Impellitteri guitarist and founder Chris Impellitteri has checked in with the following:

"The music from our new song 'Empire Of Lies' was actually written specifically for Ozzy Osbourne. Not many people know that years ago Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne had called me to see if I would be interested in auditioning / playing guitar for Ozzy right before Zakk Wylde was hired. Of course I was already signed to Relativity and Sony so that was not a possibility. However, during that time I remember writting some riffs in my studio to see what I could contribute to Ozzy musically if the stars aligned.This song 'Empire Of Lies' is the answer...."

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