Weiland is the fourth album by the German

Germany

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 symphonic

Symphonic metal

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 folk

Folk metal

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/doom metal

Doom metal

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 band Empyrium

Empyrium

Empyrium is a German symphonic folk/doom metal and neofolk/dark folk band.- Band's history :Empyrium was founded in 1994 by Markus Stock and Andreas Bach, but later many other participated....

. It is the second acoustic

Acoustic music

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 album released by the band, and the first to be completely sung in German language. All their previous albums only contained English

English language

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 lyrics, even though two songs on the album Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays

Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays

Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays is the third album by the German symphonic folk/doom metal band Empyrium. Contrary to their previous two albums, this is an acoustic album...

have German names, i.e. 'Abendrot' (English: Sunset glow) and 'Wehmut' (English: Melancholy), which are instrumental tracks.

The album is divided into three chapters (German: Kapiteln): 1) Heidestimmung ("Moor Sounds"), tracks 1—6; 2) Waldpoesie ("Forest Poetry"), track 7; and 3) Wassergeister ("Water Spirits"), tracks 8—12.

Track listing

1. "Kein Hirtenfeuer glimmt mehr"
2. "Heimwärts"
3. "Nebel"
4. "Fortgang"
5. "A Capella"
6. "Nachhall"
7. "Waldpoesie"
8. "Die Schwäne im Schilf"
9. "Am Wasserfall"
10. "Fossegrim"
11. "Der Nix"
12. "Das blau-kristallne Kämmerlein"