Elend is the name of an Austro-French band formed in 1993 by composers and multi-instrumentalists Iskandar Hasnawi and Renaud Tschirner. The band's name is German for "misery," but also archaic German for "Nothing." The music can be described as gothic and orchestral music with post-romanticism undertones, or simply Violent Neoclassical. They are often classed as a metal act due to the fact that in their earlier days, they were signed to a label that released metal music almost exclusively. In actuality, though their sound has sometimes been very violent, they have never been metal of any form. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Gothic woman, trad style, with spikes and piercings This article is about the contemporary goth/gothic subculture. ... Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture. ... It has been suggested that metal music be merged into this article or section. ...
One of the assumptions of this essay is that levels junkifications and its resulting junky elend in different countries are not the same and that the level in the Netherlands seems to be lower than in countries nearby.
The social risk that causes a lot of junky elend is ostracism, or no longer being treated as a human being by large segments of significant others and institutions in society.
The most promising strategies of lowering levels of junky elend among which junky dying, is to interfere in the process of social ostracism by creating neutralising institutions.
With an impeccable sense of atmosphere and drama, Elend achieves a real sense of beauty and darkness within the framework of complex and difficult compositions.
Elend's sense of neo-classical darkwave composition remains fully intact, drifting a bit more towards the terrority of Black Tape for a Blue Girl.
It would be interesting to see what would happen if the men from Elend were given a full scale orchestra and an unlimited budget, but unfortunately the small Prophecy Productions label wouldn't have resources such as that.
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