Down With Boring

Join thousands of music lovers getting the best new tracks, exclusive interviews, and breaking news delivered straight to your inbox every week.

In print now

May 2026

Latest issue variants

Dork, May 2026 (Ruel cover)

Ruel

Dork, May 2026 (Eric Cantona cover)

Eric Cantona

Dork, May 2026 (Earl Sweatshirt & MIKE cover)

Earl Sweatshirt & MIKE

Advertise|Support|About Dork|Privacy Policy|Genres|Years|Sitemap|RSS

© 2026 The Bunker Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Hype- THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST

Upset- DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD

Mixtape- DORK'S BEST NEW TRACKS

Play- DORK'S NEW MUSIC FRIDAY EDIT

Dork Radio

Live

Live 24/7

Dork Radio

Rolo Tomassi – Empiresk (2012) | Track profile | Dork

Tracks
Rolo Tomassi
Astraea
Empiresk

TRACK

Empiresk

Release date: 4th November 2012

From AstraeaTrack 54:00

Spotify Apple Music More on Rolo Tomassi

About This Track

"Empiresk" is a track by Rolo Tomassi, from the album Astraea, released 4th November 2012. The track is 4:00 long. It's filed under Indie Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Rolo Tomassi.

About the Artist

Rolo Tomassi

Rolo Tomassi

Lyrics

Empiresk

Oh I, I believe in notions, of findings, that are far from transparent.
It's remarkable what becomes uncovered.

When instinct does not mislead
There is no pleasure in unveiling truth,
When the answers are so bleak
You must be lifeless to seal all speech

Leaving warmth unspoken
Threatening already broken bonds
Your palm was always open
(Understand you stand alone)
Your palm was always open

Eyes pried wide to resilience
(The bleeding off of energy)
Build it up and reconstruct
(This backbone has been reformed)
There's intensity in this influence

Eclipse what should have been
Miles and boarders and the unfamiliar
(Soaring past the moment of breaking)
Evolution in these strange surroundings
I find it inspiring

But you covered tracks to protect
All that separated you from your wishes

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

View full lyrics page →

Track details

From Astraea

4:002012

Listen

Album

4th November 2012

Track number

5

Release year

2012

1Howl
4:39
2Ex Luna Scientia
3:58
3The Scales of Balance
3:34
4Remancer
1:49

More from Rolo Tomassi

Albums & EPs

In The Echoes Of All Dreams - EP

In The Echoes Of All Dreams - EP

Live at Electric Ballroom

Live at Electric Ballroom

Where Myth Becomes Memory

Where Myth Becomes Memory

Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It

Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It

The BBC Sessions

The BBC Sessions

Grievances

Eternal Youth

Cosmology

Hysterics

[untitled]

Explore

More tracks by Rolo Tomassi

Dead LanguageIn The Echoes Of All Dreams - EP

WoodburnIn The Echoes Of All Dreams - EP

TempestIn The Echoes Of All Dreams - EP

UnintendingIn The Echoes Of All Dreams - EP

To Resist Forgetting (Live)Live at Electric Ballroom

Stage Knives (Live)Live at Electric Ballroom

Drip (Live)Live at Electric Ballroom

Aftermath (Live)Live at Electric Ballroom

Contretemps (Live)Live at Electric Ballroom

Mutual Ruin (Live)Live at Electric Ballroom

A Flood Of Light (Live)Live at Electric Ballroom

Prescience (Live)Live at Electric Ballroom

Labyrinthine (Live)Live at Electric Ballroom

Unseen and Unknown (Live)Live at Electric Ballroom

Prelude III (Phantoms) [Live]Live at Electric Ballroom

Opalescent (Live)Live at Electric Ballroom

Cloaked (Live)Live at Electric Ballroom

Almost Always (Live)Live at Electric Ballroom

Rituals (Live)Live at Electric Ballroom

Almost Always (instrumental)

The End of Eternity (instrumental)

