Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays (1999) is the third album by the German symphonic folk/doom metal band Empyrium. Contrary to their previous two albums, this is an acoustic album. The cover art, as in Empyrium's previous album, uses a fragment of a painting by Norwegian artist Theodor Kittelsen.. Re-released in 2006 as a lavishly designed, gold-embossed Digibook of "A Wintersunset…", "Songs of moors and misty fields", "Weiland" and "Where at night the wood grouse plays" by Prophecy Productions. All of these are limited to 500 copies. PRO 015.
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Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays (1999) is the third album by the German symphonic folk/doom metal band Empyrium. Contrary to their previous two … read more
Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays (1999) is the third album by the German symphonic folk/doom metal band Empyrium. Contrary to their previous two albums, this is an acoustic album. Th… read more
Empyrium is a German symphonic/folk/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 co… read more
Empyrium is a German symphonic/folk/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… read more
Empyrium is a German symphonic/folk/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 … read more