by Mark Morton The international vampiric siren sensation Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows’ 2007 release, LES FLEURS DU MAL (DIE BLUMEN DES BOSEN), is available as a U.S. domestic release for the first time. Sopor Aeternus’ ninth album of kaleidoscopic darkwave music is like a gothic horror carnival, an ambitious project that merges Aeternus’s sound with a neo-classical, film score-like soundtrack. Sounding like Cirque du Soleil performing AN INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE, LES FLEURS is a haunting, gothic masterwork.