E Nomine was founded by German producers Christian Weller ("Chris Tentum") and Friedrich Graner ("Sir Fritz") in 1999 after the huge success of the song "Vater Unser" (
Our Father), which was included on their first album released that same year (
Das Testament) and their most famous work as well. The project combines electronic sounds with recitations by guest voice actors, operatic chants and choirs, all performed by the
Deutsche Oper Berlin, the same from the also German musical project
Lesiëm. Their first album was followed by
Finsternis in 2002, which drew influences from horror films and occult themes, and
Die Prophezeiung in 2003, which was especially inspired by stories of prophecies about the end of the world, the struggle between light and darkness, death and the afterlife. A special edition of
Die Prophezeiung, with a classical rearrangement, was released under the title
Die Prophezeiung: Klassik Edition. In 2004, the project released their final work together, a compilation entitled
Das Beste aus... Gottes Beitrag und Teufels Werk, which also presented new songs. A long period of silence followed. The project's official website stopped receiving updates in early 2005. Eventually, Friedrich "Fritz" Graner left the project. After a few years with no news of the project, e-mail correspondence between a fan and Chris Tentum (Weller) revealed that the group was in the process of producing new material, due for release some time in the near future. A year after this came to light, a new single entitled Heilig appeared on Amazon.de, due for release on December 28, 2007. The release date was pushed to mid-February 2008. Due to problems with the record company, hard copies were never shipped, and the song was only made available for download. Sometime in mid 2008, various videos of an E Nomine performance emerged on several video sharing websites which contained a live music and acrobatic performance to select previously released work. It contained an introduction of "Das Beste aus... Gottes Beitrag und Teufels Werk", as well as the new "Heilig" and an unannounced new song "Excalibur" (whose actual name is "Erdenblut (Stahl von Avalon)"). This performance was dated to late 2007. Fans were left speculating, until the former founders of E Nomine eventually emerged with a new project in 2008,
Schlafes Bruder, and Spotify were removed. Additionally,
remastered versions of the three full-length albums
Das Testament,
Die Prophezeiung and
Finsternis, and additionally the
Klassik-Edition of
Die Prophezeiung, were released. On YouTube, several of the new songs were uploaded to a new channel created in 2022. Several of the songs were released as new
mixes, and some were released under new names, e.g.
Nigrae legiones, which replaces
Das Omen on
Die Prophezeiung.
Speakers The project had the collaboration of several actors in the narration of their songs. •
Christian Brückner in the songs: "Vater Unser", "E Nomine (Denn sie wissen nicht was sie tun)", "Das Abendmahl", "Vater Unser Part II (Psalm 23)", "Mitternacht", "Dracul's Bluthochzeit", "Deine Welt", "Das Omen (Im Kreis des Bösen)", "Mysteria", "Das Tier in mir". •
Martin Keßler in the songs: "Himmel & Hölle", "Ave Maria", "Aus dem Jenseits", "Carpe Noctem", "Opus Magnum". •
Frank Glaubrecht in the songs: "Der Fürst der Finsternis", "Hallelujah", "Der Exorzist", "Das Rad des Schicksals", "Die Posaunen von Jericho". •
Joachim Kerzel in the songs: "Die 10 Gebote", "Die Sintflut", "Per l'Eternita", "Das Tier in mir (Wolfen)". •
Michael Chevalier in the songs: "Zorn - Die 12 Verbotenen Töne", "Herr der Schatten", "Spiegelbilder". •
Thomas Danneberg in the songs: "Bibelworte des Allmächtigen", "Im Zeichen des Zodiak", "Nebelpfade". •
Eckart Dux in the songs: "Angst", "Die Nachtwache", "Wiegenlied". •
Rolf Schult in the songs: "Die Schwarzen Reiter", "Hexenjagd". •
Helmut Krauss in the songs: "Das Böse", "Schwarze Sonne". •
Otto Mellies in the songs: "Wer den Wind sät...", "Der Ring der Nibelungen". •
Joachim Tennstedt in the songs: "Exitus", "Friedenshymne". •
Jürgen Thormann in the songs: "Seit Anbeginn der Zeit", "Der Prophet". •
Manfred Lehmann in the song: "Séance". •
Wolfgang Pampel in the song: "Anderwelt (Laterna Magica)". •
Elmar Wepper in the song: "Die Runen von Asgard". •
Gerrit Schmidt-Foß in the song: "Laetitia". •
Elisabeth Günther in the song: "Morgane Le Fay". •
Tobias Meister in the song: "Mondengel". == Discography ==