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.

Discography

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)
• The Dead Have Come (2025)

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)
• Dea Mutárion (2025)