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Germany (1994 – present, 2010 – present)

Empyrium started as a symphonic folk doom metal band from Germany founded in 1994 by Markus Stock (mostly using the pseudonym Ulf Theodor Schwadorf) and Andreas Bach, but later Ulf T. Schwadorf separated from Andreas Bach and took Thomas Helm as his partner. Their first two albums, A Wintersunset and Songs of Moors and Misty Fields, can be considered doom metal with folk and symphonic influences. They combine harsh and operatic male vocals with deep slow guitar parts and atmospheric keys. Their music is heavy, dark and romantic On their next two albums, Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays and Weiland, they have turned to a different sound. Instead of keys they use acoustic instruments such as violin, cello, flute. There are still operatic male vocals included, and in Weiland the band uses a choir. It still remains dark and melancholic, but Empyrium’s music is no longer to be considered metal. The band has turned to a genre that shows close links to neofolk, but is much more diverse and melancholic than most bands in that genre. After the masterpiece “Weiland”, Schwadorf wanted to return to metal and disbanded Empyrium to focus on The Vision Bleak In 2010, they reunited.


The band draws most, if not all of its inspiration, from nature, as some of the album titles reveal. 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).

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1		The Blue Mists of Night			223
2		Dying Brokenhearted			203
3		Mourners			188
4		When Shadows Grow Longer			176
5		The Shepherd and the Maiden Ghost			168
6		The Sad Song of the Wind			165
7		Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays			159
8		Ode to Melancholy			151
9		Waldpoesie			149
9		Wehmut			149
11		Lover's Grief			143
12		A Pastoral Theme			141
13		Abendrot			139
14		The Ensemble of Silence			136
15		The Days Before The Fall			131

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