Penumbra may refer to:
1) A gothic metal band from Paris, France.
2) … Read Full Bio ↴Penumbra may refer to:
1) A gothic metal band from Paris, France.
2) A name for Mark Warren's ambient project.
3) An alternative rock band from Japan.
4) A Post-rock band from Palangkaraya, Indonesia
5) A czech Progressive metal/ambient project from Ostrava.
6) A Spanish Metal Group of Toledo
7) A Portuguese Hardcore/Noise band from Porto.

1) Penumbra (gothic metal band)
Formed in Paris, France in 1996. Their lyrics are themed toward love, angels, witches, death, and emotions.

1996 - Creation of the band
The band was founded rather by chance, while visiting a concert one day in 1996 Dorian (guitars) met Jarlaath (vocals) and soon after they had known each other they found themselves philosophizing about metal in general and in particular. They realized that they had very much in common regarding their musical ideas.

Both of them took the view that there were too many bands around sounding all more or less the same but not enough of them using classical music influences.

So it happened that they arranged a rehearsal together with a soprano and a synthesizer. Jarlaath also played the oboe. This rehearsal went so outrageously fine that they decided without the slightest hesitation to leave their bands and to found Penumbra (at this point they called themselves "Imperatoria").

1997 - Recording of the first demo and Concert in Paris with Misanthrope
Around November 1996, Imperatoria split up and Jarlaath together with Dorian and Herr Rikk formed Penumbra with three other musicians.

Their first appearance was at the St. Denis University Festival where exclusively metal bands were playing. Audiences were unexpectedly enthusiastic about the "outsiders". A short time after this first live experience they got the offer to play with the French metal band Misanthrope.
Penumbra realized very soon that the visual aspect of their shows played a very important role. Therefore they completed theirs shows with theatrical effects like costumes, pyrotechnic stakes, etc.

They released their first demo, "Falling into My Soul", in the same year, the demo sold very well.

1998 - Recording of debut album Emanate
Summer 1998, the recording of the album Emanate starts. Keyboardist Benedicte left the band and join Misanthrope, she was replaced by Zoltan. Two sopranos and a baritone took part at the recording: Medusa, Elise, and Aramis.

1999-2000 - Concerts in Paris, Pratteln, Leipzig
At the end of 1998, Nicolas left the band and joined Forest of Souls, he was temporarily replaced by Herr Rikk's brother: David. Scyllia, a soprano singer, joined the line-up. At the beginning of 1999, Herr Rikk became the drummer of Temple of Baal and gave up his role to Hekchen. A new bass-player, Aldric, joined the band at the same time. The band took part in some concerts: Boulogne, Paris, Orleans (France), Pratteln (Switzerland) and at the 9th Leipzig festival where Penumbra was the only French band represented.

2001 - Recording of the second album The Last Bewitchment
At the beginning of 2001, Scyllia decided to join another musical project and left Penumbra. Hekchen and Aldric left the formation too. April-May 2001, Garlic (drums) and Agone (bass guitar and backing vocals) joined the band and the recording of the album started. At the end of 2001, the recording of The Last Bewitchment ended. Medusa left the band for personal reasons.

2002
First quarter of 2002, Penumbra found a new singer, Krysten. The band, accompanied by Stephanie (a guest singer), participated in three concerts in Holland, Netherlands and in a Within Temptation's French tour.

2003 - Recording of the third album Seclusion
The band was ready to record Seclusion, Anita Covelli who sang on The Last Bewitchment was chosen for this album and Garlic was replaced by Arathelis. After the recording, Dorian decided to leave Penumbra and Anita had a baby so it was impossible for her to tour with the band. Seclusion was released at the end of 2003.

2004-2005
After a few months, guitarist Loïc joined the band with singer Lyrissa to promote Seclusion. The band was ready to have a big tour. Penumbra played throughout Europe with bands like Apocalyptica, Moonspell, Epica, etc.

2006
Penumbra was still playing in France and Netherlands to promote Seclusion when Asphodel was chosen to replace Lyrissa as the main singer of the band.

