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Empyrium is a German doom metal and (later) neofolk band. Founded in 1994, by Markus Stock (mostly using the pseudonym Ulf Theodor Schwadorf) and Andreas Bach.

The band draws inspiration from nature as some of the album titles reveal. Consequently, Empyrium are often referred to as a dark folk band, expressing in their music (most conspicuously in the last two albums) sentiments akin to those expressed by some other ‘legislators’ of the genre, as Forseti, Orplid, and Ulver (Kveldssanger). Connoisseurs of dark folk will mention that many of Empyrium’s compositions are true representatives of the genre, as, for instance, Dying Brokenhearted, The Shepherd and the Maiden Ghost (“Where At Night…”), Heimwärts, Waldpoesie, Die Schwäne im Schilf (“Weiland”). Intricately woven and always impregnated with an exquisite wistfulness or profound, remorseful sadness (Dying Brokenhearted), these compositions may be regarded as a manifesto of the dark-folkloristic gloomy and pantheistic Weltanschauung. The lyrics are mostly in English, though in Weiland only German is performed. Like the Norwegian black metal band Burzum, Empyrium also used Theodor Kittelsen’s drawing on one of their album covers (Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays).

Their first two albums, “A Wintersunset…” and “Songs of Moors and Misty Fields”, following a demo entitled “…Der wie ein Blitz vom Himmel fiel…”, can be considered doom metal (or, as some will argue, folk metal) with folk and symphonic influences. They combine harsh and operatic male vocals, with deep slow guitar parts and atmospheric sounds.

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1		The Blue Mists of Night			204
2		Dying Brokenhearted			188
3		When Shadows Grow Longer			186
4		Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays			161
5		Mourners			157
6		The Sad Song of the Wind			150
7		The Shepherd and the Maiden Ghost			144
8		Waldpoesie			139
9		A Pastoral Theme			129
10		Wehmut			128
10		Abendrot			128
12		Ode to Melancholy			118
13		The Ensemble of Silence			112
14		Lover's Grief			111
14		Fossegrim			111

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