Weltennacht
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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“. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.