Genre(s):
Ambient Post-Black Metal
Lyrical Theme(s):
Nature, Melancholy, Existentialism
Origin:
Graz, Styria
Formed In:
2011
Status:
Active
Current line-up:
Lukas - Guitars (rhythm & acoustic), Bass, Drums, Vocals, Piano, Songwriting (Aphotic Excess, Svarta (live))
Live musicians:
Paul Färber - Drums (Norikum, ex-Rectal Rooter)
Dinko Bakic - Guitars (ex-Angels May Cry, Roadking, ex-Psych (Aut), ex-Sidesplitting)
Totgeburt - Bass (Nightforest, Nordfrost, Seduced, ex-Menneskeeter)
Lukas Benedicic - Guitars (Norikum)
Additional notes:
According to the band's official website, ellende is derived from a Middle High German word meaning "unclaimed wilderness", "misery" and describing the uneasy feeling of uncertainty of the emptiness and distance within onself. This Middle High German expression "ellende" can also mean "foreign country", "exile" or "solitude."
Ellende is strictly Lukas Gosch's solo-project. All other people involved are session/live musicians only.

Discography:
Ellende - Rückzug In Die Innerlichkeit [ep] - 2012
Ellende - Ellende [full-length] - 2013
Ellende - Weltennacht [ep] - 2014
Ellende - Todbringer [full-length] - 2016

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Official site:
Ellende @ Website
Ellende @ YouTube