Mutual Ruin (Instrumental)

Closer (Ki Oni & Luke Elliott edit)

Closer (Attlas edit)

CloakedWhere Myth Becomes Memory

DripWhere Myth Becomes Memory

CloserWhere Myth Becomes Memory

LabyrinthineWhere Myth Becomes Memory

Mutual RuinWhere Myth Becomes Memory

The End of EternityWhere Myth Becomes Memory

PrescienceWhere Myth Becomes Memory

StumblingWhere Myth Becomes Memory

To Resist ForgettingWhere Myth Becomes Memory

Almost AlwaysWhere Myth Becomes Memory

RitualsTime Will Die and Love Will Bury It

Alma MaterTime Will Die and Love Will Bury It

A Flood of LightTime Will Die and Love Will Bury It

ContretempsTime Will Die and Love Will Bury It

Whispers Among UsTime Will Die and Love Will Bury It

Towards DawnTime Will Die and Love Will Bury It

RisenTime Will Die and Love Will Bury It

The Hollow HourTime Will Die and Love Will Bury It

AftermathTime Will Die and Love Will Bury It

Balancing the DarkTime Will Die and Love Will Bury It

Film NoirThe BBC Sessions

Fuck the Pleasantries Let's RockThe BBC Sessions

HowlThe BBC Sessions

IlluminareThe BBC Sessions

Digital HistoryThe BBC Sessions

Old MysticsThe BBC Sessions

BeatrotterThe BBC Sessions

I Love TurbulenceThe BBC Sessions

EmpireskThe BBC Sessions

RaumdeuterGrievances

The EmbersGrievances

FunerealGrievances

Crystal CascadesGrievances

Stage KnivesGrievances

OpalescentGrievances

All That Has Gone BeforeGrievances

Unseen and UnknownGrievances

EstrangedGrievances

Chandelier ShiverGrievances

Prelude III - PhantomsGrievances

Rolo Tomassi / Stockades

IlluminareAstraea

Prelude II (Echolalia)Astraea

EchopraxiaAstraea

The Scales of BalanceAstraea

Ex Luna ScientiaAstraea

RemancerAstraea

BeatrotterEternal Youth

Fuck the Pleasantries, Let's Remix (Remix)Eternal Youth

A Cosmic AccidentEternal Youth

The Golden GhostEternal Youth

ApocalypsoEternal Youth

Tongue in Chic (Team Wolf Remix)Eternal Youth

Codes Within CodesEternal Youth

PillfoxEternal Youth

The Tentatively Titled "Film Noir"Eternal Youth

C Is for Drowning Under Waves of Listless Apathy (Ornine Remix)Eternal Youth

Film NoirEternal Youth

Fofteen (Dolby Anol Gets Dark Remix)Eternal Youth

C Is for CalculusEternal Youth

CurbyEternal Youth

Cirque Du FunkEternal Youth

I Love Turbulence (Three Trapped Tigers Remix)Eternal Youth

Abraxas (Cereal Remix)Eternal Youth

...And Then the Mannequin SpokeEternal Youth

Reign of Low (Throats Cover)Eternal Youth

Apocalypso 2009Eternal Youth

From Ambience to AmbulanceEternal Youth

...And Then the Mannequin Spoke (2)Eternal Youth

Fuck the Pleasantries, Lets RockEternal Youth

Beatrotter (Please Will Remix)Eternal Youth

I Love Turbulence (Rich Manu Rework)Eternal Youth

TitanomachiaEternal Youth

Rock the Pleasantries, Let's FuckEternal Youth

Mount CelestiaEternal Youth

Breathing Through a CityEternal Youth

Nine (Acoustic)Eternal Youth

Digital HistoryEternal Youth

Oh, Hello Ghost (Acoustic)Eternal Youth

Hiroshima 8.16amEternal Youth

Jealous BonesEternal Youth

PreludeEternal Youth

SeagullEternal Youth

AgamemnonCosmology

House House CasanovaCosmology

Party WoundsCosmology

French MotelCosmology

House House CasonovaCosmology

CosmologyCosmology

KatzenklavierCosmology

UnromanceCosmology

Tongue in ChicCosmology

AgamenemnonCosmology

Beatrotter Remix

Cancer Bats / Rolo Tomassi

Shred Yr Face 2

AbraxasHysterics

Oh Hello GhostHysterics

Trojan MeasuresHysterics

Everything Went GreyHysterics

Macabre CharadeHysterics

FantasiaHysterics

I Love TurbulenceHysterics

An Apology to the UniverseHysterics

FofteenHysterics

Breathing Through an Apocalypse (Remixo Tomassi)

Illusions of Trencher

C is for Calculus[untitled]

Curby[untitled]

C is for Drowning Under Waves of Listless Apathy (Ornine Remix)[untitled]

Cirque Du Funk[untitled]

Film Noir[untitled]

Fuck the Pleasantries, Let's Remix (Remix)[untitled]

Seagull[untitled]

