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The Cruellest Month - Lars Bjørn - 4 stars
The Cruellest Month - Claudia Ehrhardt - 7 stars


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The Cruellest Month

The Cruellest Month
(Auerbach Tonträger - 2011)


Neo folk fans will welcome the latest release of Sol Invictus which is called The Cruellest Month. The opening track is Raining In April and combines cello with spoken words - and synthesizer sounds. And epic tune which is a bit heavier then the other compositions. Violin and cello lead you into To Kill All Kings, this tune seems to take you back in time, to the medieval times - but also offers modern sounds. Mainman Tony Wakeford's vocals combine folk-ish elements with sailors chants, at other songs it's the dramatic edge which touches you. Especially The Sailor's Aria is sticking out with the sound of surf, screaming seagulls and the maritime chants which are mixed with some Irish folk. Very minimalistic, but due to the minimalisticness enchanting. This one leads you into Fool's Ship which features Eilish McCraken's flute. The flute is like a light in the dark which lightens up the melancholy of the tunes. Edward is an Irish folk tune with doubled lead vocals. A bit too repetitive for me, but well... Songs like April Rain are nice, but soon forgotten, they lack the certain something. Luckily Sol Invictus have more to offer, check out the title track The Cruellest Month and The Blackleg Miner. At the title track it's the repetitive lyrics which minimize the joy of listening. A pity. But the closer The Blackleg Miner is closing this chapter with a positive impression. Actually this is the best song for me on The Cruellest Month - next to Raining In April.


7 stars

Claudia Ehrhardt
 

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The Cruellest Month

The Cruellest Month
(Auerbach Tonträger - 2011)


The band Sol Invictus has their name from the old pre Christian times Roman cult also called Sol Invictus. And Tony Wakeford and his band describes several dark events in the history of society with his songs. Good idea, the music is filled with flutes and violins as folk music should be, but let me state it clearly: there is no metal music in it. The songs have not turned out as well-worked, on the contrary they seen boring and very forgettable.


4 stars

Lars Bjørn
 

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