Empyrium

Empyrium was a German symphonic black metal band founded in 1994 by Markus Stock (mostly using the pseudonym Ulf T. Schwadorf) and Andreas Bach, but later many other participated. To classify them as a black metal band is not completely ac

Empyrium was a German symphonic black metal band founded in 1994 by Markus Stock (mostly using the pseudonym Ulf T. Schwadorf) and Andreas Bach, but later many other participated. To classify them as a black metal band is not completely accurate, since only their first two albums, A Wintersunset and Songs of Moors and Misty Fields, can be considered black metal. However, while their next two albums Where at night wood grouse plays and Weiland are acoustic works as far as the instrumentation is concerned, the music remained dark. 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. After their last album, Weiland, the band decided to stop recording.