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Second Solo Album from the Former Member of the Leading French Hip-hop Band I Am.his Previous Solo Project "Meteque Et Mat" Has Sold More Than 250,000 Units in France, Belgiumand Canada.

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Into the Woods
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    Into the Woods

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    ASIN: B000SSONVG
    Release Date: 2007-07-17
    Sol Veritas Lux
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      Sol Veritas Lux

      Manufacturer: Tursa America
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      ASIN: B000I9B372

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      Even in this modern world, it seems every few years, some new resurgence of "folk music" rises out of nowhere and finds a welcoming following. The latest wave commonly labeled as freak-, psych-, or wyrd-folk has given us such stars as Devendra Banhart, Akron/Family, and Six Organs of Admittance. Just about two decades ago, another curious folk music movement began to emerge. A strain of English "industrial" groups were looking for ways to impart new meaning into their bleak and frightening noise, and a new and highly creative, "post-industrial" folk music came to life, heavily charged with mystical and philosophical themes. "Neofolk" as it would come to be known is largely defined by early releases by Tony Wakeford's Sol Invictus, alongside fellow pioneers Current 93 and Death in June. 2006 now sees the reissue of one of the best and most important releases of neofolk, Sol Veritas Lux by Sol Invictus. Sol Veritas Lux (1988) is likely to rank as one of the most raw listening experiences you can ever find. Playing this album is like calling an arctic blast from Old Pagan Europe. Whatever you think, you are not ready to hear this album. Over the years Sol Invictus would smooth out the rough edges and produce many beautiful albums, yet the potent Sol Veritas Lux has always stood as one of the best regarded and best selling Sol Invictus releases. The 2006 edition of Sol Veritas Lux celebrates nearly 20 years of Sol Invictus, presented in a luxurious package with new liner notes, and freshly remastered to bring out even more of its primitive glory. Sol Veritas Lux is promoted & distributed in North America by Strange Fortune.
      Sol Veritas Lux
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Great classic, occultic Goth!
      • Primitive and Raw prelude to a great prolific band.
      • One of the best Odinist rock bands
      • Hesitantly 4 stars
      • Part studio/part live
      Sol Veritas Lux
      Sol Invictus
      Manufacturer: World
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B0000272QQ

      Tracks:

      1. Angels Fall
      2. Raven Chorus
      3. Against the Modern World
      4. Long Live Death
      5. Ship Is Burning
      6. Summer Ends
      7. Wolf-Age, Axe-Age
      8. Angels Fall
      9. Rise and Fall
      10. World It Turns
      11. Runes
      12. Gold Is King
      13. Twa Corbies
      14. Somewhere in Europe
      15. Media
      16. Abattoirs of Love
      17. Raven Chorus
      18. Joy of the World

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars Great classic, occultic Goth!.......2006-11-20

      *This review is courtesy of newWitch magazine*

      Sol Inviticus, hailing from England, is a project of Death In June's Tony Wakeford. I'm surprised at how many times I've heard the band classified as "apocalyptic neo-folk" or a genre similar. To me, this sounds undeniably classically Goth in all the right ways. Their sound is similar to the Gothic rock artists that helped defined "Goth" as a musical genre throughout the 80s. For occult-friendly fans of artists such as Fields of the Nephilim, The Wake, Corpus Delicti, and Nosferatu, this band may be right up your alley.
      The term Sol Invictus means "undefeated sun." It was a title used to refer to the Roman deities Sol, Mithra, and El Gabal, all of whom have solar association. The band Sol Invictus is certainly versed in occultism, and has a particular affinity to European Paganism (as well as Germanic Heathenry) and Mediterranean history. This is apparent in a number of tracks in Sol Veritas Lux. This album is a remastered version of the same release from 1990, and is a combination of the album Against the World and the live-in-Tokyo Jaws of the Serpent.
      This album is straight-forward in that it uses little sampling or overlays. It is, for the most part, "raw," especially the live tracks. The songs are dreamy, dark, and leave plenty of room for the imagination. It's never assaulting on the senses; it's definitely astral. I've found this release to be perfect background music for reading, writing, spellcrafting, etc. This is the type of music that allows the listener to choose whether to let it to be a pleasant audile backdrop, or to become immersed in the emotion of the sound.

