Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows (Latin: sopor aeternus "eternal slumber";[7][8] also referred to or stylized as Sopor Aeternus or Sopor)[1] is a neoclassical dark wave musical project based in Frankfurt.
[2] The group was founded in 1989 by a non-binary[9] multidiciplinary artist who uses the pseudonym Anna-Varney Cantodea.
[1][10] The three demo tapes are often referred to as "Blut der schwarzen Rose" or "The Undead-Trilogy".
[11] Only the first has been released.