Impericon

Impericon
legal form	GmbH
founding	2004
Seat	Leipzig , Germany
management	Fabian Kraffczyk, Martin Böttcher ( Managing Directors )
Number of employees	80 (2017)
sales	approx. 14 million EUR (2017)
Branch	Merchandising and mail order
Website	www.impericon.com

Impericon is a German company that specializes in the sale of merchandising items and streetwear . Essentially, clothing, recordings and concert tickets are offered by groups from the hardcore punk and metalcore scene as well as streetwear. In addition to the online business, there is also a printed Impericon catalog.

Due to a legal dispute, the company originally founded under the name Imperial Clothing had to change its name to Impericon in 2011 . Impericon is an abbreviation for Imperial Conspiracy .

history

The old logo (until May 2011)

Impericon was founded in 2004 under the name Imperial Clothing, which was changed to Impericon due to a legal dispute in May 2011. A company of the same name from Italy won a lawsuit against Impericon (at the time Imperial Clothing) for trademark infringement, so that the merchandising company had to be renamed. On May 7, 2011, the new name was announced during the Imperial Progression Festival. In a four-week online voting, in which over 10,000 fans and bands friends of the company participated, the majority voted for "Impericon". In addition to the name Impericon, the choice was the suggestion Imperation.

Several thousand people from all over Germany have already applied as photo models for the company's catalogs . In 2008 Impericon had more than 27,000 user accounts in Switzerland , Austria and Germany. On July 2, 2010, BILD published an article about the start of the vacation in Saxony, which looked for vacation jobs for schoolchildren. Among them was Impericon, which had a great demand for applications during this period. The reason for this article was the difficult situation for students to find a job during the holidays.

The company is based in Leipzig and is registered in the Leipzig District Court . Impericon belongs to IC Music and Apparel GmbH , also from Leipzig. Impericon distributes articles worldwide; Adapted websites exist for France , Spain , Austria , Switzerland , Poland , Finland , the Netherlands and Great Britain .

In 2015, the company celebrated its tenth anniversary and designed a logo especially for it, which was often seen next to the actual company logo.

Background for the name change

The starting point for the name change of the company on May 7, 2011 was an opposition procedure and legal dispute lasting several months with an Italian company that had the same name. After the ruling on the plaintiffs' older rights was unilateral, both sides agreed to adapt Imperial Clothing so that a new company name was sought starting in the last quarter of 2010.

The choice of the name was difficult, as the company wanted to convey almost the same message in the new name as with the old company name. The new name was determined on an internal and external basis. Customers and musician friends chose the new name of the company in a preliminary and later in a final selection, which was announced on May 7, 2011 during the Imperial Progression Festival . In an interview with Martin Böttcher in "FUZE Magazine" in May 2011, the founder and managing director said that they saw no other option than the name change. A relocation of Imperial Clothing to the USA or a continuation of the legal proceedings would not have been financially viable for the company for a long time.

Böttcher added that in the German trademark register alone, dozens of companies in the textile and clothing industry have secured the name "Imperial".

Cooperations and festivals

Impericon is a cooperation partner of Heaven Shall Burn , The Black Dahlia Murder , Caliban and Parkway Drive, among others . Impericon has been working with the organizers of the With Full Force festival since 2011 . Through this collaboration, the Hardbowl stage is given the name Impericon Hardbowl. The company was one of the sponsors of the 2012 taking place overseas tour of the Australian band Parkway Drive, by the compatriots Confession , and the Americans of The Ghost Inside and Miss May I accompanied.

There is also a closer cooperation partnership with the animal rights organization PETA 2 , which is said to have its roots in the hardcore punk scene.

The company is sponsoring the Impericon Never Say Die! Tour and host of the Impericon Festival . The latter was u. a. sponsored by Metal Hammer , FUZE Magazine and Converse . Furthermore, Impericon accompanied the group Born from Pain on their Change or Die tour, which the band organizes every December.