      RAVEN DIGITALIS

      5 out of 5 stars Primitive and Raw prelude to a great prolific band........2004-02-04

      This is a mixed release of Sol Invictus' first full length, "Against the Modern World" (1987) and the live album recorded in Japan "In the Jaws of the Serpent" (1989) in case you didn't know already.
      Those words in the title might make the CD sound bad, but I really enjoy this. If you already have Lex Talionis, imagine that album, but more raw, worse production, more primitive/naïve, and a younger voice of Tony. This album also uses a drum machine for a strange halfway point between electronica/industrial and folk-noir, reminiscent of a few Death in June albums. There are very little symphonic elements compared to their other CDs and it sounds relatively stripped down. There is only a little violin and piano hinted in a couple songs, and the rest is just vocals, drum machine, guitars, and bass.

      "Angel's Fall" begins the album with quite catchy acoustic strumming, mysterious synthed-sounding keyboard tones, and an upbeat rhythm. This is probably my favorite song on the cd. "Raven Chorus" has a steady rhythm, a calmer feel, and a nice overlying acoustic melody over the main repeating one. "Against the modern world" is a quite fast (just over 2 minutes) and simple song with female backing vocals. "A Ship is Burning" is a very short and haunting song. "Summer Ends" is a favorite, with what almost sounds like clapping from the drum machine, those mysterious synth-keys, and very catchy, gentle yet straightforward acoustic strumming.

      I mostly bought this album for "Against the Modern World," the live recording isn't that great (not that I knew that at the time...). I usually don't listen to the live album, and if it were released by itself, I probably wouldn't even have bought it. (Well, it was released by itself at first, but you can't find it like that anymore)
      This also includes "Joy of the World," a somewhat interesting unreleased instrumental, which sounds like it contains the background noises from "Tooth and Claw" from "Lex Talionis"

      Many people might not like this album compared to what the band has evolved into today, but it might also be the other way around. I really enjoy everything from their oldest material to their newest material. At least the first part of this album is very worthwhile. Very early music of great artists that now have a huge catalog usually has some special significance and a unique feel.

      5 out of 5 stars One of the best Odinist rock bands.......2003-09-06

      This is one of the best Odinist rock bands around. Very industral and folkish. A must have.

      4 out of 5 stars Hesitantly 4 stars.......2002-07-06

      This is a very mixed release, as is likely when you combine two different releases and combine them into one. The first part "Against The Modern World" is excellent. Some of the songs "Long Live Death", "Summer's End", "A Ship Is Burning" and the "Raven Chorus" are classics. Interstingly they have that kind of post Joy Division-esque/post Death In June type sound and reveal a kind of bridge from Wakeford's DIJ days to the more folky/neo-classical sound of later Sol Invictus. Very cool, dark stuff.

      The second part is a live recording which quite frankly is of questionable quality. Yeah, some of the performances are good but the recording just isn't that great in my opinion. If the whole release were like this I would not give it many stars, however te first part is so good and so worth it, that I have to give it 4 stars. The first part is a must have and if the whole cd were like the first half I would have given it 5 stars.

      4 out of 5 stars Part studio/part live.......2000-06-15

      This release combines the first two Sol Invictus releases, "Against The Modern World" and "In the Jaws of the Serpent" with an unreleased instrumental, "The Joy of the World". Musically, "ATMW" features the familliar SI sound of drums, keyboard, bass, and acoustic guitar. The songs are short and to the point. Highlights are: "Raven Chorus", with its stripped down percussion and instrumentalization, and "Long Live Death", an upbeat (if possible) anthemic piece.

      Part two of the disc is "In the Jaws of the Serpent". This was recorded live in Japan in 1998. While some of the material is available elsewhere in studio version, the less polished result is appealing. Some of the songs sound almost studio quality. "Somewhere in Europe" rises to the top with its faster tempo and militant drums. Because of the live recording, a number of the songs have a very fuzzy bass sound which adds nicely to the undistorted electric guitar.