Rolo Tomassi — Dead Language (from In The Echoes Of All Dreams - EP) [3:57]
Rolo Tomassi — Woodburn (from In The Echoes Of All Dreams - EP) [3:17]
Rolo Tomassi — Tempest (from In The Echoes Of All Dreams - EP) [3:20]
Rolo Tomassi — Unintending (from In The Echoes Of All Dreams - EP) [4:54]
Rolo Tomassi — Fear
Rolo Tomassi — To Resist Forgetting (Live) (from Live at Electric Ballroom) [4:09]
Rolo Tomassi — Stage Knives (Live) (from Live at Electric Ballroom) [5:03]
Rolo Tomassi — Drip (Live) (from Live at Electric Ballroom) [6:12]
Rolo Tomassi — Aftermath (Live) (from Live at Electric Ballroom) [4:20]
Rolo Tomassi — Contretemps (Live) (from Live at Electric Ballroom) [7:00]
Rolo Tomassi — Mutual Ruin (Live) (from Live at Electric Ballroom) [5:13]
Rolo Tomassi — A Flood Of Light (Live) (from Live at Electric Ballroom) [10:07]
Rolo Tomassi — Prescience (Live) (from Live at Electric Ballroom) [5:34]
Rolo Tomassi — Labyrinthine (Live) (from Live at Electric Ballroom) [4:24]
Rolo Tomassi — Unseen and Unknown (Live) (from Live at Electric Ballroom) [0:42]
Rolo Tomassi — Prelude III (Phantoms) [Live] (from Live at Electric Ballroom) [0:43]
Rolo Tomassi — Opalescent (Live) (from Live at Electric Ballroom) [4:55]
Rolo Tomassi — Cloaked (Live) (from Live at Electric Ballroom) [3:58]
Rolo Tomassi — Almost Always (Live) (from Live at Electric Ballroom) [7:16]
Rolo Tomassi — Rituals (Live) (from Live at Electric Ballroom) [3:26]
Rolo Tomassi — Almost Always (instrumental)
Rolo Tomassi — The End of Eternity (instrumental)
Rolo Tomassi — Mutual Ruin (Instrumental) [5:21]
Rolo Tomassi — Closer (Ki Oni & Luke Elliott edit)
Rolo Tomassi — Closer (Attlas edit)
Rolo Tomassi — Cloaked (from Where Myth Becomes Memory) [3:55]
Rolo Tomassi — Drip (from Where Myth Becomes Memory) [5:51]
Rolo Tomassi — Closer (from Where Myth Becomes Memory) [5:15]
Rolo Tomassi — Labyrinthine (from Where Myth Becomes Memory) [3:27]
Rolo Tomassi — Mutual Ruin (from Where Myth Becomes Memory) [5:15]
Rolo Tomassi — The End of Eternity (from Where Myth Becomes Memory) [6:13]
Rolo Tomassi — Prescience (from Where Myth Becomes Memory) [4:54]
Rolo Tomassi — Stumbling (from Where Myth Becomes Memory) [2:50]
Rolo Tomassi — To Resist Forgetting (from Where Myth Becomes Memory) [4:04]
Rolo Tomassi — Almost Always (from Where Myth Becomes Memory) [6:30]
Rolo Tomassi — Rituals (from Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It) [3:25]
Rolo Tomassi — Alma Mater (from Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It) [3:11]
Rolo Tomassi — A Flood of Light (from Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It) [8:20]
Rolo Tomassi — Contretemps (from Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It) [8:17]
Rolo Tomassi — Whispers Among Us (from Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It) [5:10]
Rolo Tomassi — Towards Dawn (from Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It) [3:45]
Rolo Tomassi — Risen (from Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It) [5:37]
Rolo Tomassi — The Hollow Hour (from Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It) [7:28]
