The Umbersun [Import]

Elend | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 10, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: METAL MIN2
• ASIN: B000V025W0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #402,075 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Du Tréfonds Des Ténèbres

2. Melpomene

3. Moon of Amber

4. Apocalypse

5. Umbra

6. The Umbersun

7. In the Embrasure of Heaven

8. The Wake of the Angel

9. Au Tréfonds Des Ténèbres

Editorial Reviews

1998 album on the Music For Nations label. Nine tracks on a full color picture CD, including 'Melpomene' and 'Moon Of Amber'. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars To Hell and beyond., October 13, 2000

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A. Tamez Elizondo "magnum_innominandum" (Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Umbersun (Audio CD)

Elend, masters of neo-classic music, show their superb musical and literary intellectuality with this, the third and darkest volume in the Officium Tenebrarum Triology, ranging from furious (Du Tréfonds Des Ténebres) to soft songs filled with sorrow and melancholy (The Wake of the Angel).

This is, in my opinion, music not for everyone, but just for a few special souls who are able to see the beauty behind and in the music. Trust me, if you listen to it in public, either you will get surprised (and sometimes frightened) stares or new converts to the genre.

Truly a masterpiece (The whole Triology, in fact). If you love yourself, music and a taste of literacy in music, this is for you.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Words cannot describe this..., December 19, 2004

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Christopher Ratzlaff - See all my reviews

This review is from: Umbersun (Audio CD)

How can something be so frightening and yet so beautiful at the same time? This CD almost defies classification, unfortunately living in the US, it is near impossible to track these CDs down, however it is worth the effort. The CD opens with chaos which is really so controlled and yet so unpredictable. The soaring voices, the beautiful orchestration and the "demonic" voices meld together into a sound that cannot be adequately described. This music is not for everyone, it is very intelligent, very complex music that transcends all labels. If you are looking for soemhing different that can be ambient and then transform into something that will make you throw your headphones off (as I did when I first heard this band) then give this CD a chance.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible, January 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Umbersun (Audio CD)

This album is absolutely incredible. I wasn't given but a sample and had to have all of Elend's work. It is quite possibly the saddest classical music ever, and yet has elements of great emotional release (screaming, suffering). It is, in the end, absolutely stunning.