      If you don't own both the albums which comprise this release, I believe this would be the choice format. The unavailability of quality live material from Sol Invictus makes this a good buy as does the slightly different takes on other familliar studio recordings. This clearly shows that the sound Sol Invictus has now was being successfully cultivated over ten years ago.
      Sol Invictus
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • Not Akh best
      • Who cares if you can't understand it...
      Sol Invictus
      Akhenaton
      Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00005Y1IZ
      Release Date: 2002-12-16

      Tracks:

      1. Paese/Intro
      2. Sol Invictus
      3. L'assasin Au Sm
      4. Chaque Jour
      5. Le Fiston
      6. Entrer Dans La Legende
      7. Nuits A' Medine
      8. Quand Ca Se Disperse
      9. Horizon Vertical
      10. Il N'est Jamais Trop Tard
      11. Gemmes
      12. C'est Ca Mon Frere
      13. Mes Traits Precis
      14. Mes Soleil Et Mes Lunes
      15. Une Impression
      16. New York City Transit
      17. Teknishun
      18. J'ai Vraiment Pas De Face
      19. Mon texte Le Savon

      Album Details

      Second Solo Album from the Former Member of the Leading French Hip-hop Band I Am.his Previous Solo Project "Meteque Et Mat" Has Sold More Than 250,000 Units in France, Belgiumand Canada.

      Customer Reviews:

      3 out of 5 stars Not Akh best.......2006-05-10

      I am a huge fan of Akhenaton, but this is far from his best work. I still think he is the best french rapper out there. His lastest work is much better.

      5 out of 5 stars Who cares if you can't understand it..........2004-01-30

      Even if you don't speak French, this is a great album to have in your collection. It's strongest point is its diversity. The tracks vary from some heavy beat based tunes, to more chilled, melodic ones. Pretty much all the tracks on this album stand out, but for the kind of hip-hop I'm into (Kweli, Atmosphere, Murs, J5, Lightheaded, Wu, De La Soul, DM&Jemini etc..), I'd have to say, tracks 1,5,6,7,9,10,12,18,19 *really* stand out. However, track 11 on this album has to be my favourite... To give you some idea of what it sounds like, it's right after Concrete Schoolyard (J5) on my playlist. It's import only, but definitely worth the money. And you are getting your money's worth, 19-skit-free-tracks.
      Holocaust Hymns
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        Holocaust Hymns

        Manufacturer: apop records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000F5M0QW

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        Crisis came into existence in the late '70s amidst the British hardcore punk movement and was often featured in Rock Against Racism live showcases. These political affiliations earned them comparisons to a more focused and truly politicized Clash. Crisis was known for having a decidedly non-peacenik attitude which beget more thrashing off the stage than on. And however much they would contextualize their relation with working-class rights, they bore only slight facsimile to the Oi! working-class sound. Rather, they would take the same energy that came from youthful, raw anger, but lock it down tight with restrained lyrical phrasing and strict rhythms. Resulting in a somewhat harsh poeticism of violent urgency held on leash that had more in common with WARSAW or GANG OF FOUR. Members include Douglas P. and Tony Wakeford who would later expand upon some of the Crisis material for their dark, neo-folk group DEATH IN JUNE. Wakeford later went on to form SOL INVICTUS, and two other band mates, Luke Rendall and Lester Jones, would later find involvement in THEATRE OF HATE and SEX GANG CHILDREN, respectively. Crisis' entire remastered discography from 1978-1980, complete with a 12 page booklet featuring exclusive photos from Douglas P.'s private
        Trees in Winter
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Cut out your heart and throw it to the dogs
        Trees in Winter
        Sol Invictus
        Manufacturer: World
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B0000271QX
        Release Date: 1999-06-28

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Cut out your heart and throw it to the dogs.......2004-07-10

        I've been enamored with Sol Invictus since hearing "Abattoirs of Love" off of the Sacred War Compilation. I immediately went out to purchase the Sol Invictus album containing that song (Lex Talionis), and have obstained several others over the past few years. 'Trees in Winter' is one that I put on autoplay and listen to repeatedly while I'm working. I do the same with 'In the Rain'. It is the fatalism that I respond to the most. Gorgeous resignation to Fate. Each of these songs are laments of a sort. They all relate to the loss of something once held dear: loves, ideals, passions, etc. Many silent miseries are treated by Sol Invictus on this Album. Tony Wakeford's lyrics are, as always, quite melancholy and occasionally quite despairing. I consider these aspects to be strengths of his writing. I don't find them depressing, or even gloomy. They honestly reflect the capricious nature of wanting and the ever proximity of its decay.