Rolo Tomassi — Aftermath (from Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It) [3:52]
Rolo Tomassi — Balancing the Dark (from Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It) [3:59]
Rolo Tomassi — Film Noir (from The BBC Sessions) [1:29]
Rolo Tomassi — Fuck the Pleasantries Let's Rock (from The BBC Sessions) [0:26]
Rolo Tomassi — Howl (from The BBC Sessions) [4:02]
Rolo Tomassi — Illuminare (from The BBC Sessions) [6:30]
Rolo Tomassi — Digital History (from The BBC Sessions) [1:29]
Rolo Tomassi — Old Mystics (from The BBC Sessions) [3:37]
Rolo Tomassi — Beatrotter (from The BBC Sessions) [1:36]
Rolo Tomassi — I Love Turbulence (from The BBC Sessions) [2:43]
Rolo Tomassi — Empiresk (from The BBC Sessions) [3:48]
Rolo Tomassi — Raumdeuter (from Grievances) [5:16]
Rolo Tomassi — The Embers (from Grievances) [3:16]
Rolo Tomassi — Funereal (from Grievances) [4:58]
Rolo Tomassi — Crystal Cascades (from Grievances) [3:20]
Rolo Tomassi — Stage Knives (from Grievances) [3:53]
Rolo Tomassi — Opalescent (from Grievances) [4:43]
Rolo Tomassi — All That Has Gone Before (from Grievances) [7:20]
Rolo Tomassi — Unseen and Unknown (from Grievances) [0:38]
Rolo Tomassi — Estranged (from Grievances) [2:40]
Rolo Tomassi — Chandelier Shiver (from Grievances) [2:15]
Rolo Tomassi — Prelude III - Phantoms (from Grievances) [1:43]
Rolo Tomassi — Rolo Tomassi / Stockades
Rolo Tomassi — Adrasteia
Rolo Tomassi — Illuminaire
Rolo Tomassi — Illuminare (from Astraea) [7:36]
Rolo Tomassi — Prelude II (Echolalia) (from Astraea) [1:03]
Rolo Tomassi — Echopraxia (from Astraea) [3:16]
Rolo Tomassi — The Scales of Balance (from Astraea) [3:34]
Rolo Tomassi — Gloam (from Astraea) [3:32]
Rolo Tomassi — Ex Luna Scientia (from Astraea) [3:58]
Rolo Tomassi — Howl (from Astraea) [4:39]
Rolo Tomassi — Illunis (from Astraea) [4:51]
Rolo Tomassi — Remancer (from Astraea) [1:49]
Rolo Tomassi — Mesmerizer
Rolo Tomassi — Beatrotter (from Eternal Youth) [1:41]
Rolo Tomassi — Fuck the Pleasantries, Let's Remix (Remix) (from Eternal Youth) [1:44]
Rolo Tomassi — A Cosmic Accident (from Eternal Youth) [11:20]
Rolo Tomassi — The Golden Ghost (from Eternal Youth) [3:14]
Rolo Tomassi — Apocalypso (from Eternal Youth) [1:33]
Rolo Tomassi — Tongue in Chic (Team Wolf Remix) (from Eternal Youth) [4:26]
Rolo Tomassi — Codes Within Codes (from Eternal Youth) [2:57]
Rolo Tomassi — Pillfox (from Eternal Youth) [2:23]
Rolo Tomassi — The Tentatively Titled "Film Noir" (from Eternal Youth) [2:28]
Rolo Tomassi — C Is for Drowning Under Waves of Listless Apathy (Ornine Remix) (from Eternal Youth) [5:49]
Rolo Tomassi — Film Noir (from Eternal Youth) [1:50]
Rolo Tomassi — Fofteen (Dolby Anol Gets Dark Remix) (from Eternal Youth) [4:46]
Rolo Tomassi — C Is for Calculus (from Eternal Youth) [7:37]
Rolo Tomassi — Curby (from Eternal Youth) [2:12]
Rolo Tomassi — Cirque Du Funk (from Eternal Youth) [4:34]
Rolo Tomassi — I Love Turbulence (Three Trapped Tigers Remix) (from Eternal Youth) [4:00]
Rolo Tomassi — Abraxas (Cereal Remix) (from Eternal Youth) [3:23]
