Lex Talionis (album)

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Lex Talionis
Studio album by Sol Invictus
Released	1989, 1990
Recorded	London, Sicily, 1989–1990
Genre	neoclassical, industrial, pagan folk
Length	47:49
Label	?/Tursa
Sol Invictus chronology
In the Jaws of the Serpent (1989) Lex Talionis (1989) Fields (1989)

Lex Talionis is the name of the third album by the English pagan folk/neoclassical group Sol Invictus. The LP was originally released in 1989 in a box set with albums by Current 93 and Nurse with Wound. It was remixed and released on CD the following year on Wakeford's Tursa imprint.

The song "Kneel To The Cross" was covered by American Dark/Folk Metal band Agalloch on the Of Stone, Wind and Pillor EP.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Blood and Wine"
2. Lex Talionis"
3. "Black Easter"
4. "Kneel to the Cross"
5. "The Ruins"
6. "Tooth and Claw"
7. "Blood Against Gold"
8. "Fields"
9. "Abattoirs of Love"
10. "Heroes Day"
11. "Rex Talionis"
12. "Wine and Blood"

[edit] Personnel

• Tony Wakeford – guitar, vocals, keyboards (bass guitar on "Wine and Blood")
• Karl Blake – bass guitar
• Ian Read – vocals
• Leithana – piano on "Blood and Wine", "Tooth and Claw", "Abattoirs of Love" (introduction) and "Wine and Blood"

v • d • e Albums by Sol Invictus Against the Modern World  · In the Jaws of the Serpent  · Fields  · Sol Veritas Lux  · Lex Talionis  · Trees in Winter  · Death In June/Current 93/Sol Invictus  · The Killing Tide  · Let Us Prey  · Kings and Queens  · The Death of the West  · In the Rain  · The Blade  · In Europa  · All Things Strange and Rare  · In a Garden Green  · Trieste  · Hill of Crosses  · Brugge  · Thrones