Sopor Aeternus and The Ensemble of Shadows
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Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows (Latin: sopor aeternus "eternal slumber";[4][5] also referred to or stylized as Sopor Aeternus or Sopor)[6] is a neoclassical dark wave musical project based in Frankfurt.[7]
Founding
The group was founded in 1989 by a non-binary[8] multidiciplinary artist who uses the pseudonym Anna-Varney Cantodea.[6][9]
Discography
Demo tapes
The three demo tapes are often referred to as "Blut der schwarzen Rose" or "The Undead-Trilogy".[10] Only the first has been released.
- Es reiten die Toten so schnell… (1989)
- Rufus (1992)
- Till Time and Times Are Done (1992)
Studio albums
- Ich töte mich... (1994)
- Todeswunsch (1995)
- The Inexperienced Spiral Traveller (1997)
- Dead Lovers' Sarabande (Face One) (1999)
- Dead Lovers' Sarabande (Face Two) (1999)
- Songs from the Inverted Womb (2000)
- Es reiten die Toten so schnell (2003)
- La Chambre d'Echo (2004)
- Les Fleurs du Mal - Die Blumen des Bösen (2007)
- A Triptychon of Ghosts (Part Two) - Have You Seen This Ghost? (2011)
- Poetica - All Beauty Sleeps (2013)
- Mitternacht (2014)
- The Spiral Sacrifice (2018)
- Death & Flamingos (2019)
- Island of the Dead (2020)
- Alone At Sam's - An Evening With... (2023)
EPs and remix albums ("sister albums")
- Ehjeh Ascher Ehjeh (1995)
- Voyager - The Jugglers of Jusa (1997)
- Flowers in Formaldehyde (2004)
- Sanatorium Altrosa (Musical Therapy for Spiritual Dysfunction) (2008)
- A Triptychon of Ghosts (Part One) - A Strange Thing to Say (2010)
- A Triptychon of Ghosts (Part Three) - Children of the Corn (2011)
- Angel of the Golden Fountain (2015)
- The Story Of 'Es reiten die Toten so Schnell' (2021)
- The Colours (2023)
- The Rules (2023)
- Fab Dead Cult Veil (2024)
Singles
- "The Goat" / "The Bells Have Stopped Ringing" (2005)
- "In der Palästra" (2007)
- "Imhotep" (2011)
- Reprise (2018)
- Vor Dem Tode Träumen Wir (2019)
- The Boy Must Die (2019)
- Architecture ll (Instrumental Version)(Remastered) (2021)
- Birth - Fiendish Figuration (The Inner Hell, Side.A) (Memories Are Haunted Places, Side.B) (2021)
- Averno - Inferno (Averno, Side.A) (Inferno, Side.B) (2021)
- The Dead (2021)
- Todesschlaf (2022)
Other releases
- Jekura - Deep the Eternal Forest (1995) – a compilation featuring four songs by Sopor Aeternus[11]
- Nenia C'alladhan (2002) – a self-titled side project with Constance Fröhling
- Like a Corpse Standing in Desperation (2005) – a boxed set of rarities and hard-to-find albums
- The Goat and Other Re-Animated Bodies (2009) - DVD of previously released videos
- Alone At Sam's (2023) - a single to four player board game
References
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External links
- Sopor Aeternus' official website
- Blog of Anna-Varney Cantodea
- Sopor Aeternus at VampireFreaks.com
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- Sopor Aeternus on Reverbnation.com
- Official Sopor Aeternus retailer