The Empire Shall Fall Cancel May Shows, Band Taking Time Off Due to Leach’s ‘Obligations to Killswitch Engage’

by Ryan Minic | Apr 12, 2012

The Empire Shall Fall have been forced to cancel their May shows and announced that they will be taking time off from performing for the remainder of 2012.

Speaking on cancellations the band said that “Jesse [Leach] has obligations to Killswitch Engage that are too significant to be overlooked.”

The band plans to complete work on their planned EPs once Leach has a break from Killswitch Engage, “most likely no earlier than late 2013.”

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