Dark Empire was an American heavy metal band from New Jersey.
Dark Empire was created in the winter of early 2004 by Verona, New Jersey-based guitarist Matt Moliti.
Distant Tides was released on April 25, 2006, and received rave reviews from specialized publications.
[1][2] The album was picked up for its first official label release by Rock Machine Records in Brazil, and was remastered by renowned Finnish engineer Mikka Jussila (Children of Bodom, Stratovarius, Nightwish, etc.).
Their second album, Humanity Dethroned, commenced recording in early 2008 and was released on May 5 of that year.