The first song I listened to was their "May I Kiss Your Wound", and I got goose bumps after listening to it.
Sopor Aeternus-Eternal Sleeping was founded in 1989 German band lead singer Anna Varney genre type rock/dark wave style type alternative pop/rock, industry "is darker than darkness. You must put one foot in the grave and the other foot in the madhouse to hear that kind of music. " -Excerpted from Gloria Victis Sopor Aeternus is not so much a band as a group of mysterious philosophers from Germany. The core Anna Vanni (formerly known as Vanni) is a thinker with opposite sex tendency. The yearning for darkness, repressed and distorted ideology contained in his music, as well as the lyrics and melody of "darker than darkness" have extraordinary magic. Since holger left in 1992, this two-person band has actually only one person left. So it can be said that Vanni is the soul of Thorpe Ternus. Sopor Aeternus, who debuted for more than ten years, has become an important member of the German medieval music school. Apart from those dark and secretive tragic works, Anna Varney, who has lived in seclusion for a long time without showing her true face, has always been the focus of attention. Although we can know him through music, his past and his inner world have always been a mystery, and it is for this reason that Thorpe Ternus's unique music and music connotation have always been shrouded in a mysterious veil. Some journalists and music critics often interview Wani by fax, hoping to know where the inspiration for such amazing music works comes from. Varney's answers are always as mysterious as riddles. But from a few words, we can feel that Vanni has a very painful past, and his experience must be extraordinary. For more than 20 years, Wani has been suffering from serious mental symptoms and bad emotions. As a man, he is eager to be a woman-this idea has been bothering him. Later, he changed his name to Anna, which is also the reason. Some music works of Sopor Aeternus, such as 1996 MCD《Ehjeh Ascher Ehjeh (I am me), also clearly show Varney's sexual complex. Vanni had a painful childhood experience. He once called his mother "a woman who provided food, clothes and beat and scold". These experiences make Wani an extremely sensitive child. He almost shut himself up, because his fragile mind has suffered too much trauma. We can imagine all kinds of experiences that created Wani's painful soul, but Wani himself kept it a secret. He only explained it as "the theater of seven levels of hell". In this way, it is not surprising that Thorpe Ternus showed a morbid yearning for darkness and even a fascination with death. Vanni didn't put on a show, and all the praise for the dark world came from the depths of his soul. (1995 album "Todes Wunsch-Sousle Soleil de Saturn" profoundly revealed Wani's longing for death. Todeswunsch means "world-weary". ) Wani is not alone, he has a spiritual friend-the ensemble of shadows, an imaginary partner. He composed music with his film friends, even saying that he didn't write, but only received the works of his film friends. He said, "Music is all over the universe." He almost lives with music, but his body only exists in the real world. Most of the time, he lives in his own imagination with music and film friends. Anna Wani has always held her own set of idealistic philosophical views. He believes that everything in the universe is related, including illusion and reality. He believes that the purpose of life is to find the connection between oneself and everything; People think that only things that can be seen and touched are "real". Varney tells people that only the spiritual world is "real" and "eternal"-everyone should wake up from a dream. Sopor Aeternus means "eternal sleep" and "a hateful real world full of pain". Seeing through life and death and waking up from that eternal sleep has always been the theme of Varney's music and poetry. In a sense, Anna Wani's music creation is also a kind of "self-help". As a tool to escape from reality and pain, music has become a part of Anna Varney's life. Anna Wani once called music creation "introverted exhibitionist". Indeed, Anna Varney only tells her inner feelings and painful past in obscure language in her music. These lyrics are usually difficult to be understood by the audience, which is why Sopor is only accepted by the public on the surface, but what the music is about is rarely known. He said in an interview: "I don't have the habit of explaining the meaning of lyrics-I don't even want to explain it at all." . . Although I hope that people can face their true selves bravely through music, or get to know their hearts more deeply, let them know the real world through these hints, or release the repressed spiritual world. However, that is impossible, because people are always self-righteous and can never get rid of deep-rooted traditional ideas. "* I brought me to a new world, because I am not here, and I am not here; On the surface, Sopor's lyrics are really unacceptable, and praise for death and even evil has always been regarded as heresy. Since the first three demo, Sopor has been exposed to such a topic. 1989, "He died a terrible death ..." (Rapid destruction) involves vampires and the undead. The first album is 1994 "I love you, I love you, I love you" Ineiner Vision des Untergengs, which involves death and rebirth from the album name to the content. . . The music style is quite dark and gothic. We can only roughly understand that those depressed melodies and cursed lyrics come from Anna Varney's inner trauma, and the deeper meaning can only be imagined. . . * Todes Wunsch–Sousle Soleil de Saturn's second album "Todes Wunsch–Sousle Soleil de Saturn" (world-weary–under the light of the Earth Star) has a distinctive musical style, but Anna Varney's singing is much more restrained. Anna Varney actually started crying while recording some songs. Words like "suicide, sweet suicide" often appear in lyrics. * Inexperienced Spiral Traveler In 1997' s third album "Inexperienced Spiral Traveler", we saw the change of Anna Varney. The style of this album is much brighter and kinder, and the lyrics are not as melancholy as in the past. Anna Vanni found another road to out of the dark, which he called "Blue Light". Voyager–Jusa's next album Voyager–Jusa's Juggler was also a success in 1998. The album also covers the "model" of the power plant orchestra, translated into ancient Latin, and explains the baroque cello. * After "Dead Lover" Sarabande, the double CD "Dead Lover" Sarabande returned to its original dark style. This album is mainly to pay tribute to Rhodes Williams, the soul of Christian death. Rhodes Williams was also a good friend of Anna Wani, although only through letters. The music style of the album is heavy and slow, but it is very creative. The extensive use of classical strings and excellent melodies make it Sopor's best album. Anna Vanni still refuses to explain the meaning of the lyrics in the album, because "everything has been said" and all we have to do is "listen attentively".