Sol Veritas Lux is a CD release by the English folk/rock band 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...

. It combines the first Sol Invictus release, the mini-LP Against the Modern World

Against the Modern World

Against the Modern World was the first release credited to the English industrial and Pagan neoclassical group Sol Invictus.Against The Modern World was a mini vinyl LP rooted in traditional European folk music and modern Industrial. It featured distorted electric guitars, acoustic guitar, and a...

, with the second release, the live album In the Jaws of the Serpent, onto one CD.

The music of this release is dark, rough, and primitive, and counts among the earliest efforts of the post-industrial neofolk

Neofolk

Neofolk is a form of folk music-inspired experimental music that emerged from post-industrial music circles. Neofolk can either be solely acoustic folk music or a blend of acoustic folk instrumentation aided by varieties of accompanying sounds such as pianos, strings and elements of industrial...

 music scene. It is one of Sol Invictus releases where 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....

 shares lead vocals with 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...

, who went on to Fire + Ice

Fire + Ice (band)

For the restaurant chain, specializing in an elaborate variation on "Mongolian barbecue," see Mongolian barbecue.Fire + Ice is the name of English musician Ian Read's primary neofolk ensemble.-Overview:...

.

It was originally released in 1990. In 2006, it was remastered for a re-release with extra tracks showing a current interpretation on the same material.

Track listing (1990 release)

Against the Modern World

• Angels Fall
• Raven Chorus
• Against The Modern World
• Long Live Death
• A Ship is Burning
• Untitled
• Summer Ends
• Wolf Age, Axe Age

In the Jaws of the Serpent

• Angels Fall (2)
• Rise and Fall
• The World Turns
• The Runes
• Gold is King
• TWA Corbies
• Somewhere in Europe
• Media
• Abattoirs of Love
• Raven Chorus (2)
• The Joy of the World

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....
  
   — Guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, vocals
• 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...
  
   — Keyboards, vocals
• Liz Gray — Violin, backing vocals, piano
• Karl Blake
  Karl Blake
  Karl Blake is a vocalist, bassist, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. Most of his own music can be described as progressive-experimental and sometimes psychedelic.-Musical career:...
  
   — Bass

External links

• Sol Veritas Lux at Strange Fortune.