- non-binary
multidiciplinary artist who uses the
pseudonym Anna-Varney
Cantodea. The
three demo
tapes are
often referred to as "Blut der
schwarzen Rose"...
-
Aeternus & the
Ensemble of Shadows, and was
released in 2007. Anna-Varney
Cantodea has
explained that the
title is not a
reference to
Charles Baudelaire's...
- "authenticated"
graveyard soil. For Es
reiten die
Toten so schnell, Anna-Varney
Cantodea went back to her demo tape of the same name and re-recorded all of its...
- music. John A.
Rivers returned to
produce the
album alongside Anna-Varney
Cantodea. An
accompanying EP,
Flowers in Formaldehyde, was
released later that year...
- that only 485 were
actually produced. On
December 16, 2016, Anna-Varney
Cantodea announced through her
official site the
start of a
crowdfunding campaign...
-
tracks are
written by Anna-Varney
Cantodea except where noted Sopor Aeternus & The
Ensemble of
Shadows Anna-Varney
Cantodea - vocals, all
other instruments...
-
considered everything in life,
rather than
Death or Loneliness. Anna-Varney
Cantodea later admitted that "Dead Lovers' Sarabande" was
dedicated to, but not...
- and "Feralia Genitalia",
another ode to trans****ualism as Anna-Varney
Cantodea describes her "genitals
rotting off" and her
transformation into a woman...
-
eternal Forest"; one, with Anna-Varney
Cantodea in
black robes, is
found on the NTSC DVD;
while the other, with
Cantodea in
white robes, is
found on the PAL...
- Baroque-inspired music,
accompanied by
Cantodea's voice and a drum machine. As was the case with her
early recordings,
Cantodea would only
record the
vocals once...
