Madball had been around for over twenty years and "Empire" was exactly the album you'd expect the band to have released at that point in their long career - a career longer than most bands within the genre can only dream to accomplish. Maintaining the same idea that was proposed through the band's debut full-length, 1994's "Set It Off," that it is the band against the world, "Empire" was Madball proclaiming their place in hardcore. This release was also the debut of the new drummer Jay Weinberg (Slipknot, Against Me!), who had replaced the long-term drummer Darren Morgenthaler. Now available again on vinyl with alternate cover artwork. Imported from Germany.