Sopor Aeternus - Anima I & II

These two tracks are different than a lot of the numbered songs that AVC (Anna Varney Cantodea) does in that they're not just instrumentally different. The first is kind of an intro to the second. These aren't very well known tracks, either. They're from Ehjeh Asche Ehjeh, made in 1994-95. I've got a little theory about them I'd like to share... If you put Sopor Aeternus together with Anima (it's all Latin), you get Sleep Eternal Soul. Couple that with the lyrics (and how very dark and fucked up they are!) of these tracks, and it is my belief that this is the overall theme of this entire project going forward or backward.

If you would like to make early Sopor Aeternus part of your collection and don't want to shell out insane amounts of cash for demo tapes or the early EPs, go with Like a Corpse Standing In Desperation. The first disc in the collection (they're all sold seperately, batteries not included) is all of her early demos, EPs, etc. If you get the Seasons of Mist international version, it will probably cost you about ten bucks after shipping. It's worth it for 21 tracks of rare material. The other two in the series are re-releases of Voyager and Flowers in Formaldehyde, both great and otherwise hard to find.

~A~