        "English Murder" starts off with a lulling guitar strumming over what sounds like violent waves crashing. Then a child/woman's voice recites some weird poetry that just fades away. It kicks into the track proper after a bit of noizy fidgeting--a simply lovely track..."I wait here by the coast/in the company of ghosts./ I sit and watch the world go by/sometimes I just sit and cry." It pretty much sets the tone for the album. That haunting voice comes back in the end, creating a rather nice, nightmarish effect.

        The next track, "Sawney Bean" is about the famous Scottish clan that murdered, ate, and decorated with the remains of travelers who stumbled into their lair. It is a mournfully straightforward song--simple, prominent guitar, some flute, etc.

        "Gold is King" features a great anti-usury passage from Ezra Pound reading/reciting from his 'Cantos'. The song is consistent with Pound's sentiments in the piece--"lets get the buggers..."

        'Media' is a brilliant song lamenting the celebration of mediocrity as perpetrated by the media. Lyrically, it constitutes quite a sharp diatribe against both the media and the idiots who support it with their blind service. One of the greatest Sol Invictus songs.

        "Looking For Europe" has great military drumming and feels like a call to arms. It plays like the hidden poetic history of hungry, suffering Europe. It suggests the great truth that everything we seek exists within us already.

        "Here We Stand" is another great misanthropic anthem that alludes to the loss of once great things. Humanity is but a scourge upon the earth.

        "Michael" is an old folk tune with a simple string/woodwind arrangement. It is a terribly aching song about love and loss, with a most vicious ironic twist--

        "Deceit" is a Tony Wakeford Song about the chicanery of love:

        Love like a garland sickly sweet
        How soon it fades, how soon it cheats
        On all our hearts the worms will feast
        For where comes love comes deceit

        "Blood of Summer" laments a lost age. It has a mystical feel to it, with the elders coming to meet the keepers of the flame who seem too exhausted to hold on to anything--overall, a bleak picture of man without gods, left to drown in their own blood.

        "Trees in Winter" closes this collection of grimly poetic odes to loss and regret:

        The future waits with an icy kiss
        As we stumble towards our nemesis
        A sea of loneliness to engulf us
        A noose of regrets to choke us

        All in all, a thrilling, somber experience for those to whom the descriptive term "depressing" is not a prohibitive. Personally, I find this album to be spiritually uplifting and I recommend it fiercely to anyone who is transfixed by life but mortified by the tricks of the dogs in charge of this unseemly charade.
        Mythological Prospect of the Citie of Londinium
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          Mythological Prospect of the Citie of Londinium
          Sol Invictus , Rose Rovine E Amanti , and Andrew King
          Manufacturer: Cold Spring
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
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          ASIN: B000LZ6DKA
          Release Date: 2007-02-19

          Tracks:

          1. Old Londinium Weeps
          2. Down The Road Slowly
          3. Eve
          4. Mid Summer's Dream (After W. Shakespeare)(London Version)
          5. Roma (Fukro Dell'impero) (London Version)
          6. S. Michele (In Your Sword We Trust!) (London Version)
          7. When The Bells Justle In The Tower (Live)
          8. Polly On The Shore
          9. London

          Album Details

          A CD with Nine Exclusive Studio Tracks, Three Each from Sol Invictus, Rose Rovine E Amanti and Andrew King, Each in their Own Unique Style. English Artists Sol Invictus and Andrew King Bestow London-inspired Neofolk and Traditional English Folk Music, Evoking Olde Londinium Town, While Rose Rovine E Amanti Offer Romantic Italian Neofolk. The Package Comes Wrapped in the Beautiful Paintings of Andrew King, Representing the City of London.
          Empty City
          Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
          • MARK TEPPO's igloomag.com REVIEW ::
          Empty City
          Tor Lundvall
          Manufacturer: Strange Fortune
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
          ElectronicaElectronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
          ASIN: B000FAY9UW
          Release Date: 2006-05-02