Rolo Tomassi — ...And Then the Mannequin Spoke (from Eternal Youth) [2:41]
Rolo Tomassi — Reign of Low (Throats Cover) (from Eternal Youth) [3:25]
Rolo Tomassi — Apocalypso 2009 (from Eternal Youth) [1:09]
Rolo Tomassi — From Ambience to Ambulance (from Eternal Youth) [1:01]
Rolo Tomassi — ...And Then the Mannequin Spoke (2) (from Eternal Youth) [2:36]
Rolo Tomassi — Fuck the Pleasantries, Lets Rock (from Eternal Youth) [1:56]
Rolo Tomassi — Beatrotter (Please Will Remix) (from Eternal Youth) [3:43]
Rolo Tomassi — I Love Turbulence (Rich Manu Rework) (from Eternal Youth) [5:28]
Rolo Tomassi — Titanomachia (from Eternal Youth) [6:39]
Rolo Tomassi — Rock the Pleasantries, Let's Fuck (from Eternal Youth) [2:58]
Rolo Tomassi — Mount Celestia (from Eternal Youth) [7:18]
Rolo Tomassi — Breathing Through a City (from Eternal Youth) [0:34]
Rolo Tomassi — Nine (Acoustic) (from Eternal Youth) [2:56]
Rolo Tomassi — Digital History (from Eternal Youth) [1:39]
Rolo Tomassi — Oh, Hello Ghost (Acoustic) (from Eternal Youth) [2:45]
Rolo Tomassi — Hiroshima 8.16am (from Eternal Youth) [2:12]
Rolo Tomassi — Jealous Bones (from Eternal Youth) [2:03]
Rolo Tomassi — Prelude (from Eternal Youth) [1:58]
Rolo Tomassi — Seagull (from Eternal Youth) [5:13]
Rolo Tomassi — Agamemnon (from Cosmology)
Rolo Tomassi — House House Casanova (from Cosmology)
Rolo Tomassi — Party Wounds (from Cosmology) [3:14]
Rolo Tomassi — French Motel (from Cosmology) [2:52]
Rolo Tomassi — House House Casonova (from Cosmology) [1:15]
Rolo Tomassi — Cosmology (from Cosmology) [7:44]
Rolo Tomassi — Katzenklavier (from Cosmology) [1:04]
Rolo Tomassi — Sakia (from Cosmology) [3:18]
Rolo Tomassi — Unromance (from Cosmology) [4:03]
Rolo Tomassi — Tongue in Chic (from Cosmology) [5:12]
Rolo Tomassi — Kasia (from Cosmology) [5:32]
Rolo Tomassi — Agamenemnon (from Cosmology) [1:41]
Rolo Tomassi — Beatrotter Remix
Rolo Tomassi — Cancer Bats / Rolo Tomassi
Rolo Tomassi — Shred Yr Face 2
Rolo Tomassi — Abraxas (from Hysterics) [2:26]
Rolo Tomassi — Oh Hello Ghost (from Hysterics) [3:33]
Rolo Tomassi — Trojan Measures (from Hysterics) [1:00]
Rolo Tomassi — Scabs (from Hysterics) [4:31]
Rolo Tomassi — Everything Went Grey (from Hysterics) [3:29]
Rolo Tomassi — Macabre Charade (from Hysterics) [3:48]
Rolo Tomassi — Fantasia (from Hysterics) [14:21]
Rolo Tomassi — I Love Turbulence (from Hysterics) [2:48]
Rolo Tomassi — An Apology to the Universe (from Hysterics) [1:18]
Rolo Tomassi — Nine (from Hysterics) [4:03]
Rolo Tomassi — Fofteen (from Hysterics) [2:45]
Rolo Tomassi — Breathing Through an Apocalypse (Remixo Tomassi)
Rolo Tomassi — Illusions of Trencher
Rolo Tomassi — C is for Calculus (from [untitled]) [7:39]
Rolo Tomassi — Curby (from [untitled]) [2:12]
Rolo Tomassi — C is for Drowning Under Waves of Listless Apathy (Ornine Remix) (from [untitled]) [17:34]
Rolo Tomassi — Cirque Du Funk (from [untitled]) [6:32]
Rolo Tomassi — Film Noir (from [untitled]) [1:52]
Rolo Tomassi — Fuck the Pleasantries, Let's Remix (Remix) (from [untitled]) [1:44]
Rolo Tomassi — Seagull (from [untitled]) [5:13]

