Missed in April: Sopor Aeternus’s new record

Sopor Aeternus - Sanatorium Altrosa

On April 30th, Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows (or just Sopor Aeternus) released its eleventh album titled Sanatorium Altrosa (Musical Therapy for Spiritual Dysfunction). Sopor Aeternus is a German oddity of a darkwave, folk and gothic project comprised of just one person, the mysterious Anna-Varney Cantodea. Not much is known about Anna-Varney, “not much” meaning not a bloody thing including his/her actual gender, real name or age.

The new album Sanatorium Altrosa comes in two different setups, a deluxe hardcover book edition and an even more deluxe boxed set. Both of them are limited to just 999 copies, so the CD is highly difficult to get anywhere. Actually, the only place I managed to find it at is Isotank where you can get the book edition for $59.99. The record is already completely sold out in other retailers I checked, so good luck getting your hands on this one.

To get a taster for Sopor Aeternus’s interesting mix of folkish and gothic aesthetics and musical elements, check out their MySpace site.

Track Listing for Sanatorium Altrosa:
01. Consider this: the true Meaning of Love (instr.)
02. Architecture II
03. Shave, if you love me (remix)
04. La Mort d’Arthur (instr.)
05. Consider this (orig. version)
06. The Conqueror Worm II (instr.)
07. In der Palästra (instr.)
08. Collision
09. Les Fleurs du Mal (instr.)
10. Bitter Sweet (instr.)
11. Consider this: the true Meaning of Love

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2 Responses to “Missed in April: Sopor Aeternus’s new record”

  1. Greg Says:
    May 5th, 2008 at 8:21 pm

    I think this band is very scary, all the pictures I have seen are horrifying. ;) I think it’s a female, but I could be wrong, it looks like something from a different planet… or perhaps deep underground.

  2. Paul Gifford Says:
    May 5th, 2008 at 11:20 pm

    If I remember right, the singer is supposed to be a transgendered female or soemthing, but I agree the whole thing is spooky as hell. I was intrigued by the name when I heard of them last month (I’m a sucker for a good Latin name) but the project didn’t sound too appealing to me, musically or the image, so I never bothered looking any more.

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