Sopor Aeternus and The Ensemble of Shadows

Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows (Latin: sopor aeternus "eternal slumber"; also referred to or stylized as Sopor Aeternus or Sopor) is a neoclassical dark wave musical project based in Frankfurt,

Founding
The group was founded in 1989 by a non-binary multidiciplinary artist who uses the pseudonym Anna-Varney Cantodea.

Demo tapes
The three demo tapes 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) (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
 * 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