          Tracks:

          1. Scrap Yard
          2. Platform #3
          3. Running Late
          4. Night Work
          5. Early Hours
          6. Grey Water
          7. Buildings and Rain
          8. Wires
          9. Empty City
          10. Open Window
          11. 2: 00 Am
          12. Clearing Sky

          Product Description

          In 2005, New York based painter & musician Tor Lundvall (ex-World Serpent UK) unveiled Last Light, his latest album of curiously listenable, ghostly ambient music, and his first to feature proper "songs" with vocals. Last Light proved to be Tor's best seller, and has accumulated critical praise from e/i to Gothic Beauty to Terrorizer. Strange Fortune now opens the gates to what we believe to be the first essential release of 2006, Tor Lundvall's Empty City. Every Tor Lundvall release is distinct, and while Empty City may in some ways be considered a companion to Last Light, sharing its deep resonating sonic character, in other ways it's an opposite release. Where Last Light was about looking inward, Empty City ventures out to a fantastic, frightening new world, a decayed urban setting much different than anything Tor ever explored in the past. Where Last Light was centered around words, on Empty City the music takes over once again. There are vocals but used exclusively in an instrumental manner, no lyrics needed this time. While countless electronic music makers regularly deliver new recordings to fit in the ambient music category, with Tor Lundvall what you get is a new category to discover. The subtle underlying melodic structure of this music means it may be the most listenable "ambient" music you've ever heard, while it's all drenched in a singularly moody, haunted atmosphere that is Tor's real trademark. We believe what Tor is doing is the best and most exciting thing happening in the ambient electronic music world. File under: "ghost ambient."

          Customer Reviews:

          4 out of 5 stars MARK TEPPO's igloomag.com REVIEW :: .......2006-05-18

          MARK TEPPO's igloomag.com REVIEW ::

          (05.17.06) There's a progression of events that lead to Tor Lundvall's Empty City. First, we build cities and railways and roads and factories; then, we vanish from them, disappearing into the night. Lundvall, riding the train through these empty landscapes, is struck by their ephemeral nature -- the way they are built and seemingly abandoned. He carries home these images and paints landscapes. These landscapes, rich with lambent skies and intense palettes of grey and charcoal, became the inspiration for the ghostly ambience of Empty City.

          There's enough metropolitan drift floating through this record that a comparison to Mark Nelson's work as Pan*American is a starting landmark. But, I think Lundvall's paintings are a filter on the spectral nature of the abandoned -- sorry, "empty"; this distinction is, I think, key to Lundvall's interpretation -- cityscapes. While the music is imbued with phantasmal swirls of melody and the sepulchral echo of mechanical percussion, there is an indelible fingerprint of color and heat still captive within these ghostly sounds. Voices -- acting as instruments sans language -- exhale with moist humanity behind them. "Night Work" reverberates with the steel pulse of a train yard while vents of warm steam jet up into a slate sky. There is work being done beneath the ground, human work.

          "Early Hours" ticks with the metronomic pulse of street sweepers smoothing the grit from the gutters, the long tone hush that descends upon the still city and the echoing chord of rarefied sound that seems like the echo of a party that got out an hour ago and is still quietly draining away. It is the sound of that attenuated exhaustion which rides home with the nightlife, whispering that fading echo of the final flush of last call, last kiss, in your ears. A repetitive drip of rainwater provides the rhythm for "Buildings and Rain" while anguished melodies twist into awkward spirals in the puddles running beneath the eaves. Sounds like ravens expiring are stretched across rain-damp skies. "Wires" vibrates with electrical urgency, a organ hymn raised from power lines and transformer stations; while "Empty City" approaches the closet thing to a trip-hop tune, as a torch singer who has lost her words but not her voice lets her lamentation drift across the empty boulevards and still avenues.

