SOPOR AETERNUS & THE ENSEMBLE OF SHADOWS DISCOGRAPHY by ANTonIn ARTaud
OFFICIAL/UNOFFICIAL RELEASES:
0.
Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell [mc] (first edition numbered to 50 handnumbered copies) -
missingEs Reiten Die Toten So Schnell [mc] (original promo tape including the black paper wrapping with the wax seals and the lyric sheet has the word "
Promotape" written with silver pen on the internal cover instead of where a number should have been and also on the one side of the cassette - self financed)
Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell [mc-bootleg] (edition 2 same as the original demo - self-financed)
Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell [mc-bootleg] (edition 3 contains tracks)
1.
Ich Tote Mich… [cd] (first edition ltd. to 1000 hand-numbered copies #745, no barcode, 7 tracks, including greaseproof paper lyric sheet, original fuji photo and insert-APOCALYPTIC VISION distribution)
Ich Tote Mich… [cd] (second edition no barcode 7 tracks, including photocopy of the original lyric sheet and insert-APOCALYPTIC VISION distribution)
Ich Tote Mich… [cd] (normal edition with barcode 7 tracks -EFA distribution)
Ich Tote Mich… [cd] (re-release with 7 bonus tracks - EFA distribution)
Ich Tote Mich… [cd] (re-release with slightly altered cover, with 7 bonus tracks - SOULFOOD distribution)
Ich Tote Mich… [digipack] (Mexican re-release with 7 bonus tracks,- OVER THE RAINBOW distribution)
Ich Tote Mich… [cd] (Russian re-release with 7 bonus tracks,- IROND distribution)
2. Todeswunsch [digipack] (first edition lts. To 3000 copies - EFA distribution)
Todeswunsch [cd] (second edition clear tray - EFA distribution)
Todeswunsch [cd] (re-release with new artwork - EFA distribution)
Todeswunsch [cd] (re-release with new artwork - SOULFOOD distribution)
Todeswunsch [digipack] (Mexican re-release - OVER THE RAINBOW distribution)
Todeswunsch [cd] (Russian re-release - IROND distribution)
3. Ehjeh Ascher Ehjeh [digipack] (ltd. to 3000 copies)
Ehjeh Ascher Ehjeh [cd] (Bootleg without cover and booklet)
4. The Inexperienced Spiral Traveller [digipack] (first edition ltd to 3000 copies - EFA distribution)
The Inexperienced Spiral Traveller [cd] (second edition clear tray altered artwork- EFA distribution)
The Inexperienced Spiral Traveller [cd] (re-release with new artwork , includes a lyric sheet with translations - SOULFOOD distribution)
The Inexperienced Spiral Traveller [digipack] (Mexican re-release - OVER THE RAINBOW distribution)
The Inexperienced Spiral Traveller [cd] (Russian re-release - IROND distribution)
5. Voyager - The Jugglers Of JuSa [digipack] (ltd. to 3000 copies - EFA distribution)
Voyager - The Jugglers Of JuSa [cd] (Bootleg without cover and booklet)
6. Dead Lovers’ Sarabande - Face 1 [box] (ltd to 3000 copies #0370 - EFA distribution)
Dead Lovers’ Sarabande - Face 1 [box] (ltd to 3000 copies #3096 (?) - EFA distribution)
Dead Lovers’ Sarabande - Face 1 [Double LP] (ltd to 500 hand-numbered copies #177,handsigned, includes a poster - EFA distribution)
Dead Lovers’ Sarabande - Face 1 [cd] (cleartray - EFA distribution)
Dead Lovers’ Sarabande - Face 1 [cd] (re-release with slightly altered artwork, includes a lyric sheet with translations - SOULFOOD distribution)
Dead Lovers’ Sarabande - Face 1 [digipack] (Mexican re-release - OVER THE RAINBOW distribution)
Dead Lovers’ Sarabande - Face 1 [cd] (Russian re-release - IROND distribution)
Dead Lovers’ Sarabande - Face 1 [cd slipcase] (Chinese re-release - CMO and EFA distribution)
7. Dead Lovers’ Sarabande - Face 2 [box] (ltd to 3000 copies #1789 - EFA distribution)
Dead Lovers’ Sarabande - Face 2 [box] (ltd to 3000 copies #3082(?) - EFA distribution)
