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Review: Sol Invictus – The Cruellest Month (2011)

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artist: Sol Invictus release: The Cruellest Month format: CD year of release: 2011 label: Auerbach duration: 56:50

detailed info: discogs.com

It’s been a year or six since the last proper Sol Invictus album, and we’ve had to turn to Tony Wakeford‘s consistent work on various side projects (The Triple Tree, Orchestra Noir, Grey Force Wakeford) [...]

Review: V.A. – We Bring You a King with a Head of Gold (2010)

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artist: Various Artists release: We Bring You a King with a Head of Gold format: 2x CD year of release: 2010 label: Cold Spring duration: 2:25:42

detailed info: discogs.com

We Bring You a King with a Head of Gold is the long-awaited sequel to the excellent John Barleycorn Reborn compilation released several years ago. Again [...]

Review: Duo Noir – Sintra (2010)

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artist: Duo Noir release: Sintra format: CD year of release: 2010 label: TURSA duration: 71:57

detailed info: discogs.com

Anyone who has seen Sol Invictus live during the past years will have noted the chemistry between Tony Wakeford and Andrew King. The style and repertoire of these men complement each other marvellously, and they’ve apparently come [...]

Review: Sol Invictus - The Bad Luck Bird (2010)

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artist: Sol Invictus release: The Bad Luck Bird format: 7″ year of release: 2010 label: Auerbach / Prophecy duration: 7:14

detailed info: discogs.com

It’s been quite a wait, but after almost five years, 2010 sees the release of new Sol Invictus studio material. A full-length album is upcoming on Auerbach/Prophecy, but this 7″ is the [...]

Review: Sol Invictus – Lex Talionis (1993/2008)

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artist: Sol Invictus release: Lex Talionis format: CD year of release: 1993, 2008 label: Tursa (1993), Infinite Fog (2008) duration: 51:56

detailed info: discogs.com

Lex Talionis is one of the more important albums from the early days of neofolk [...]

Review: The Triple Tree – Ghosts (2008)

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artist: The Triple Tree release: Ghosts format: CD year of release: 2008 label: Cold Spring duration: 58:01

detailed info: discogs.com

Ghosts is one of those albums I had been waiting for for quite some time. Tony Wakeford started this project with the MP3-only album The Turning Wheel on Woven Wheat Whispers in 2006, but has [...]

Interview: Tony Wakeford and Reeve Malka (TURSA, Sol Invictus)

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Interview with Tony Wakeford and Reeve Malka

February 2008 – guest interview by Peter Webb. [Comments in Brackets by O.S.]

Photograph by Renée Rosen.

Tursa (http://www.myspace.com/tursa and http://www.tursa.com) as a record label and production house has gone through a number of significant changes and developments in the last two years. [...]