Never Say Die! trip

→ Main article: Impericon Never Say Die! trip

→ Main article : List of bands on the Impericon tours

The lettering of the NSD 2011

Logo of the Never Say Die! Tour (until 2010)

The Impericon Never Say Die has existed since 2007 ! Tour , in fan circles for short NSD (until 2010 Imperial Never Say Die! Tour ), a concert tour that now leads across Europe . The tour is comparable to the Vans Warped Tour . On the Impericon Never Say Die! Tour bands like Despised Icon , Protest the Hero , Emmure , Whitechapel , Carnifex , Suicide Silence , The Ghost Inside , The Word Alive and Madball have already played .

The Never Say Die! The tour has already taken place at the following locations: Markthalle Hamburg , Werk II , Schlachthof Wiesbaden , SO36 , Conne Island , Turbinenhalle Oberhausen , Große Freiheit (Germany), Kulturfabrik Eschwege (Luxembourg), Dürer Kert (Hungary), raw material warehouse (Switzerland) and Arena Vienna (Austria). In 2011 the tour in Germany , Austria , Luxembourg and Switzerland was sponsored by Metal Hammer , FUZE and PETA2 . Impericon is the namesake and sponsor of the concert tour.

Impericon Festival

→ Main article : List of bands on the Impericon tours

The Impericon Festival , formerly also Imperial Progression Festival , is a music festival that has been taking place since 2011. The first edition in 2011 took place in Plant II in the south of Leipzig , from 2012 the agra exhibition center on the southern edge of Leipzig was the venue, since 2017 Hall 1 of the Leipziger Messe .

When it first played on May 7, 2011, Caliban , Asking Alexandria , Maroon , We Came as Romans , Miss May I , As Blood Runs Black , For Today , This or the Apocalypse , Adept , Myra and The Word Alive played .

In 2012, Parkway Drive , Caliban , The Ghost Inside , Your Demise , We Butter the Bread with Butter , Miss May I , While She Sleeps , Set Your Goals , Born from Pain , Confession , Eskimo Callboy and Nasty performed . PETA2 sponsors the festival. The previously confirmed band His Statue Falls , however, did not appear.

In 2013, in addition to the Impericon Festival 3 in Leipzig, there was also an Impericon Festival in Vienna for the first time . Heaven Shall Burn was the headliner at both events . The band plays their official record release show in Germany and Austria for their upcoming album Veto. In addition, bands like Callejon , August Burns Red , Architects , Adept , Breakdown of Sanity were announced for Vienna ( Gasometer ) . In Leipzig you can also see Emmure , First Blood , Hundredth , Buried in Verona , Chelsea Grin , Obey the Brave , Stick to Your Guns , The Sorrow , Brutality Will Prevail and Attila .

In 2015, on its fifth birthday, the Impericon Festival took place in seven European cities ( Zurich , Oberhausen , Vienna , Paris , Amsterdam , Manchester and Leipzig ). On the stage stood u. a. The Ghost Inside , Whitechapel , Madball and Walking Dead on Broadway .

Progression Tour

→ Main article : List of bands on the Impericon tours

Another concert tour that is sponsored by Impericon is the Progression Tour , which took place for the first time in spring 2012 and also led through Europe. Heaven Shall Burn , Neaera , Unearth and Rise to Remain have been confirmed for the premiere tour . The concerts will take place in France , Italy , Poland , Austria , Switzerland (one concert each) and Germany (7 concerts).

The second Progression Tour took place in 2013, with Callejon as the headliner. Furthermore played Architects , Breakdown of Sanity , Adept and August Burns Red on the seven concerts extensive concert tour. These were held in Würzburg , Bochum , Herford , Leipzig , Stuttgart , Munich and Vienna .

Rock Sound Impericon Exposure Tour

Together with the British magazine Rock Sound , Impericon is the namesake of the Rock Sound Impericon Exposure Tour , a music tour through the United Kingdom and Europe. In 2012 Your Demise , Man Overboard and Trapped Under Ice were on tour as part of the tour. In 2013 The Ghost Inside , Stray from the Path and Landscapes performed on the tour.

IG Old Fair

Impericon is a member of the IG Alte Messe , founded in 2003 , to which the Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk (MDR), the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology , the Titanick Theater and the University of Leipzig also belong. The latter is represented by the biotechnical-medical center. On the open day, which took place on September 24, 2010, Impericon was the organizer of the aftershow party.

