Elend - Winds Devouring Men (2003)

This a the beginning of a new year so i guess it's time for me to give away my blessing for this coming Pig Year. You know that i like this french band called Elend quite a lot. As i consider these musicians to master their Art like no other, this album, which is one of my favourite, will be my token of gratitude and friendship to you!
Regarding the music, with this album, the Biblical trilogy is now over so it opens the way to new perspectives, especially regarding vocals. But don't get me wrong, Elend may play classical-inspired music, their ambiances are IMHO certainly on par with the most extreme ones, suffused with the darkest emotional content any black soul out there can create...a flawless and eternal journey into lands where the sun never shines...so better take your umbrella if you lost your horned helmet!ah ah!

Elend - Winds Devouring Men (2003)
Genre: Dark Neo-Classical, Experimental
Tracklist:
1 The Poisonous Eye
2 Worn out With Dreams
3 Charis
4 Under War-Broken Trees
5 Away From Barren Stars
6 Winds Devouring Men
7 Vision is all that Matters
8 The Newborn Sailor
9 The Plain Masks of Daylight
10 A Staggering Moon
11 Silent Slumber: A God that Breeds Pestilence (Bonus Track on the first edition)

Welcome into the shadows gnawing at the human mind!

Elend - The Umbersum

Elend is a very peculiar band! actually they are not part of the metal scene, so to speak, but the emotional content of their music is on par with the darkest BM band. The Umbersum is part of a trilogy (inspired by Milton's Paradise Lost) and this chapter is undeniably the most sinister...and it is quite an experience in itself...just try to listen to it at night in the middle of a forest or jump in your car and drive to any remote places where human being can hardly access, when you get there, listen to it...you might just experience what many people call fear!

Elend - The Umbersun (1998)
Genre:Dark Neo-classical
Tracklist:
01-Du Trefonds Des Tenebres... [From the Very Depth of Darkness]
02-Melpomene
03-Moon Of Amber
04-Apocalypse
05-Umbra
06-The Umbersun
07-In The Embrasure Of Heaven
08-The Wake Of The Angel
09-Au Trefonds Des Tenebres... [At the Very Depth of Darkness]

Let my ears bleed!