Empyrium - Der Wie Ein Blitz Vom Himmel FielEmpyrium first played melodic black metal and only later shifted to dark folk. " ? Der wie ein Blitz vom Himmel fiel" ("he who fell from the sky like lightning") was recorded on December 19, 1994, and released earlier in the following year. The Germans' first demo cassette, which became an underground success just by word of mouth in times before the internet, not only marked the beginning of a lifelong career in music for mastermind Schwadorf; it

The album came together after extensive touring

and frontman Ian Devaney's towering voice-is a ray of light in an era of anxiety

it was quite difficult to make the right decisions about the narrative and architecture in the music

High Baroque flourishes as well as the dance-like tendencies of the galant style

Don't make a big deal about it

"We'll probably never make an album in the way we made this one again

So the Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble brought together young committed musician friends who played on period instruments

The music on this CD confirms the special position of the composer Jorgen Jersild (1913-2004) in Danish music

actor and playwright Wallace Shawn sits down with friend and theater director Andre Gregory at an Manhattan restaurant

that never happened

Johnny Moore's Three Blazers were one of the most distinctive and stylish R&B groups of the post-war era

he is one of the 19th century's more interesting individuals in Swedish music life