The Umbersun is the fourth album by neoclassical band Elend. It is the third and final album in the Officium Tenebrarum trilogy.

The Umbersun
Studio album by
Released1998
RecordedWolf Studios
GenreNeoclassical Darkwave, Gothic
Length66:48
LabelMusic for Nations
Elend chronology
Weeping Nights
(1997)
The Umbersun
(1998)
Winds Devouring Men
(2003)
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Review scores
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Track listing edit

  1. "Du Tréfonds des Ténèbres" – 10:44
  2. "Melpomene" – 10:26
  3. "Moon of Amber" – 6:12
  4. "Apocalypse" – 9:14
  5. "Umbra" – 8:43
  6. "The Umbersun" – 5:46
  7. "In the Embrasure of Heaven" – 5:53
  8. "The Wake of the Angel" – 4:46
  9. "Au Tréfonds des Ténèbres" – 5:04

Musicians edit

Sopranos edit

Tricia Bentley, Hilary Brennan, Rachael Clegg, Bridget Corderoy, Carolynne Cox, Sally Donegani, Alison Eden, Karen Filsell, Claire Hills, Rachel King, Felice Kuin, Wendy Norman, Kathy Willis, Olivia Maffett

Altos edit

Debbie Bright, Kathryn Cook, Denise Fabb, Victoria Kendall, Katy Meiklejohn, Yvette Miller, Fiona Robinson, Hatty Webb, Lorna Youngs

Basses edit

Tim Bull, Tim Colbourn, Peter da Costa, Mark Fenton, Michael King

Director edit

Peter Broadbent

Solo soprano edit

Nathalie Barbary

Whispered female voice edit

Alison Eden

All other vocals, instruments, sequencing, programming and sound-editing by Iskandar Hasnawi, Sébastien Roland and Renaud Tschirner.