The Impericon Magazine

Impericon continues to run its own blog. This includes music-related topics such as CD reviews, news, reports, interviews and lifestyle articles. Since 2015 the blog has been run as an independent website under the name "Impericon Mag".

Reception and meaning

Björn Springorum described Impericon in a special issue of the December 2011 issue of the Metal Hammer as "by trade a merchandise giants, stylistic opinion-makers and greatest outfitter of a whole generation". In the special issue called “Extreme Aggression - The New Crash: Metalcore, Deathcore and More ” there is also an interview with Martin Böttcher, one of the two Impericon founders, about the scene. The British music magazine Rock Sound rated Impericon as "one of the most exciting rock lifestyle brands in the world".

The name dispute with an Italian company also made headlines in the national specialist press. The SLAM alternative music magazine and also the FUZE magazine dealt with the process. On July 2, 2010 an article appeared in the BILD in which Impericon was also mentioned.

German-language online media, but also the British Rock Sound Magazine, showed greater interest in the name change. As reported Heartbeat Media , pitcam.tv, hard music and the Ox-Fanzine of name change Impericons.

additional

• A multi-part documentary about the German metal band War from a Harlots Mouth was pre-released on Impericon . The makers of the documentary accompanied the group to several festivals and concerts during the summer of 2011. The film was shot by Ambitious Films .
• As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis has his own fashion brand called “Modern Rebellion”, which Impericon has also been selling since the end of December. Items from the British model label "Drop Dead", which is operated by Bring Me the Horizon singer Oliver Sykes , are also offered at Impericon.
• Impericon supported a charitable campaign by the band Born from Pain . The organization donated canned food to the Leipziger Tafel for every call of the Born from Pain music video "The New Future".
• The former Impericon employee Sebastian Spillner is the front man of the German metalcore band Myra . Musicians, ex-musicians and crew members of the bands Maroon , Heaven Shall Burn and Deadlock are also active as employees at Impericon, including Tom Huschka (formerly Deadlock, I The Unlord), Benjamin Mahnert (crew member of Heaven Shall Burn) and Tom Erik Moraweck (Maroon).
• Impericon is present with merch stands at many music festivals, including Wacken , With Full Force , Summerbreeze , Nova Rock , Rock am Ring , Rock im Park , Graspop Metal Meeting , Groezrock , Vainstream Rockfest , Download Festival , Sonisphere Festival and the Donauinselfest .
• Mitch Lucker ( Suicide Silence ), Frankie Palmeri ( Emmure ), Jona Weinhofen ( I Killed the Prom Queen , Bring Me the Horizon ), Marcus Bischoff (Heaven Shall Burn), Scott Vogel ( Terror ), Jonathan were responsible for the image photos of the catalog Vigil ( The Ghost Inside ) and Winston McCall ( Parkway Drive ) model.
• The Apocalyptic Horsemen and Casper were already photo models at Impericon, the Apocalyptic Horsemen presented the band's own merchandise items that are offered there.
• The Caliban album "I Am Nemesis", released in February 2012, could be heard in full as a stream exclusively on Impericon Radio before it was officially released .

Impericon Records

Since 2014 there has also been a separate music label under the name Impericon Records. Music is sold there that is otherwise not available in any German distribution. The first group to have an album released through the publisher was Being as an Ocean .

groups

• Being as an Ocean (officially at inVogue Records )
• Capsize (officially at Equal Vision Records )
• Walking Dead on Broadway
• Devil in Me

