While Heaven Wept - Of Empires Forlorn

Tracklist Hide Credits

AⅠ	The Drowning Years
BⅡ	Of Empires Forlorn
BⅢ	Voice In The Wind Lyrics By – Klaus Hess, Tom Phillips
CⅣ	In Aeturnum
CⅤ	Soulsadness
DⅥ	Epistle No. 81
DⅦ	Sorrow Of The Angels
DⅧ	From Empires To Oceans

Companies, etc.

• Licensed From – Vast Music Lachrymose
• Copyright (c) – Vast Music Lachrymose
• Copyright (c) – Jane
• Pressed By – GZ Digital Media – 85107M
• Recorded At – Assembly Line Studios
• Mastered At – Wolf Productions Inc.

Credits

• Arranged By – Tom Phillips
• Arranged By [Co-arranged] – Jim Hunter
• Artwork [Band Logo] – Tamara Abarzua
• Artwork [Concept] – Jim Hunter, Tom Phillips
• Bass – Jim Hunter
• Composed By – Carl Michael Bellman (tracks: DⅥ), Klaus Hess (tracks: BⅢ), Tom Phillips (tracks: AⅠ to CⅤ, DⅦ, DⅧ)
• Cover [Original Art] – Gustave Dorˑˑ*
• Drums – Jason Gray
• Executive-Producer [High Roller Pressing] – Steffen Boehm, Tom Phillips
• Graphics, Artwork [Digital Treatments], Layout, Other [Website Design & Maintenance] – Estelle Motsiou
• Guitar [Guitars] – Scott Loose
• Keyboards [Additional] – Jake Bodnar, Michelle Loose
• Liner Notes – Tom Phillips
• Mastered By – Bill Wolf
• Photography By [Band] – Ben Kelly , Jason Gray , Jessica Hunter
• Producer – Jim Hunter, Kevin 131, Tom Phillips
• Recorded By – Kevin 131
• Sampler [Samples], Edited By, Effects – Kevin "131" Gutierrez*
• Vocals, Guitar [Guitars], Keyboards – Tom Phillips

Notes

Recorded at Assembly Line Studios in Vienna, Virginia between February 2002 and June 2003. Mastered at Wolf Productions Inc., Falls Church, Virginia in December 2002 and July 2003.

Original cover art: The Enigma, Gustave Doré (1832-1883), Musee D'Orsay, Paris, France.

All songs copyright 2002, 2010 Vast Music Lachrymose, except BⅢ copyright 1977 Jane, arrangement 2002, 2010 Vast Music Lachrymose, DⅥ traditional, arrangement copyright 2002, 2010 Vast Music Lachrymose and DⅦ copyright 1994, 2002, 2010 Vast Music Lachrymose.

Limited 2nd pressing of 500 copies on 180 gram blue vinyl, housed in a 350 gram gatefold sleeve. Comes with a 12-page booklet.

Track CⅣ is a bonus track. CⅤ includes a piano elaboration based upon Jake Bodnar's "Forever".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): 85107M1/A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): 85107M2/A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side C): 85107M3/A
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Side D): 85107M4/A

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
WHW041	While Heaven Wept	Of Empires Forlorn ‎(CD, Album, Dig)	Eibon Records	WHW041	Italy	2003
RM009	While Heaven Wept	Of Empires Forlorn ‎(CD, Album)	Rock Machine Records	RM009	Brazil	2003
IK015, HRR097	While Heaven Wept	Of Empires Forlorn ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd, RE)	Iron Kodex Records, High Roller Records	IK015, HRR097	Germany	2010
ILIAD044	While Heaven Wept	Of Empires Forlorn ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Rage Of Achilles	ILIAD044	UK	2003
WHW041	While Heaven Wept	Of Empires Forlorn ‎(CD, Album, Promo, Car)	Eibon Records	WHW041	Italy	2003

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