          Tragically short, Empty City is like a town glimpsed through a break in the mist. Populated by ghosts and rife with echoes, you barely get a chance to hear the whispered litany of the city's hidden inhabitants before the song vanishes. Rhythms you think you understand decay into nothingness just as they worm their way into your brain and melodies are simply phantoms of the daylight hours when the sun stirs up the wind and the voices. It is the closest we city-dwellers get to silence; it is the purest and most uncluttered music we can hear. Lundvall captures this rich tapestry of evocative ambience beautifully with Empty City.
          Sol Veritas Lux
          Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
          • Great classic, occultic Goth!
          Sol Veritas Lux
          Sol Invictus
          Manufacturer: Tursa/Cold Spring
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000FS9DQE
          Release Date: 2006-05-16

          Tracks:

          1. Angels Fall
          2. Raven Chorus
          3. Against the Modern World
          4. Long Live Death
          5. Ship Is Burning
          6. Summer Ends
          7. Wolf-Age, Axe-Age
          8. Angels Fall
          9. Rise and Fall
          10. World It Turns
          11. Runes
          12. Gold Is King
          13. Twa Corbies
          14. Somewhere in Europe
          15. Media
          16. Abattoirs of Love
          17. Raven Chorus
          18. Joy of the World

          Album Description

          Reissue of early material from TONY WAKEFORD's (ex-DEATH IN JUNE) legendary neo folk outfit. The Sol Veritas Lux album was released for the first time in 1990 and combines the first Sol Invictus release, the mini-LP Against the Modern World (1987) with the second release, the live-album In the Jaws of the Serpent (1989), assembled onto one CD. Tursa Records. 1987-89.

          Album Details

          Reissue of Early Material from Tony Wakeford''s (Ex-death in June) Legendary Neo Folk Outfit. The Sol Veritas Lux Album was Released for the First Time in 1990 and Combines the First Sol Invictus Release, the MINI-LP Against the Modern World (1987) with the Second Release, the Live-album in the Jaws of the Serpent (1989), Assembled Onto One CD. This Re-release also Comes in Deluxe Digipak with 16 Page Booklet plus Bonus Material ( New Versions of Angels Fall, Against the Modern World and Summer Ends).

          Customer Reviews:

          4 out of 5 stars Great classic, occultic Goth!.......2006-11-20

          *This review is courtesy of newWitch magazine*

          Sol Inviticus, hailing from England, is a project of Death In June's Tony Wakeford. I'm surprised at how many times I've heard the band classified as "apocalyptic neo-folk" or a genre similar. To me, this sounds undeniably classically Goth in all the right ways. Their sound is similar to the Gothic rock artists that helped defined "Goth" as a musical genre throughout the 80s. For occult-friendly fans of artists such as Fields of the Nephilim, The Wake, Corpus Delicti, and Nosferatu, this band may be right up your alley.
          The term Sol Invictus means "undefeated sun." It was a title used to refer to the Roman deities Sol, Mithra, and El Gabal, all of whom have solar association. The band Sol Invictus is certainly versed in occultism, and has a particular affinity to European Paganism (as well as Germanic Heathenry) and Mediterranean history. This is apparent in a number of tracks in Sol Veritas Lux. This album is a remastered version of the same release from 1990, and is a combination of the album Against the World and the live-in-Tokyo Jaws of the Serpent.
          This album is straight-forward in that it uses little sampling or overlays. It is, for the most part, "raw," especially the live tracks. The songs are dreamy, dark, and leave plenty of room for the imagination. It's never assaulting on the senses; it's definitely astral. I've found this release to be perfect background music for reading, writing, spellcrafting, etc. This is the type of music that allows the listener to choose whether to let it to be a pleasant audile backdrop, or to become immersed in the emotion of the sound.

          RAVEN DIGITALIS
          Brugge - Live
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            Brugge - Live
            Sol Invictus
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD
            ASIN: B00005QFZU

            Tracks:

            1. Intro
            2. Amongst The Ruins
            3. Sheath And Knife
            4. Media
            5. English Murder
            6. The Fool
            7. Like A Sword
            8. The Killing Tide
            9. Fields
            10. Believe Me
            11. Down The Years
            12. The World Shrugged
            13. In Days To Come
            14. A Rose In Hell
            15. Death Of The West

            Album Description

            Originally available as a Tursa mail order only item this, the first time in a series of classic live releases from Tursa Archive collection catches Sol Invictus live in Brugge,Belgium in February 1996 15 tracks including 'Amongst The Ruins', 'English Murder', 'The Killing Tide' & 'A Rose In Hell'. 2001.

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