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Death In June arose in June 1980 from the ashes of classic '77 British punk band Crisis. Guitar player Douglas Pearce and bassist Tony Wakeford were joined by drummer Patrick Leagas.

Douglas P. is the solo member of Death In June since 1985.

Their music started in the postpunk area and later evolved towards a mixture of acoustic ballads and gothic synth music. Death In June are often credited as the forefathers of the so called "apocalyptic folk" or "neofolk" genre.
Sites:
deathinjune.net, deathinjune.org, brainwashed.com/dij
Members:
Douglas Pearce, Miro Snejdr, Patrick Leagas, Richard Butler (6), Tony Wakeford
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The Guilty Have No Pride

◄ (7 versions) 		New European Recordings 1983

Burial

◄ (9 versions) 		Leprosy Discs 1984

"Nada!"

◄ (14 versions) 		New European Recordings 1985

The Wörld Thät Sümmer

◄ (7 versions) 		New European Recordings 1986

Brown Book

◄ (6 versions) 		New European Recordings 1987

Oh How We Laughed

◄ (7 versions) 		Eyas Media 1987

Death In June & Les Joyaux De La Princesse - Östenbräun ◄ (3 versions)

Les Joyaux De La Princesse 1989

Thè Wäll Öf Säcrificè

◄ (7 versions) 		New European Recordings 1989

Live In Japan

(LP, S/Sided, Ltd) 		Supernatural Organization 1989

But, What Ends When The Symbols Shatter?

◄ (8 versions) 		New European Recordings 1992

Death In June / Current 93 / Sol Invictus - Frankfurt Sound Depot 24-03-1991 (CD, Album)

World Serpent 1992

Something Is Coming

◄ (4 versions) 		New European Recordings 1993

Rose Clouds Of Holocaust

◄ (5 versions) 		New European Recordings 1995

Death In June Presents Kapo! - Kapo! ◄ (4 versions)

Twilight Command 1996

Take Care And Control

◄ (5 versions) 		New European Recordings 1998

Operation Hummingbird

◄ (3 versions) 		New European Recordings 1999

Heilige!

(CD, Album) 		Neroz 2000

All Pigs Must Die

◄ (5 versions) 		Leprosy Discs 2001

Death In June & Boyd Rice - Alarm Agents ◄ (3 versions)

New European Recordings 2004

Free Tibet

(7xFile, MP3, 256) 		Leprosy Discs 2006

Death In June & Boyd Rice - Scorpion Wind (CD, Album, RM, Dig)

Nerus 2007

Black Angel - Live!

◄ (2 versions) 		Leprosy Discs 2008

The Rule Of Thirds

◄ (3 versions) 		New European Recordings 2008

Peaceful Snow / Lounge Corps

◄ (5 versions) 		New European Recordings 2010

Singles & EPs

Heaven Street

◄ (2 versions) 		New European Recordings 1981
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Review by Crijevo Nov 13, 2006 (edited over 5 years ago)
One of the Neofolk's most prominent exponents, celebrating romanticism and the apocalypse on equal terms, Death in June produced some of the most confrontational and uncompromising music, mixing symbolic menace with sexual, political and the occult leaving little choice to classic listeners that usually find this kind of music repulsive, offensive or at its easiest - thought provoking.

From their early Joy Division-flavoured post-punk statements veering towards military fashions, often explicitely delivered by Douglas P. as the project's only constant (evocative of his unusual masked appearance), DIJ tried out also in electronic dance and acoustic ballads that dominated their mid-80s period highlighted with albums like 'Nada' and especially 'The World That Summer', considered by many as the group's finest work - of course several dozen of albums later, Death In June still continue proving their artistic strengths, although drowning themselves in endless (read: tiresome) apocalypse preaching of 'Europe', pulling inspiration from controversial subjects among which fascist and nazi flirting gained them much condemnation from conventional music sources that don't scratch beneath the surface.
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