Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows (
Latin
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: ''sopor aeternus'' "eternal slumber";
also referred to or stylized as Sopor Aeternus or Sopor)
is a
neoclassical dark wave
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musical project based in
Frankfurt
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.
Founding
The group was founded in 1989 by a
non-binary
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multidiciplinary artist who uses the pseudonym Anna-Varney Cantodea.
Discography
Demo tapes
The three
demo tape
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s are often referred to as "Blut der schwarzen Rose" or "The Undead-Trilogy".
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)
''Dead Lovers' Sarabande'' (Face Two) is the fifth album by darkwave band Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows, and was released in 1999. It is the second of a two-album suite detailing the mourning of a lover who has recently passed. Like ...
'' (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
''The Spiral Sacrifice'' is the 13th album by Sopor Æternus & the Ensemble of Shadows. The album was released on February 8, 2018 on four different formats: on compact disc format with 128-page hardcover book (limited to 1500 copies); on 3x12" b ...
'' (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
''Ehjeh Ascher Ehjeh'' (Hebrew: אהיה אשר אהיה; "I am that I am") is the first EP by Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows, and was released in 1995 as a companion to the album '' Todeswunsch - Sous le soleil de Saturne''. Only 3,00 ...
'' (1995)
* ''
Voyager - The Jugglers of Jusa
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'' (1997)
* ''
Flowers in Formaldehyde
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'' (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
* ''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
External links
Sopor Aeternus' official websiteSopor Aeternus at VampireFreaks.com*
Sopor Aeternus on Reverbnation.comOfficial Sopor Aeternus retailer
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Neue Deutsche Todeskunst groups
German dark wave musical groups
Musical groups established in 1989