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Sol Invictus

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Anthony Charles Wakeford started his music career as bassist in '77 British punk band Crisis (2). In 1980 Crisis disbanded and Wakeford formed Death In June together with guitar player Douglas Pearce. In 1985 he left the band to form his own personal project, called Above The Ruins. The music continued in the vein of early Death In June and Joy Division, with a nervous and dramatic post-punk sound. The new band disbanded quite soon, and Tony Wakeford stayed away from the music scene for some years, pursuing his own political and magical interests. He came back in 1987 with Sol Invictus, involving Ian Read and Karl Blake of Lemon Kittens and Shock Headed Peters. The music of Sol Invictus on the first recordings was a strange mixture of acoustic and electronic sounds, creating some epic and dramatic songs which stand against the decadence of the West and of modern society. This original and unique sound characterizes the first three albums, "Against The Modern World" (1988), "In The Jaws Of The Serpent" (1989) and "Lex Talionis" (1990). In 1991 Ian Read left the band to form Fire + Ice, and Wakeford took the sound of Sol Invictus progressively more towards a dark folk approach, hiring new talented musicians, such as genius violinist Matt Howden and talented singer and instrumentist Sally Doherty. He's also active with the project L'Orchestre Noir, HaWthorn, and a series of collaborations with different artists. Sol Invictus' own self-produced label was S.V.L. Records, then called Cerne and finally Tursa.
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Discography

Releases:
Against The Modern World (LP, MiniAlbum)   L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords 1988
????! (12")   Yangki, Yangki 1989
In The Jaws Of The Serpent (LP)   S.V.L. Records 1989
Horse / Lex Talionis / Lumbs Sister (3xLP, Ltd + Box, Ltd)   Cerne 1990
Sol Veritas Lux (Album) (3 versions)   S.V.L. Records ... 1990
The Summer Of Love (7", Ltd)   Cerne 1990
Trees In Winter (Album) (2 versions)   Tursa 1990
See The Dove Fall / Somewhere In Europe (Single) (2 versions)   Shock 1991
The Killing Tide (Album) (6 versions)   Tursa ... 1991
Frankfurt Sound Depot 24-03-1991 (CD, Album)   World Serpent 1992
King & Queen (CD, Album)   Tursa 1992
Let Us Prey (CD, Album)   Tursa 1992
Looking For Europe (2 versions)   World Serpent ... 1992
Lex Talionis (Album) (2 versions)   Tursa ... 1993
Black Europe (Album) (2 versions)   World Serpent ... 1994
The Death Of The West (CD, Album)   Tursa 1994
In The Rain (Album) (2 versions)   Tursa ... 1995
The Blade (Album) (2 versions)   Tursa 1997
All Things Strange And Rare (2 versions)   Tursa 1998
In Europa (CD, Album)   Tursa 1998
In A Garden Green (CD, Album)   Tursa 1999
Eve (7", Pic, Ltd)   Tursa 2000
The Hill Of Crosses (Album) (2 versions)   Tursa 2000
Trieste (CD, Album)   Tursa 2000
Brugge (CD, Album, Ltd)   Tursa 2001
Thrones (Album) (2 versions)   Tursa 2002
The Giddy Whirls Of Centuries (2xCD)   Tursa 2003
The Angel (CD, Album)   Tursa 2004
Writ In Water (CD, Maxi, Dig)   PREcordings 2004
The Devil's Steed (CD, Album)   Dark Vinyl Records, Tursa 2005
A Mythological Prospect Of The Citie Of Londinium (CD)   Cold Spring 2006
Appears On:
CD Side 2 (CD, Smplr) Black Dawn D-Side 2001
CD Side 9 (CD, Smplr) Driftwood Thrones D-Side 2002
Elegy - Numéro 21 (CD, Smplr) Driftwood Thrones Elegy 2002
Elegy Sampler 26 (CD, Smplr) Amongst The Ruins (Liv... Elegy 2002
Sol Lucet Omnibus - A Tribute To Sol Invictus (2xCD, Comp, Car)   Cynfeirdd 2002
Under The Banner Of Emptiness (CD, Album) Media Not On Label 2005
Elegy Sampler 43 (CD, Smplr) Stella Maris Elegy 2006
Tracks Appear On:
Sacred War (CD, Comp) Abattoirs Of Love Gymnastic Records 1990
The Lamp Of The Invisible Light (CD) A Palace Of Worms Cthulhu Records 1991
Im Blutfeuer (CD) Hedda Gabbler Cthulhu Records 1995
Terra Serpentes (2xCD) Did You See World Serpent 1996
Jenseits Der Rosen (CD) Our Lady Of The Wild F... Neue Aesthetik, Starfish Music 1999
Ostia (CD, Ltd, Car) The Widow (Live In Hol... TOPI 2000
Bringing Light And Darkness (LP, Comp, Ltd) Believe Me (Live In Li... Bragagild 2001
CD Side 2 (CD, Smplr) Black Dawn D-Side 2001
Redroom (CD) God Told Me To ('Hill ... Redroom 2001
CD Side 9 (CD, Smplr) Driftwood Thrones D-Side 2002
Elegy - Numéro 21 (CD, Smplr) Driftwood Thrones Elegy 2002
Elegy Sampler 26 (CD, Smplr) Amongst The Ruins (Liv... Elegy 2002
The Ascension Of Mother Dance (CD) Eve Alice In... 2002
:Per:Version: Vol. 16 (CD, Enh, Smplr) Twa Corbies :Ritual: 2005
CD Side 26 (CD, Smplr) We Are The Dead Men D-Side 2005
Looking For Europe - The Neofolk Compendium (Comp) (3 versions) Looking For Europe Auerbach Tonträger 2005
Orkus Compilation 7 (CD, Enh) Semaphore Seasons Orkus 2005
Songs For Aliénor (2xCD) Welcome Cynfeirdd 2005
Elegy Sampler 43 (CD, Smplr) Stella Maris Elegy 2006
Walking In The Rain On The Ostrow Tumski (CD, Comp, Ltd) The Blackleg Miner Ars Benevola Mater 2006
John Barleycorn Reborn (2xCD) To Kill All Kings Cold Spring 2007
Unofficial Releases:
The Day Of Dawn (2 versions) Raven Chorus, Black Ea... Not On Label (Current 93) ... 1991
Black Europe (CD, Album)   Backdoor Records (2) 1992
Live In Bochum, Zwischenfall Germany 05.06.92 (Cass)   Not On Label 1992
Rite Of Spring (LP)   Not On Label 1992
Storm Clouds Over Europe (LP, Ltd)   Anthropophagus Records 1995
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Sol Invictus - In the Rain