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For the town in Germany, see Elend, Saxony-Anhalt.

Elend is a band formed in France in 1993 by composers and multi-instrumentalists Iskandar Hasnawi of France and Renaud Tschirner of Austria. The band's name is German for "misery." Their music can be described as gothic and synthesized orchestral music, or simply neoclassical. In recent albums for the Winds Cycle, they have incorporated some industrial elements, which have given their new albums a noticably different style from earlier ones.

Elend is often classified as a metal act due to the fact that in their earlier days, they were signed to Holy Records, which released metal music almost exclusively. In reality, though their sound has sometimes been very violent, they have never been metal of any form.

The Winds Cycle was originally intended to consist of five albums, however it was changed to a trilogy prior to the release of A World in Their Screams for unknown reasons.

In an interview with a French magazine posted in June 2007...

Created by dipity on Jan 31, 2008

Last updated: 03/05/10 at 03:34 AM

• Sunwar the Dead
  2003

  Track listing: ChaomphalosArdourSunwar the DeadAres in Their EyesThe Hemlock SeaLa terre n'aime pas le sangA Song of AshesLacerationPoliorketikaBlood and Grey Skies EntwinedThrenos
  http://www.elend-music.org/

• Winds Devouring Men
  2002

  Track listing: The Poisonous EyeWorn Out With DreamsCharisUnder War-broken TreesAway From Barren StarsWinds Devouring MenVision Is All That MattersThe Newborn SailorThe Plain Masks of DaylightA Staggering MoonSilent Slumber: A God That Breeds Pestilence
  http://www.elend-music.org/

• The Umbersun
  1997

  Track listing: Du tréfonds des ténèbresMelpomeneMoon of AmberApocalypseUmbraThe UmbersunIn the Embrasure of HeavenThe Wake of the AngelAu tréfonds des ténèbres
  http://www.elend-music.org/

• Weeping Nights
  1996

  Track listing: Weeping NightO SolitudeThe EmbraceNocturneEthereal JourneysThe Luciferian RevolutionEden (The Angel in the Garden)Dancing Under the Closed Eyes of ParadiseLes Ténèbres du Dehors
  http://www.elend-music.org/

• Les Ténèbres du Dehors
  1995

  Track listing: NocturneEthereal JourneysThe Luciferian RevolutionEden (The Angel in the Garden)The Silence of LightAntienneDancing Under the Closed Eyes of ParadiseBirds of DawnLes ténèbres du dehors
  http://www.elend-music.org/

• Leçons de Ténèbres
  1993

  Track listing: Leçon de TénèbresChantingInto Bottomless PerditionDeplorationInfernal BeautyLuciferEclipseThe Reign of Chaos and Old NightThe Emperor
  http://www.elend-music.org/