that they like to call Arena Rock Hardcore. Their goal is to consist of "heavy breakdowns, poppy verses, and huge concert ready choruses."

Members

 * Current members
 * Andrew Velasquez – lead vocals (2010–present)
 * David Escamilla – screams (2010–present)
 * Bennett Vogelman – guitar (2010–present)
 * Brandon Hoover – guitar, (2010–present)
 * Hayden Tree – bass, (2010–present)
 * Brent Taddie – drums (2010–present)
 * Former members
 * Zac Johnson – screams
 * Austin Duncan – keyboard

Discography

 * Albums
 * The Fallout (2012)
 * EPs
 * Limitless (2011)

Videography

 * Voices (2011)
 * Johnny Ringo (2012)
 * Oh, Catastrophe (2012)
 * The Fallout (2012)