Ellende is…

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.

Vienna 2018 (c) by Shade Grown Eye Photography

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“.

German Article: Wikipedia

Releases by L.G.:

Aphotic Excess (Death Metal)
2011 – Demon of Life (EP)

Ellende (Black Metal)
2012 – Rückzug in die Innerlichkeit (EP)
2013 – Ellende (Full length)
2016 – Weltennacht (EP)
2017 – Todbringer (Full length)
2019 – Lebensnehmer (Full length)
2021 – Triebe (EP)
2022 – Ellenbogengesellschaft (Full length)

Studio collaborations of L.G.:

Roadking (Stoner rock)
2013 – Roadking (drums)

Euterpe (Melancholic Jazz/Blues)
2014 – unreleased (drums)

Anomalie (Post Black Metal)
2014 – Between the light (guestvocals on „Recall to Life“)

Svarta (Black metal)
2016 – Lethargie (bass)
2019 – tba (bass)

Karg (Post Black Metal)
2018 – Dornenvögel (guestvocals on „Petrichor“)

Live appearances of L.G.:

Aphotic Excess (Death Metal)
2006 – 2012 (guitar, vocals)

Ellende (Black Metal)
2012 – present (vocals)

Nightforest (Black Metal)
2012 – France Tour (bass)

Roadking (Stoner Rock)
2012 – present (drums)

Svarta (Black Metal)
2015 – present (bass)