Fire + Ice
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Fire + Ice is the name of English musician Ian Read's primary dark folk ensemble.
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[edit] Overview
Read founded Fire + Ice in 1991 after several years as a member of Sol Invictus. According to their sole website, "The heartlessness of the modern commercial consumer society ruins the lives of many. FIRE + ICE takes the purity and philosophy of early music and melds it into a message redolent with powerful seeds of honour, truth, loyalty and the bond of true friendship."
The music reflects Read's keen interests in magic lore, runes, tradition, renaissance medievalism, Nordic mysticism and other esoteric and occult mysteries.
Ian Read and his work as Fire + Ice have had a large amount of influence on neofolk music.
Others who have appeared on Fire + Ice albums include: Simon Norris, Michael Cashmore, Michael Moynihan, Annabel Lee, Joseph Budenholzer, Joolie Wood, Mathew Butler, Douglas Pearce and Freya Aswynn.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums and EPs
| Year | Title | Format, Special Notes | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Gilded By The Sun | CD | New European Recordings |
| 1992 | Live At Hammersmith | VHS | Chaos International |
| 1993 | Blood On The Snow | CD Single | Fremdheit |
| 1994 | Hollow Ways | CD | Fremdheit |
| 1994 | California Daze | Live CD with Charlie MacGowan. | Discordia |
| 1995 | Midwinter Fires | CD | Fremdheit |
| 1995 | Live At The Hollywood Moguls | VHS | Fremdheit |
| 1996 | Dark Side | CD | Fremdheit |
| 1996 | Rûna | CD | Fremdheit |
| 1996 | Reyn Again | 7" | Fremdheit |
| 1998 | Seasons Of Ice | CD | Fremdheit |
| 2000 | Birdking | CD | Fremdheit |
| 2000 | We Said Destroy | Split 7" with Death In June | Fremdheit |
[edit] Compilations
| Year | Title | Format, Special Notes | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The Pact: Flying In The Face... | CD | Fremdheit |
| 1998 | The Nitha Fields | CD | Ultra! |
| 2000 | The Pact: ...Of The Gods' | CD | Fremdheit |
| 2004 | Tyr II | CD included with magazine. | Ultra! |
| 2005 | Looking For Europe | 4xCD set. | Auerbach Tonträger |
[edit] External links
[edit] Official
[edit] Unofficial
- Interview with Ian Read by Heimdallr webzine, 2001.
- Detailed Fire + Ice discography at discogs.com
- Interview with Ian Read on Neo-Form 2006.
