Ellende
The austrian black metal project was founded in the year 2011 by L.G. as a soloproject and turned into a live project in 2012 with session musicians.
The band’s name comes from a Middle High German adjective originating from the West Germanic *alja-landja-, which can be translated as „being out of the(/one’s) country“. In the sense of „exiled“, this took on a negative connotation over time, reflected in modern German elend, i.e. „miserable“.
Ellende is strictly L.G.’s solo-project. All other people involved are session/live musicians.
current live lineup:
P.F. – live drums, studio drums (Ellende, Nekrodeus, Black Yen, Karg, Harakiri for the Sky (Live) Ex-Norikum, Ex-Rectal Rooter)
L.B. – live guitar (Ellende, Ziagnmölka, L.B., Extwelve, Ex-Norikum)
D.B. – live guitar (Ellende, Roadking, ex-Angels May Cry, ex-Psych, ex-Sidesplitting)
S.L. – live bass (Ellende, Nekrodeus, Black Yen, ex-Blasphemist)
L.G. – vocals, songwriting, studioinstruments, designs (Ellende, Roadking, ex-Svarta, ex-Aphotic Excess, ex-Euterpe, ex-Verlies, ex-Nightforest)
The band’s name comes from a Middle High German adjective originating from the West Germanic *alja-landja-, which can be translated as „being out of the(/one’s) country“. In the sense of „exiled“, this took on a negative connotation over time, reflected nowadays in modern German elend, i.e. „miserable“.
The band’s name comes from a Middle High German adjective originating from the West Germanic *alja-landja-, which can be translated as „being out of the(/one’s) country“. In the sense of „exiled“, this took on a negative connotation over time, reflected in modern German elend, i.e. „miserable“.
Ellende is strictly L.G.’s solo-project. All other people involved are session/live musicians.
current live lineup:
P.F. – live drums, studio drums (Ellende, Nekrodeus, Black Yen, Karg, Harakiri for the Sky (Live) Ex-Norikum, Ex-Rectal Rooter)
L.B. – live guitar (Ellende, Ziagnmölka, L.B., Extwelve, Ex-Norikum)
D.B. – live guitar (Ellende, Roadking, ex-Angels May Cry, ex-Psych, ex-Sidesplitting)
S.L. – live bass (Ellende, Nekrodeus, Black Yen, ex-Blasphemist)
L.G. – vocals, songwriting, studioinstruments, designs (Ellende, Roadking, ex-Svarta, ex-Aphotic Excess, ex-Euterpe, ex-Verlies, ex-Nightforest)
The band’s name comes from a Middle High German adjective originating from the West Germanic *alja-landja-, which can be translated as „being out of the(/one’s) country“. In the sense of „exiled“, this took on a negative connotation over time, reflected nowadays in modern German elend, i.e. „miserable“.
