Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays

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Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 12, 1999
Genre Neofolk
Length32:27
Label Prophecy
Empyrium chronology
Songs of Moors and Misty Fields
(1997)
Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays
(1999)
Weiland
(2002)

Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays (1999) is the third album by the German symphonic folk/doom metal band Empyrium.

Contents

Track listing

Tracks 2,5,6,7 are instrumental

No.TitleLength
1."Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays"05:34
2."Dying Brokenhearted"05:39
3."The Shepherd and the Maiden Ghost"03:26
4."The Sad Song of the Wind"02:56
5."Wehmut"03:04
6."A Pastoral Theme"01:59
7."Abendrot"02:10
8."Many Moons Ago"04:25
9."When Shadows Grow Longer"03:14
Total length:32:27

Personnel

Additional personnel

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