Imperial Triumphant was started by Zach back in 2005, but the band as we know it today didn’t properly form until 2012. “Anything before that was just me being a teenager, worshipping second wave black metal and trying to sound like Immortal,” Zach laughs. One thing Zach did keep, though, was the band name: “At the time, I just thought the words sounded cool,” he admits. “But as the band developed, it actually fit perfectly for our aesthetic.”