Ellende is a two-member black metal band from Graz, Styria. Austria. The band consists of Lukas Gosch (also in Aphotic Excess) who does vocals and is also the main instrumentalist, and Anne who mainly contributes violin and viola. They have released an EP on Bandcamp named "Rückzug in die Innerlichkeit" in 2012 and a selftitled full-length via Talheim Records in 2013. A follow up EP called Weltennacht was released in 2014. In 2016 they released their 2nd full-length album, called 'Todbringer'. A new album called 'Lebensnehmer' is announced, and will be released on March 29th, 2019.

According to the band's official website, ellende is derived from a Middle High German word meaning "unclaimed wilderness", "misery" and describing the uneasy feeling of uncertainty of the emptiness and distance within onself. This Middle High German expression "ellende" can also mean "foreign country", "exil" or "solitude."