Elend is a neoclassical darkwave band from France formed in 1993 by compose… Read Full Bio ↴Elend is a neoclassical darkwave band from France formed in 1993 by composers and multi-instrumentalists Iskandar Hasnawi and Renaud Tschirner. The band's name is German for "misery", however "im Elende sein" is also an Old German expression for "to be far away". The music can be described as gothic and orchestral music with post-romanticism undertones, or simply violent neoclassical. They are often classed as a metal act due to the fact that in their earlier days, they were signed to a label that released metal music almost exclusively. In actuality, though their sound has sometimes been very violent, they have never been metal of any form.

In an interview with a French magazine posted in June 2007 on their website, Iskander Hasnawi indicated that the costs and difficulties of recording the orchestral music associated with Elend have made it impossible to continue with the Elend project. Both composers will be continuing with personal projects, including L'Ensemble Orphique.

Official website: www.elend-music.org

The Luciferian Revolution
Elend Lyrics

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Flores solis, ardentes in aeternum,
Ne secuti sitis fatum floris venenati...
Colores delectant, inebriant odores,
At siccatur sinus perpetuo lacrimando...
Nam angeli cursus firmamentum
lacrimarum...
I depart from this world of grey
to reach the red eternal.

Red, the scarlet letters burn within my mind:
We won't follow the Sun in its course.
We will follow the Moon in its curse.
Lacerate the heavens, devour the Sun,
rape the light.
We are waiting for an eternal night
Where to keep Heaven's tears away from the
eyes of the sun,
Cast away from your universe of warmth,
of love and shelter,
The path of the angel is a firmament of tears.
Luxuries of pain, lurid agony,
The universe echoes the scream

Of a soul overflowed with sorrow.
Exhausted, let me drown in your eyes!
Shatter the stars, drag out the ligth
And drown it in the deepest seas of my mind;
I need no more brightness:
I am the night and the shadows.
I am the field when pain is the seed.
Flores noctis sumus atque alas pandimus
In profundis tenebrarum
Solus halitus emanans penna speculae,
Quam expellit folium mortis.
Shatter the stars, drag out the ligth
And drown it in the deepest seas of my mind;
I need no more brightness:
I am the night and the shadows.
I am the field when darkness is the seed.
The golden pandaemonic silence soothes me
As the streams of my satufied thoughts draw
the pattern of my kingdom,
Imperium infernale.
But we will regain the paradise
For in the east of Eden,
I will shed the blood of Christ...
[English Translation:]

Flowers of the sun, you who glow for eternity,
Do not follow the fate of the poisonous flower...
Her colours captivate, her scent inebriates,
But her heart withers from perpetual weeping...
For the path of the Angel is a firmament of tears...
We are the blossoms of the night and we spread our wings
In the depths of darkness.
The only emanating breath is a plume of hope

Which is replaced by a petal of death.
The infernal reign

Overall Meaning

"The Luciferian Revolution" is a song by Elend. The lyrics appear to be a poetic manifesto in which the singer expresses his desire to reject the light of the sun and to embrace the darkness of the night, in order to bring about a revolution against the established order. The opening lines, which warn against following the fate of the poisonous flower, suggest that the singer is cautioning against being seduced by the apparent beauty of the world, which he believes is a facade that conceals the truth. The references to the path of the angel being a firmament of tears suggest that even the divine order is marked by sorrow, and that the revolution that the singer envisions will require a rejection of all that is established.

The singer's desire to reject the light and embrace the darkness is emphasized throughout the remainder of the song, with references to drowning out the stars and the light, and a declaration that the singer is the night and the shadows. The references to pain and sorrow, and a sense of longing for a state of peace, suggest that the singer is deeply unhappy with the world as it is, and that he sees the revolution he is calling for as a way of bringing about a more authentic and fulfilling existence. Overall, the song appears to express a sense of rebellion against the status quo and a desire to transcend the limitations of the human condition.

Line by Line Meaning

Flores solis, ardentes in aeternum,
Flowers of the sun, you who glow for eternity,

Ne secuti sitis fatum floris venenati...
Do not follow the fate of the poisonous flower...

Colores delectant, inebriant odores,
Her colours captivate, her scent inebriates,

At siccatur sinus perpetuo lacrimando...
But her heart withers from perpetual weeping...

Nam angeli cursus firmamentum lacrimarum...
For the path of the Angel is a firmament of tears...

I depart from this world of grey
I depart from the mundane reality of my life

to reach the red eternal.
to reach a state of permanent bliss and ecstasy

Red, the scarlet letters burn within my mind:
I am consumed by passion and desire

We won't follow the Sun in its course.
We will not conform to societal norms and expectations

We will follow the Moon in its curse.
We will embrace darkness and rebellion

Lacerate the heavens, devour the Sun,
Destroy the conventional ideas of heaven and divinity

rape the light.
Take away the perception of goodness and purity

We are waiting for an eternal night
We yearn for a state of perpetual darkness and chaos

Where to keep Heaven's tears away from the eyes of the sun,
To prevent the reconciliation of opposing ideas

Cast away from your universe of warmth, of love and shelter,
Rejecting the comforts and security of societal expectations

Luxuries of pain, lurid agony,
Embracing the euphoria found in suffering and torment

The universe echoes the scream of a soul overflowed with sorrow.
The universe resonates with the pain and despair felt by the artist

Exhausted, let me drown in your eyes!
The singer seeks solace in the darkness and void of another's perspective

Shatter the stars, drag out the ligth
Destroying the conventional ideas of goodness and purity

And drown it in the deepest seas of my mind;
Submerging oneself in a state of darkness and rebellion

I need no more brightness:
I do not need the false sense of security and comfort provided by the light

I am the night and the shadows.
The artist identifies with the darkness and rebellion

I am the field when pain is the seed.
The singer thrives in situations of suffering and despair

Flores noctis sumus atque alas pandimus In profundis tenebrarum
We are the blossoms of the night and we spread our wings in the depths of darkness.

Solus halitus emanans penna speculae, Quam expellit folium mortis.
The only emanating breath is a plume of hope which is replaced by a petal of death.

The golden pandaemonic silence soothes me As the streams of my satufied thoughts draw the pattern of my kingdom, Imperium infernale.
The peace of demonic darkness brings comfort to the singer, allowing them to envision their own kingdom of darkness.

But we will regain the paradise For in the east of Eden, I will shed the blood of Christ...
Even though we reject conventional ideas of paradise, the singer sees a possibility for a new type of salvation through their own rebellion and destruction of religious iconography.

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