Songs of Moors and Misty Fields

Songs of Moors and Misty Fields (1997) is the second album by the German band Empyrium.

Songs of Moors and Misty Fields
Studio album by Empyrium
Released	June 13, 1997
Genre	Doom metal, symphonic metal, folk metal, black metal
Length	44:49
Label	Prophecy
Empyrium chronology
A Wintersunset... (1996) Songs of Moors and Misty Fields (1997) Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays (1999)

Elaborating on their previous full-length album, A Wintersunset... released a year before, with Songs of Moors... Empyrium delve into a more sophisticated intricacy of what is sometimes called "romantic metal", offering a complicated mix of percussion, flutes, bass guitars and synths, together with its will-be trademark deep baritone male vocals performed by Schwadorf himself (who also plays virtually all the instrument parties, except for keyboards).

The band's following two albums, Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays (1999) and Weiland (2002), are purely acoustic.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"When Shadows Grow Longer"	1:26
2.	"The Blue Mists of Night"	6:24
3.	"Mourners"	9:15
4.	"Ode to Melancholy"	8:44
5.	"Lover's Grief"	9:08
6.	"The Ensemble of Silence"	9:52
Total length:		44:49

Personnel

• Ulf Theodor Schwadorf - vocals, drums, guitars, bass, photography
• Nadine Mölter - cello, flute, photography
• Andreas Bach - synthesizer

Additional personnel

• Andreas Beck - engineering
• Jürgen Holzhausen - cover art, photography
• Martin Koller - executive producer
• Timo Ketola - digipack logo

External links

• Album reviews:
  • Encyclopedia Metallum
  • CoC
  • Rate Your Music