Empyrium
Country of origin: Germany
Location: Hendungen, Bavaria
Status: Active
Formed in: 1994

Genre: Symphonic Folk/Doom Metal (early); Neofolk (later)
Lyrical themes: Nature, Darkness, Sadness, Sorrow, Romance
Current label: Prophecy Productions
Years active: 1994-2006, 2010-present
Since the release of A Wintersunset... until Songs of Moors and Misty Fields, Empyrium recorded roughly 300 minutes of loose ideas, fragments and experiments. Parts of this material re-appeared on Weiland.Participated on the compilation Whom the Moon a Nightsong Sings (2CD/2LP) in 2010 with the song "The Days Before the Fall".

 

MEMBERS

Current
Schwadorf	Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Percussion (1994-present)
See also: Deinonychus, Eudaimony, Ewigheim, Noekk, Sun of the Sleepless, The Vision Bleak, ex-Nachtmahr, ex-Autumnblaze, ex-Dornenreich (live)
Thomas Helm	Keyboards, Piano, Vocals (2002-present)
See also: Noekk, ex-Nachtmahr, ex-Sharatan, ex-Dornenreich (live), ex-Sun of the Sleepless (live)
Past
Andreas Bach	Keyboards (1994-1999)
Nadine Mölter	Cello, Flute (1997-1999)
Current (Live)
Fursy Teyssier	Bass (2011-present)
See also: ex-Amesoeurs, ex-Phest, Les Discrets, ex-Alcest (live), ex-The Vision Bleak (live), ex-Pleasure of Mordor, ex-Sainpaul
Christoph Kutzer	Cello (2011-present)
See also: Remember Twilight, ex-E-Lane
Allen B. Konstanz	Drums (2011-present)
See also: Ewigheim, The Vision Bleak, ex-Panzerkreutz, ex-Marienbad, Oul, ex-Asgaia, ex-Nox Mortis
Neige	Guitars (acoustic) (2011-present)
See also: Alcest, ex-Amesoeurs, ex-Old Silver Key, ex-Phest, ex-Dor Daedeloth, Zero, ex-Glaciation, ex-Lantlôs, ex-Mortifera, ex-Peste Noire, ex-Celestia (live), ex-Forgotten Woods, ex-Pleasure of Mordor, ex-Valfunde, ex-Emma Ruth Rundle (live), ex-Les Discrets (live), ex-Sylvaine (live), ex-Vampillia (live)
Eviga	Guitars (acoustic) (2011-present)
See also: Angizia, Dornenreich, Sun of the Sleepless (live)
Aline Deinert	Violin (2011-present)
See also: Haggard, Neun Welten
Martin van Valkenstijn	Bass (2018-present)
See also: Kosmovorous, Mosaic, Seremoni, Ysengrin, Sun of the Sleepless (live), The Vision Bleak (live), ex-Alchemyst, ex-Nachtmystium, ex-Vivus Humare

 

DISCOGRAPHY

Name	Type	Year
...der wie ein Blitz vom Himmel fiel...	Demo	1995
A Wintersunset...	Full-length	1996
Songs of Moors & Misty Fields	Full-length	1997
Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays	Full-length	1999
Drei Auszüge aus Weiland	Single	2002
Weiland	Full-length	2002
A Retrospective...	Compilation	2006
Into the Pantheon	Live album	2013
Into the Pantheon	Video	2013
Dead Winter Ways	Single	2013
Bochum | Christuskirche | 2012	Live album	2013
The Turn of the Tides	Full-length	2014
1994-2014	Boxed set	2014
The Mill	EP	2015
Über den Sternen	Full-length	2021