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Sol Invictus is an English Neofolk and Neoclassical group fronted by Tony Wakeford . Wakeford was an original member of Death In June with Douglas P. . He left in 1984 and recorded one album of his own material as Above The Ruins before taking time off to study magic. He returned to music and formed Sol Invictus in 1987, working with Ian Read and Karl Blake . He has been the sole constant member of the group. Wakeford has described Sol Invictus as a " for details. Wakeford chose the name because "The sun has always been an important symbol and as the cult of Sol Invictus nearly defeated Christianity at one point it seemed a good name to use. I also love the sound of Latin." The band's imagery and lyrical content, especially in its early days, was strongly influenced by radical Traditionalism and antipathy towards the modern world and Materialism . A particular influence was the Italian philosopher Julius Evola —indeed, the title of the band's first LP, ''Against the Modern World'', is an allusion to Evola's work '' Revolt Against The Modern World ''—and the song "Amongst the Ruins" takes its name from Evola's '' Men Among The Ruins ''. The band also has considerable interest in album ''The Blade'' incorporates an Odinic chant, ''Gealdor'', into its varied Lament s. Wakeford tends to write from a melancholic position of doomed Romanticism , which laments the loss of Beauty , Love , and Culture . He sees the American influence on global culture as very damaging to Europe , something he expresses with Black Humour in the song "Death of the West", from the album of the same name. DISCOGRAPHY EXTERNAL LINKS |
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