''Burning Empires'' is an EP from

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. It contains remixes and alternate versions of tracks from their popular album ''

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'', plus the "Standing" single. It is a limited edition release of 4,700 copies. The album was made available on the

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, as well as on

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and Amazon MP3 Downloads. "Further" and "Radius²" were the only entirely new tracks on ''Burning Empires''. "Lastlight" was a remix of "Firstlight"/"Arclight" from ''Empires''. The exclusive version of "Savior" has a full vocal track (the previously released album version is an instrumental). A

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of "Further" by the band LifeForce was used in the video game

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, and while not released on any CD, it was made available for public download. "Standing" was ranked #1 on the German Alternative Charts (DAC) Top 100 Singles of 2000.

Track listing

References

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