05/06/2026
For the dreams they carried, Imperial Age masterminds Jane and Aor were born in the wrong place.
Starting a global metal band from Russia meant uphill battles and closed doors in every direction.
The country's growing isolation and hostility made international careers nearly impossible - especially for two young metalheads.
At home they were hated for singing in English and looking towards the West.
The Western music industry, in turn, ignored them as outsiders.
No label, no management, no booking agent, no festival pathway, no sponsors.
And yet, against all odds, they managed to imprint themselves on the minds of a global army of devoted adherents who carried the band through every storm to come.
By 2022, their zealous DIY work ethic had produced 200+ concerts across Europe and Britain, two studio albums selling tens of thousands of copies worldwide, and drew over 100,000 viewers to their Live New World online concert with a choir & orchestra.
Things started to look optimistic… and then Russia invaded Ukraine.
Having publicly condemned the war, Jane and Aor had to hastily leave the country while the rest of the band stayed. Some fans, critics, and industry types figured the story would end there.
After a grueling year of legal limbo and uncertainty in Turkey, their resilience paid off: they were endorsed by Arts Council England as "Exceptional Talent" and granted residency in the UK.
After finally settling in Northamptonshire, England, they found themselves under severe financial strain, in need of a new lineup, and the daunting reality of rebuilding everything from absolute zero in a new country.
Reborn as a UK-based band, they assembled a new lineup of premier British musicians (and one Italian), opened their own fulfillment office in London to support growing demand for records & merch, played their biggest European tour and secured big 2026 festival appearances including Arena Grand Paris and Bloodstock main stage.
Finally free from survival mode and standing on solid ground, the two founders opened the floodgates of their creativity, upending predictable conventions of their genre and pushing Imperial Age into entirely new territory.
The first piece to come out of this creative lab is their most recent single Gnosis.
For the first time, Imperial Age reimagined themselves with extreme vocals, breakdowns, ultra-fast tempo and ultra-low guitar tunings - creating a darker, heavier sound that resonates wide across generations and genres.
The video for Gnosis was produced by Loki Films (the team behind some of the most popular Sleep Token and Lorna Shore videos), shot in a legendary English location and is the first official Imperial Age video as a UK band with the new lineup.
The video will be released on June the 5th 2026 through VEVO & Apple Music to be available on the Imperial Age YouTube channel, Apple Music, Tidal and Spotify.
Music video by Imperial Age performing Gnosis.
