Officially founded in 1989, the Germany based Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble… Read Full Bio ↴Officially founded in 1989, the Germany based Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows is one of the very few dark groups/projects who have based the trinity of their music, poetry and visual appearance on the explicit emphasis of the highly individual expression of pain, isolation, depression, token suicides and the desperate search for the "sacred reunion"; all acted out by their sole protagonist – the transgender Anna-Varney Cantodea.
Best described as "introverted exhibitionism", the holistic concept of their ritualistic/Jungian art is not necessarily rooted in the grounds of a commonly accepted sense of aesthetics – which is one of the many aspects that gives their work its serious and most unique character. Though their music playfully fuses elements of classical, baroque, medieval, and even electronic music, the essence of Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows always remains entirely "goth".
Despite the fact that to this very day they still refuse to perform live in front of a human audience, Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows have long gathered cult status in underground circles worldwide.
Strongly recommended to be approached only with an open heart and mind, the profound darkness (and occasionally subversive humour) of their multi-layered (yet fragile) art is mainly intended as a spiritual healing-process for the wounded soul.
Best described as "introverted exhibitionism", the holistic concept of their ritualistic/Jungian art is not necessarily rooted in the grounds of a commonly accepted sense of aesthetics – which is one of the many aspects that gives their work its serious and most unique character. Though their music playfully fuses elements of classical, baroque, medieval, and even electronic music, the essence of Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows always remains entirely "goth".
Despite the fact that to this very day they still refuse to perform live in front of a human audience, Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows have long gathered cult status in underground circles worldwide.
Strongly recommended to be approached only with an open heart and mind, the profound darkness (and occasionally subversive humour) of their multi-layered (yet fragile) art is mainly intended as a spiritual healing-process for the wounded soul.
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La Chambre d'Echo
Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows Lyrics
Backbone Practise [unpleasant reminder in a subterranean pathlogy department] …
Beyond the Wall of Sleep Every now and then it seems to me that there is…
Consolatrix Has Left the Building Strolling all alone ... across the ancient cemetery ...- te…
Day of the Dead Unexpected ... suddenly ... as if from nowhere they appear, …
Feed the Birds Zahl' von 11 ruckwarts bis 7, Wurd's auf Morgen gern versch…
Hearse-Shaped Basins of Darkest Matter On the left side ... again ... black fish are being…
Idleness & Consequence The boy took a stroll the shores of the well-constructed…
Imhotep Armes, dunkles Wolkenkind, hast Dich erneut in Sturm gehüll…
Leeches & Deception The old monk of a womewhat Thelemite, or "crow"-related orde…
The Encoded Cloister (The mirror ... is the theatre ... where the autopsy…
The Lion's Promise After the boy had taken a walk With his dear -…
The Skeletal Garden Will I become like the old man from next door? Obsessed…
We Have a Dog to Exercise When the old ghost of suicide Creeps slowly back into your…
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Backbone practise [unpleasant reminder in a subterranean pathlogy department] …
Imhotep Imhotep "...Armes, Dunkles Wolkenkind, hast Dich erneut in …