2007
The band released three new demo songs (Avalon, Eerie Shelter, and Charon) at their MySpace page.

2008
The band is looking for a new record label and in contact with some labels to record the fourth studio album.

Official site: www.penumbra.fr

2) Penumbra (Mark Warren)
Penumbra is one half of :zoviet*france:. Penumbra have released one album on ZION TRAIN's label Universal Egg entitled "Anoraks". This will be followed by the release of the album "Skandinavien" on Iris Light and a further album to be released by :zoviet*france:'s own label, Charrm.

"Skandinavien" takes source recordings made in Skandinavia and twists them with minimal techno beats and ambient textures.

3) Penumbra (JAPAN) - Osaka-based alternative rock in the vein of Number Girl and Downy.

4) Penumbra (Indonesia) is a Post-rock band from Palangkaraya, Indonesia. https://soundcloud.com/penumbraid

5) Penumbra (Czech Republic) - http://bandzone.cz/penumbra

6) Penumbra (Spanish) - http://www.penumbrametal.es/

2009-2011

In 2011 we approached the creation of our model (not distributed) "La última herida" (The last wound), which helped us to get to know each other and helped us to see which way we wanted to go.

2014

In 2014 begins the production process of our first LP "Senderos del Olvido", which finally saw the light in January 2016 after a long process of production and recording that was totally worthwhile.

2018

Crowfunding for the production of Silencio

7) https://penumbrapt.bandcamp.com/

Pie Jesu
Penumbra Lyrics

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Pie Jesu domine
Dona eis requiem
Dies irae dies illa
Solvet saeclum in favilla
Teste David cum Sybilla
Tuba mirum spargen sonum
Per sepulcra regionum
Coget omnes ante thronum

Liber scriptus proferetur
In quo totum continetur
Unde mundus Judicetur
Rex Tremendae majestetis
Flammis accribu addictis
Voca me cum benedictis
Oro supplex et acclinis
Cor contritum quasi cinis
Gere curan mei finis
Lacrimosa dies illa
Qua resurget ex favilla
Judicandos homo reus

Huic ergo perce deus
Pie jesu dona eis requiem

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Penumbra's song "Pie Jesu" are a prayer to Jesus, asking for mercy and peace for the deceased. The first part of the song begins with "Pie Jesu domine," which translates to "Merciful Jesus, Lord," followed by "Dona eis requiem," meaning "Grant them rest." The next line, "Dies irae dies illa," refers to the day of wrath and judgment, and "Solvet saeclum in favilla" translates to "Dissolving the world in ashes." The verse then mentions David and Sybilla as witnesses, and the "Tuba mirum spargen sonum" meaning "The trumpet will scatter its sound" refers to the last judgment. The line "Per sepulcra regionum coget omnes ante thronum" indicates that all people will be gathered before God's throne on this day.

The second part of the verse continues with "Liber scriptus proferetur," which translates to "The written book will be brought," referring to the book of judgment. "In quo totum continetur" means "In which everything is contained," indicating that every person's deeds will be examined. The following line, "Unde mundus Judicetur," means "From where judgment will be made on the world." The verse concludes with an appeal to the mercy of God, with the line "Rex Tremendae majestetis Flammis accribu addictis Voca me cum benedictis Oro supplex et acclinis Cor contritum quasi cinis Gere curan mei finis Lacrimosa dies illa," which means "King of fearful majesty, Who freely saves those that have believed, Save me, O Font of mercy. Grant to me a contrite heart. As judged, I plead for pardon, on the day when the heavens will be moved."

Line by Line Meaning

Pie Jesu domine
Oh Lord and Savior Jesus

Dona eis requiem
Grant them rest

Dies irae dies illa
The day of wrath, that day

Solvet saeclum in favilla
When the world will be reduced to ashes

Teste David cum Sybilla
As prophesied by David and the Sibyl

Tuba mirum spargen sonum
The trumpet will sound a wondrous tone

Per sepulcra regionum
Through every corner of the earth

Coget omnes ante thronum
Summons everyone before the throne

Liber scriptus proferetur
The book containing all our deeds will be brought forth

In quo totum continetur
Where everything is recorded

Unde mundus Judicetur
And from it the world will be judged