Empty is a brand new post-hardcore act from South Carolina. Since forming in late 2017, the group has played a series of shows in order to get themselves more recognition in the game, slowly but surely building up a following in South Carolina as well as surrounding areas. In anticipation of their tour with Solid State Records signees Death Therapy, the group put out their debut EP, The Healing Process.
For a group that has virtually just started, some of the instrumentation on this EP is quite awesome. The riffs on tracks like “If I’m Dead, So Are You” and “*” are reminiscent of early Norma Jean, but they’ll jump into more post-rock inspired sections that build beautifully. This EP’s introduction, “For While You’re Weak,” as well as “Spineless,” go right into mosh-mode, showing some influences from acts like Every Time I Die and the like. The harsh vocals are incredibly emotional and pained; there’s a bit of spoken-word on this EP also, which is something I normally hate in hardcore-inspired music (with a few exceptions), but the band know when to use it properly, such as on the final steps to the climax of “For While You’re Weak.” “Dangerous Repetitions” has a super sludgy introduction with eerie atmospheric accents that remind me of what Underoath does on some of their later works.
The only flaw on this EP is the clean vocals: like for many bands in the genre, they feel shoehorned in for choruses. “For While You’re Weak” is a strong, beefy track that could’ve been a fine, heavy mosh-fest, but the clean-sung chorus halts the momentum. “Spineless” is structured better, but suffers from the same issue. “If I’m Dead, So Are You” is built on a verse-chorus-verse format, but I feel it could have been branched out. The only track that the cleans work well on is “Vacant Memories,” which is an interlude. For the type of music they are writing, I would prefer their cleans to be punchier and have more variety.
Aside from that, this is a very solid first effort from this South Carolina band. If you like any of the artists mentioned above, do yourself a favor and check out The Healing Process. It’s under 15 minutes and packs some really incredible riffs. Hopefully these guys tour more in the future, because I really wanna mosh to these tracks.
VERDICT: In under 15 minutes, Empty show that they are worth an ear. They have to work on structuring their songs a bit more, but I am confident these guys have a bright future ahead of them.
For a group that has virtually just started, some of the instrumentation on this EP is quite awesome. The riffs on tracks like “If I’m Dead, So Are You” and “*” are reminiscent of early Norma Jean, but they’ll jump into more post-rock inspired sections that build beautifully. This EP’s introduction, “For While You’re Weak,” as well as “Spineless,” go right into mosh-mode, showing some influences from acts like Every Time I Die and the like. The harsh vocals are incredibly emotional and pained; there’s a bit of spoken-word on this EP also, which is something I normally hate in hardcore-inspired music (with a few exceptions), but the band know when to use it properly, such as on the final steps to the climax of “For While You’re Weak.” “Dangerous Repetitions” has a super sludgy introduction with eerie atmospheric accents that remind me of what Underoath does on some of their later works.
The only flaw on this EP is the clean vocals: like for many bands in the genre, they feel shoehorned in for choruses. “For While You’re Weak” is a strong, beefy track that could’ve been a fine, heavy mosh-fest, but the clean-sung chorus halts the momentum. “Spineless” is structured better, but suffers from the same issue. “If I’m Dead, So Are You” is built on a verse-chorus-verse format, but I feel it could have been branched out. The only track that the cleans work well on is “Vacant Memories,” which is an interlude. For the type of music they are writing, I would prefer their cleans to be punchier and have more variety.
Aside from that, this is a very solid first effort from this South Carolina band. If you like any of the artists mentioned above, do yourself a favor and check out The Healing Process. It’s under 15 minutes and packs some really incredible riffs. Hopefully these guys tour more in the future, because I really wanna mosh to these tracks.
VERDICT: In under 15 minutes, Empty show that they are worth an ear. They have to work on structuring their songs a bit more, but I am confident these guys have a bright future ahead of them.
- Alex Brown
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- https://metallifestyle.weebly.com/metal-lifestyle/review-empty-the-healing-process
- Recovery source
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- Recovery date
- 2026-07-22
- Stewardship polish
- 2026-07-22
- Preservation status
- restored
- Missing assets
- None recorded
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