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Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows
Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows
Also known as	Sopor Aeternus, Sopor
Origin	Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Genres	Neoclassical dark wave, dark folk, neo-medieval, gothic rock
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Apocalyptic Vision
Members	Anna-Varney Cantodea
Past members	Holger
Website	soporaeternus.de

Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows (Latin: sopor aeternus "eternal slumber";^[7]^[8] also referred to or stylized as Sopor Aeternus or Sopor)^[1] is a neoclassical dark wave musical project based in Frankfurt.^[2]

Founding

The group was founded in 1989 by a non-binary^[9] multidiciplinary artist who uses the pseudonym Anna-Varney Cantodea.^[1]^[10]

Discography

Demo tapes

The three demo tapes are often referred to as "Blut der schwarzen Rose" or "The Undead-Trilogy".^[11] 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^[12]
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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "SOPOR AETERNUS (official) | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
^ ^a ^b "Sopor Aeternus Official Italian Fan Club". Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
^ ^a ^b "SOPOR AETERNUS & The Ensemble Of Shadows". Soporaeternus.de. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
^ "Apocalyptic Vision - CDs and Vinyl". Discogs.com. 2014-09-19. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
^ "SOPOR AETERNUS & The Ensemble Of Shadows". 2010-06-12. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
^ ^a ^b "Sopor Aeternus". Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2007-12-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "tiscalinet.de". Home.tiscalinet.de. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
^ Elferen, Isabella van; Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew (2015). Goth Music: From Sound to Subculture. New York: Routledge. p. 44. ISBN 9781317962977. Born male and never operated, Cantodea rejects fixed gender and regards herself as both/neither male and/nor female.
^ "SOPOR AETERNUS & The Ensemble Of Shadows". Soporaeternus.de. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
^ "Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows Russian Webpage - Music". Archived from the original on 2007-08-19. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
^ "Various - Jekura - Deep The Eternal Forest (CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-01.

External links

[MySpace-1] "SOPOR AETERNUS (official) | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2016-08-01.

[Official_Italian_Fan_Club-2] "Sopor Aeternus Official Italian Fan Club". Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-08-20.

[Official_German_Fansite-3] "SOPOR AETERNUS & The Ensemble Of Shadows". Soporaeternus.de. Retrieved 2016-08-01.

[4] "Apocalyptic Vision - CDs and Vinyl". Discogs.com. 2014-09-19. Retrieved 2016-08-01.

[5] "SOPOR AETERNUS & The Ensemble Of Shadows". 2010-06-12. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2016-08-01.

[Official_German_Fansite_Discography-6] "Sopor Aeternus". Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2007-11-11.

[premonition.org-7] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2007-12-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[8] "tiscalinet.de". Home.tiscalinet.de. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2016-08-01.

[9] Elferen, Isabella van; Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew (2015). Goth Music: From Sound to Subculture. New York: Routledge. p. 44. ISBN 9781317962977. Born male and never operated, Cantodea rejects fixed gender and regards herself as both/neither male and/nor female.

[soporaeternus.de-10] "SOPOR AETERNUS & The Ensemble Of Shadows". Soporaeternus.de. Retrieved 2016-08-01.

[soporaeternus.ru-11] "Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows Russian Webpage - Music". Archived from the original on 2007-08-19. Retrieved 2007-09-07.

[discogs.com-12] "Various - Jekura - Deep The Eternal Forest (CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-01.

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