Against the Modern World was the first release credited to the English industrial

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 and Pagan

Paganism

Paganism is a blanket term, typically used to refer to non-Abrahamic, indigenous polytheistic religious traditions....

 neoclassical

Neoclassicism

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 group Sol Invictus

Sol Invictus (band)

Sol Invictus is an English neofolk and neoclassical group fronted by Tony Wakeford. Wakeford has been the sole constant member of the group since its inception, although numerous musicians have contributed and collaborated with Wakeford under the Sol Invictus moniker over the years.-Overview:For...

.

Against The Modern World was a mini vinyl LP rooted in tradition

Tradition

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al Europe

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an folk music

Folk music

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  and modern Industrial

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

. It featured distorted electric guitar

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s, acoustic guitar, and a pronounced, driving rhythm section. Bassist Gary Smith left after this release but continued playing with the openly Nazi band No Remorse. Liz Grey also left after this release.

Tony Wakeford's lyrics for this release are typically misanthropic

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 and focused upon Pagan

Paganism

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 imagery and thematic constructs. They champion Nature

Nature

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 while belittling the state of mankind. A strong Social Darwinist perspective informs many of the songs, as does an equally strong anti-Christian view of the Modern world. The title is probably a reference to Julius Evola

Julius Evola

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's 1934 book Revolt Against the Modern World

Revolt Against the Modern World

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, which expressed some similar ideas.

Against the Modern World is available on compact disc as part of the CD release Sol Veritas Lux

Sol Veritas Lux

Sol Veritas Lux is a CD release by the English folk/rock band Sol Invictus. It combines the first Sol Invictus release, the mini-LP Against the Modern World, with the second release, the live album In the Jaws of the Serpent, onto one CD....

, which combines the first two Sol Invictus mini-LP releases into one CD.

Track listing

1. "Angels Fall" – 2:52
2. "Raven Chorus" – 5:27
3. "Against the Modern World" – 1:58
4. "Long Live Death" – 3:20
5. "A Ship is Burning" – 1:49
6. "Untitled" – 1:34
7. "Summer Ends" – 3:10
8. "Rise and Fall" – 4:17

Personnel

• Tony Wakeford
  Tony Wakeford
  Anthony Charles "Tony" Wakeford is an English folk and neoclassical musician who primarily records under the name Sol Invictus.Wakeford lives in London and is married to Sol Invictus violinist Renée Rosen....
  
  
• Ian Read
  Ian Read (musician)
  Ian Read is an English neofolk and traditional folk musician.-History:Read left school at 16, and at the age of 17, he became an adherent of Germanic neopaganism and began studying Germanic paganism . He was particularly interested in galdor or magical metrical poetry and the runes...
  
  
• Liz Grey
• Gary Smith