Winds Devouring Men

Infobox Album
Name = Winds Devouring Men
Type = Album
Artist = Elend


Released = 2003
Recorded = The Fall
Genre = Neoclassical
Length = 60:20; 65:38
Label = Holy Records, Prophecy Productions, Goimusic
Producer =
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Last album = "The Umbersun"
(1998)
This album = "Winds Devouring Men"
(2003)
Next album = "Sunwar the Dead"
(2004)

"Winds Devouring Men" is the fifth album by neoclassical band Elend. It is the first album in the "Winds Cycle" trilogy. The special edition was released in a digipak with a bonus track called "Silent Slumber: A God That Breeds Pestilence".

This album is notable as a progression from earlier Elend work in that it does not rely on synthesizers and sequencing to achieve an orchestral sound — though there are still computerized effects, the majority of the music is played on acoustic instruments by chamber musicians.

Track listing

#"The Poisonous Eye" — 6:55
#"Worn Out With Dreams" — 5:43
#"Charis" — 5:58
#"Under War-Broken Trees" — 5:36
#"Away from Barren Stars" — 7:28
#"Winds Devouring Men" — 4:38
#"Vision Is All That Matters" — 5:59
#"The Newborn Sailor" — 5:45
#"The Plain Masks of Daylight" — 5:54
#"A Staggering Moon" — 6:10
#"Silent Slumber: A God that Breeds Pestilence" — 5:18*

"* Bonus track on special edition."

Musicians

*Klaus Amann: trumpet, horn, trombone
*Nathalie Barbary: soprano
*Shinji Chihara: violin, viola
*David Kempf: violin, solo violin
*Esteri Rémond: soprano

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

Industrial landscapes and noises captured by Simon Eberl and Renaud Tschirner, designed and programmed by Iskandar Hasnawi.