Es reiten die Toten so schnell
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| "Es reiten die Toten so schnell" | ||
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| Studio album by Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows | ||
| Released | 2003 | |
| Recorded | ?? | |
| Genre | Darkwave | |
| Length | 65:33 | |
| Label | Apocalyptic Vision | |
| Producer(s) | Anna-Varney, John A. Rivers. | |
| Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows chronology | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nenia C'alladhan (2002) |
"Es reiten die Toten so schnell" (2003) |
"La Chambre D'Echo" - Where the dead Birds sing (2004) |
"Es reiten die Toten so schnell" (or: the Vampyre sucking at his own Vein) ("The Dead ride so fast"; usually referred to as "Es reiten die Toten so schnell") is the title of Darkwave band Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows' eighth album. It was released in 2003. For "Es reiten die Toten so schnell", Anna-Varney went back to her demo of the same title from 1988 and re-recorded all of the tracks from it. The rest of the album consists of re-recordings of the bonus tracks from her first album "...Ich töte mich jedesmal aufs Neue, doch ich bin unsterblich, und ich erstehe wieder auf; in einer Vision des Untergangs...", along with a handful of new songs. "Birth - Fiendish Figuration", a staple track from her first album, appears again on its fourth incarnation on a record.
"Es reiten die Toten so schnell" (or: the Vampyre sucking at his own Vein) was released in multiple formats. An A5-sized CD book edition of 1999 copies was released, along with a double-LP edition (with two picture-vinyl records, a poster, postcards, a t-shirt, communion wafers and authenticated graveyard soil) of 666 signed and numbered copies.
[edit] Track listing
- "Omen Sinistrum" – 2:46
- "Dead Souls" – 7:04
- "Stake of my Soul" – 3:01
- "Beautiful Thorn" – 5:14
- "Baptisma" – 6:37
- "The Feast of Blood" – 3:35
- "Sopor Fratrem Mortis Est" – 5:33
- "The Dreadful Mirror" – 5:53
- "Reprise" – 3:41
- "Birth - Fiendish Figuration" – 2:52
- "Penance & Pain" – 4:26
- "Holy Water Moonlight" – 5:11
- "Infant" – 0:51
- "Über den Fluss" – 2:04
- "Dark Delight" – 6:43