Dead Lovers’ Sarabande - Face 2 [Double LP] (ltd to 500 hand-numbered copies #050, includes a poster - EFA distribution)
Dead Lovers’ Sarabande - Face 2 [cd] (cleartray-EFA distribution)
Dead Lovers’ Sarabande - Face 2 [cd] (re-release with slightly altered artwork, includes a lyric sheet with translations - SOULFOOD distribution)
Dead Lovers’ Sarabande - Face 2 [digipack] (Mexican re-release - OVER THE RAINBOW distribution)
Dead Lovers’ Sarabande - Face 2 [cd] (Russian re-release - IROND distribution)
8. Songs From The Inverted Womb [box] (ltd to 3000 copies – EFA distribution)
Songs From The Inverted Womb [double LP] (ltd to 666 hand-numbered copies #620 includes 2 posters- EFA distribution)
Songs From The Inverted Womb [cd] (cleartray - EFA distribution)
Songs From The Inverted Womb [cd] (re-release with slightly altered artwork, includes a lyric sheet with translations - SOULFOOD distribution)
Songs From The Inverted Womb [digipack] (Mexican re-release - OVER THE RAINBOW distribution)
Songs From The Inverted Womb [cd] (Russian re-release - IROND distribution)
9. Nenia C’alladhan [special bag] (collaboration with Constance Fröhling - ltd. package to 120 hand-numbered copies #050, includes 4 postcards and has a handsigned dedication – EFA distribution)
Nenia C’alladhan [digipack] (first edition - EFA distribution)
Nenia C’alladhan [cd] (re-release with slightly altered artwork - SOULFOOD distribution)
Nenia C’alladhan [digipack] (Mexican re-release - OVER THE RAINBOW distribution)
Nenia C’alladhan [cd] (Russian re-release - IROND distribution)
10. Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell [cd-book] (ltd to 1999 copies - EFA distribution)
Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell [double LP box] (ltd to 666 hand-numbered copies #025, has a handsigned dedication, includes T-shirt, 2 posters, 8 postcards, communion wafers and authenticated graveyard soil - EFA distribution)
Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell [cd] (cleartray - EFA distribution)
Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell [cd] (cleartray - was given as a gift with each new subscription of the ORKUS magazine and was autographed by Anna Varney - ltd. to 30 copies - EFA distribution)
Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell [cd] (re-release, includes a lyric sheet with translations - SOULFOOD distribution)
Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell [digipack] (Mexican re-release - OVER THE RAINBOW distribution)
Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell [cd] (Russian re-release - IROND distribution)
11. La Chambre D’ Echo (Where The Dead Birds Sing) [cd box] (ltd. to 3000 hand- numbered copies #151, handsigned 128-page, A4-Sized hard cover book of lyrics and photography, bookmarks, postcards, a translations book and a pamphlet for Der Narrentum - SOULFOOD distribution)
La Chambre D’ Echo (Where The Dead Birds Sing) [double LP] (ltd to 666 hand- numbered copies #531, hand-signed, 2 posters - SOULFOOD distribution)
La Chambre D’ Echo (Where The Dead Birds Sing) [book cd] (deluxe standard edition 128-page A4-Sized book - SOULFOOD distribution)
La Chambre D’ Echo (Where The Dead Birds Sing) [digipack] (Mexican re-release - OVER THE RAINBOW distribution)
La Chambre D’ Echo (Where The Dead Birds Sing) [cd] (Russian re-release - IROND distribution)
12. Flowers In Formaldehyde [dvd-packaged cd] (sister release to the La Chambre D’ Echo (Where The Dead Birds Sing) release, ltd to 3000 copies comes with the same hand-numbered serial number #151 as the La Chambre D’ Echo (Where The Dead Birds Sing) cd, with insert- SOULFOOD distribution
