Sol Invictus

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After playing in British punk band Crisis (2), post punk act Death In June and his own personal project Above The Ruins, Tony Wakeford founded Sol Invictus in 1987, involving Ian Read and shortly later Karl Blake of Lemon Kittens and Shock Headed Peters. The music of Sol Invictus on the first recordings was a 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 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 with changing line-up, such as violinist Matt Howden and singer and instrumentist Sally Doherty. Wakeford's recent lyrics tended away from anti-modernism towards more personal themes. Sol Invictus' own self-produced label was S.V.L. Records, then called Cerne and finally Tursa.
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Against The Modern World

(2 versions)
L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords 1988

In The Jaws Of The Serpent

(2 versions)
S.V.L. Records 1989

Trees In Winter

(4 versions)
Tursa 1990

Current 93 / Sol Invictus / Nurse With Wound - Horse / Lex Talionis / Lumbs Sister (3xLP, Ltd + Box, Ltd)

Cerne 1990

The Killing Tide

(8 versions)
Tursa 1991

Let Us Prey

(2 versions)
Tursa 1992

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

World Serpent 1992

King & Queen

(2 versions)
Tursa 1992

Lex Talionis

(4 versions)
Tursa 1993

Death Of The West

(2 versions)
Tursa 1994

Black Europe

(3 versions)
World Serpent 1994

In The Rain

(3 versions)
Tursa 1995

The Blade

(3 versions)
Tursa 1997

In Europa

(2 versions)
Tursa 1998

In A Garden Green

(2 versions)
Tursa 1999

The Hill Of Crosses

(3 versions)
Tursa 2000

Trieste

(CD, Album)
Tursa 2000

Sol Invictus / :Of The Wand & The Moon: / Matt Howden / Unveiled - Bringing Light And Darkness (LP, Album, Ltd)

Bragagild 2001

Brugge

(CD, Album, Ltd)
Tursa 2001

Thrones

(3 versions)
Tursa 2002

The Devil's Steed

(2 versions)
Dark Vinyl Records, Tursa 2005

Sol Invictus / Rose Rovine E Amanti / Andrew King - A Mythological Prospect Of The Citie Of Londinium (CD)

Cold Spring 2006

The Cruellest Month

(CD, Album)
Auerbach Tonträger 2011

Singles & EPs

Nurse With Wound · Sol Invictus · Current 93 - ????! (2 versions)

Yangki, Yangki 1989

Current 93 / Sol Invictus - The Summer Of Love (7", Ltd)

Cerne 1990
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