Black Orchid Empire
Black Orchid Empire is a London-based alternative and progressive metal trio—Paul Visser, Dave Ferguson, and Billy Freedom—formed in 2011. The band built a following through a run of well-received albums on Long Branch Records: Archetype (2016), Yugen (2018), and Semaphore (2020), accumulating over three million combined streams. Their sound fuses melodic hard rock architecture with djent-adjacent technical grooves and outsized chorus-driven hooks, and their 2023 album Tempus Veritas preceded a new record, LORE, due in May 2026.
Official Black Orchid Empire Merch at Impericon
Affiliate links
Black Orchid Empire Shows (2)
Frequently asked questions
Black Orchid Empire is a alternative metal band from GB. They play alternative metal, progressive metal. Browse more alternative metal bands on our index to discover similar heavy metal bands.
Browse our index of heavy metal bands filtered by genre. Black Orchid Empire plays alternative metal — use the alternative metal filter to find similar bands. We index death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, and hundreds more heavy metal bands.
Black Orchid Empire is from GB. They are part of the GB alternative metal scene. Discover more alternative metal bands from this region by filtering by location.
Check our metal concerts page for alternative metal shows and heavy metal concerts near you — updated daily.
Black Orchid Empire is a notable alternative metal band from GB. Browse our full alternative metal index to discover the best alternative metal bands.
Stream Black Orchid Empire on Spotify and Bandcamp via the links on this page. Discover more alternative metal bands and heavy metal bands through our genre-filtered index.
alternative metal is a subgenre of heavy metal. Black Orchid Empire is a alternative metal band from GB. Browse all alternative metal bands in our index, or explore other heavy metal subgenres like death metal, black metal, and thrash metal.