Web links

• official homepage
• Impericon on Youtube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Success Story "Impericon". quovadis-finanzplanung.de, accessed on July 12, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Imperial Clothing is now called Impericon. (No longer available online.) In: Harte Musik . May 10, 2011, archived from the original on March 3, 2016 ; accessed on February 18, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ "We are vegans" and you? PETA2 , archived from the original on April 16, 2011 ; accessed on February 18, 2016 . 
4. ^ Imperial Clothing changes name to Impericon. In: Rock Sound . May 11, 2011, accessed February 18, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Imperial Clothing change name. In: Heartbeat Media . April 10, 2011, accessed February 18, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Imperial Clothing is now called Impericon.com. In: Ox-Fanzine . Retrieved February 18, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Imperial Clothing is now called Impericon. In: Heartbeat Media. May 11, 2011, accessed February 18, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Imperial Clothing - name change! pitcam.tv, archived from the original on September 9, 2012 ; accessed on February 18, 2016 . 
9. ↑ A brightly colored photo shoot for the lifestyle catalog 2008/2009 . In: Firmenpresse . September 11, 2008, accessed February 18, 2016 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b} 'Where in Leipzig can I still earn something as a pupil? In: BILD . July 2, 2010, p. 5 .
11. ↑ ^{a b c} The Impericon Strikes Back - Imperial Clothing becomes Impericon . In: SLAM alternative music magazine . No. 56, July / August, 2011.
12. ↑ ^{a b c} Impericon . My brand name. In: FUZE Magazine . No. 28, June / July, 2011, p. 16 .
13. ↑ Aläx: Terrorverlag: With Full Force gets Impericon Hardbowl
14. ↑ Stormbringer.at: Confession support Parkway Drive on the 2012 European tour
15. ↑ ^{a b} PETA2 : PETA 2 presents Never Say Die! Tour 2011 ( Memento of the original from November 7th, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
16. ↑ In Your Face: Impericon Progression Festival - May 7 , 2011 - Leipzig, Werk II ( Memento from May 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
17. ↑ outspoken.de: CHANGE OR DIE Tour , published on November 27, 2011, accessed on January 2, 2012
18. ↑ Metal.de: Impericon Festival goes into the second round ( Memento of the original from July 22nd, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
19. ↑ PETA2 : IMPERICON FESTIVAL PART II: Check out the first bands and secure the Early Bird Special ( memento of the original from November 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
20. ↑ festivalhopper.de: Impericon Festival Leipzig
21. ↑ volume.at: Impericon Festival Vienna
22. ↑ Allschools Network: HEAVEN SHALL BURN at the PROGRESSION TOUR 2012
23. ↑ Stormbringer.at: Progression Tour 2012 - Heaven Shall Burn, Unearth, Rise to Remain, Neaera
24. ↑ Marco Götz: Metal Hammer : Metal Hammer presents: Callejon + August Burns Red and many more - Impericon Progression Tour 2013
25. ↑ nineeins.de: The Impericon Progression Tour comes to the Würzburger Posthalle on April 21, 2013
26. ↑ Rock Sound: Rock Sound Imperiocon Exposure Tour pre-sale now open , published October 31, 2011, accessed January 2, 2012
27. ↑ losttapestore.com: UK / Euro Rocksound Tour with Your Demise, Trapped Under Ice & Basement ( Memento from October 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
28. ↑ Impericon Blog  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
29. ↑ bio-city-leipzig.de : IG Alte Messe Flyer (PDF; 474 kB)
30. ^ IG Alte Messe : Member of Impericon
31. ↑ IG Alte Messe: event schedule for the open day 2010 (PDF; 837 kB)
32. ↑ Björn Springorum: "New Metal, New Content - New Self-Confidence?" In: Special issue "Extreme Aggression - The New Noise: Metalcore, Deathcore and More " by Metal Hammer in December 2011, p. 18.
33. ↑ Rock Sound: The Rock Sound Impericon Tour is go , published October 3, 2011, accessed January 2, 2012
34. ↑ Stormbringer.at: Impericon present summer 2011 documentary
35. ↑ topfmodel.com: Potential Christmas presents from Impericon
36. ↑ pressemitteilungen24.net: Impericon Merchandise-Shop X-mas-Special ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
37. ↑ PETA2.de: That's why I'm vegan: Portrait of Myra singer Sebastian Spillner
38. ↑ Music database: Heaven Shall Burn
39. ↑ Official Impericon blog: Impericon Annual Review 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
40. ↑ Stormbringer.at: CALIBAN - Stream "I Am Nemesis" on Impericon Radio
41. ↑ Lars Heitmann: Metal Insider : Interview with Being as an Ocean