Flowers In Formaldehyde [LP] (sister release to the La Chambre D’ Echo (Where The Dead Birds Sing) release, ltd to 700 copies comes with the same hand-numbered serial number #531 as the La Chambre D’ Echo (Where The Dead Birds Sing) double LP, with insert - SOULFOOD distribution)
13. Like A Corpse Standing In Desperation [box] (ltd to 3000 copies hand-numbered/signed copies #869, contains a triple cd, 2 dvd pal/ntsc, t-shirt,2 patches, 3 pins, a reproduction of the original demo tape, a sticker, black grape for funeral wreaths - SOULFOOD distribution)
14. The Goat/The Bells Have Stopped Ringing [lp] (ltd. to 1000 hand-numbered/signed copies #631- SOULFOOD distribution)
TRACKS THAT APPEAR IN COMPILATIONS
MCs:1. Cascades (from Beton tapes - includes A4 size leaflet - appearing track: Birth Fiendish Figuration)
2. In Voluptate Mors (gloria victis fanzine- appearing track: Penance And Pain)
3. This Mourning Sacrilege (no control torture- includes a thick booklet and 2 flyers promoting Cascades compilation - appearing track: Tanz Der Grausamkeit)
4. Fade Into The Blue (no control torture 1st edition came in plastic box with booklet and information about the bands in the compilation - appearing track: Holy Water Moonlight) -
missing4a. Fade Into The Blue (no control torture 2nd edition came in standard box without booklet - appearing track: Holy Water Moonlight)
5. Animal Exploitation (?) (unknown name of the compilation and of the publisher- appearing track: Im Garden Des Nichts) -
missingCDs:1. Jekura - Deep The Eternal Forest (ltd. to 2000 copies, appearing tracks: Tabor Calan O I tana/Dir Narap (under sopor aeternus name) Termite People/White Onyx Elephant (under White Onyx Elephant name - side project) - EFA distribution)
2. What Sweet Music They Make Vol.1 (appearing track: The Feast Of Blood - Thee Vampire Guild distribution - with black and white cover)
What Sweet Music They Make Vol.1 (appearing track: The Feast Of Blood - EFA distribution - with red cover)
What Sweet Music They Make Vol.1 (appearing track: The Feast Of Blood - EFA distribution - with black & white cover)
3. What Sweet Music They Make Vol.3 (appearing track: This Profane Finality - EFA distribution)
4. What Sweet Music They Make (best of - double cd) (appearing track: The Feast Of Blood/This Profane Finality - EFA distribution)
5. Call On The Dark (appearing track: To A Loyal Friend - NUCLEAR BLAST distribution)
6. Hex Files Vol. 1 (appearing track: Memories Are Haunted Places - NOVA TEKK distribution)
7. D-SIDE Magazine Compilation (appearing track: Dead Souls)
8. Orkus Magazine Compilation Vol. 2 (appearing track: Dead Souls)
9. Ritual Magazine Perversion Compilation Vol. 6 (appearing track: Dead Souls)
10.
Elegy Magazine Compilation Vol. 26 (appearing track: Dead Souls)
11. Haggard O.S.T. (appearing track: Resumè…)
12. Usher - The Music (a multimedia performance for theatre by Eleanor Boyce, utilizes songs from Sopor Aeternus album "The Inexperienced Spiral Traveller" - ltd. edition autographed by Eleanor Boyce - self financed)
DVD/VHS:1. Haggard DVD (appearing track: Resumè…)
2. CKY 3 VHS (appearing track: Little Velveteen Night)
3. CKY 3 DVD (appearing track: Little Velveteen Night)
MAGAZINES with Sopor Aeternus cover:
1. Les Amoureux Du 24 (France - fanzine completely dedicated to sopor aeternus)
2. Orkus 05/1999 (Germany)
3. Orkus 05/2000 (Germany)
4. Orkus 12/ 2001 (Germany)
5. Orkus 07/2004 (Germany)
6. L'ame Electrique (Greek)
7. Rosa Selvaggia (Italy)
MISCHELLANEOUS:
1. Flyer from France promoting ich tote mich...
2. T-Shirt supposed to have been sold by Apocalyptic Vision in the early 90's (
unconfirmed authenticity)
note:
if you by any chance happen to have the ones i miss, so as to complete my collection plz drop a line and we can talk about business...cheers and thanx for passing by-e!!!