AgamenemnonCosmology
1:41
BeatrotterThe BBC Sessions
1:36
CosmologyCosmology
7:44
Digital HistoryThe BBC Sessions
1:29
EmpireskThe BBC Sessions
3:48
Film NoirThe BBC Sessions
1:29
French MotelCosmology
2:52
Fuck the Pleasantries Let's RockThe BBC Sessions
0:26
HowlThe BBC Sessions
4:02
I Love TurbulenceThe BBC Sessions
2:43

Showing 10 of 149

If you like Rolo Tomassi

Ithaca

Ithaca

Pupil Slicer

The Dillinger Escape Plan

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Frontierer

Frontierer

The Number Twelve Looks Like You

The Number Twelve Looks Like You

The Callous Daoboys

The Callous Daoboys

Car Bomb

Car Bomb

The Chariot

Employed to Serve

Employed to Serve

The Armed

The Armed

READ MORE ABOUT ROLO TOMASSI

READ MORE ABOUT ROLO TOMASSI

READ MORE ABOUT ROLO TOMASSI

READ MORE ABOUT ROLO TOMASSI

READ MORE ABOUT ROLO TOMASSI

READ MORE ABOUT ROLO TOMASSI

READ MORE ABOUT ROLO TOMASSI

READ MORE ABOUT ROLO TOMASSI

Bring Me The Horizon and Outbreak Fest have confirmed a second night at Manchester’s B.E.C. Arena

Bring Me The Horizon and Outbreak Fest have confirmed a second night at Manchester’s B.E.C. Arena

The co-curated lineup includes Static Dress, Rolo Tomassi, Dying Wish and more.

Apr 15, 2026 • 11:08 AM

Bring Me The Horizon will play 'Count Your Blessings' in its entirety at a special Outbreak Fest Manchester show

Bring Me The Horizon will play 'Count Your Blessings' in its entirety at a special Outbreak Fest Manchester show

A stacked co-curated bill across two stages accompanies the anniversary performance.

Apr 13, 2026 • 9:53 AM

5Empiresk

4:00

6Prelude II (Echolalia)

Credits

Credited: Eva Korman, James Spence, Jason Sanderson