Fire + Ice
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
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." [1]
The music reflects Read's keen interests in magic lore, runes, tradition, renaissance medievalism, Nordic mysticism and other esoteric and occult mysteries. His work as Fire + Ice have had a large amount of influence on neofolk music.[2] 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.
Discography
Albums
| Year | Title | Format, Special Notes | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Gilded By The Sun | CD | New European Recordings |
| 1994 | Hollow Ways | CD | Fremdheit |
| 1994 | California Daze | Live CD with Charlie MacGowan. | Discordia |
| 1995 | Midwinter Fires | CD | Fremdheit |
| 1996 | Rûna | CD | Fremdheit |
| 1998 | Seasons Of Ice | CD, compilation of rarities and unreleased tracks | Fremdheit |
| 2000 | Birdking | CD | Fremdheit |
| 2012 | Fractured Man | CD and Vinyl | Fremdheit |
EPs
| Year | Title | Format, Special Notes | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Blood On The Snow | CD Single | Fremdheit |
| 1996 | Reyn Again | 7" | Fremdheit |
| 2000 | We Said Destroy | Split 7" with Death In June | Fremdheit |
Videos
- Live At Hammersmith, 1992, Chaos International
- Live At The Hollywood Moguls, 1995, Fremdheit
Compilations
| Year | Tracks | Title | Format, Special Notes | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Seeker's Prayer, Purity | The Pact: Flying In The Face... | CD | Fremdheit |
| 1998 | Noxialicht | The Nitha Fields | CD | Ultra! |
| 2000 | Harry the sun | The Pact: ...Of The Gods | CD | Fremdheit |
| 2004 | Michael | Tyr II | CD included with magazine. | Ultra! |
| 2005 | Dragons in the sunset | Looking For Europe | 4xCD set. | Auerbach Tonträger |
References
- ↑ The band website hosted by Runa-Raven Press News Magazine.
- ↑ As stated in the Live at the Hollywood Moguls review on Heathen Harvest
External links
Official
Unofficial
- Interview with Ian Read by Heimdallr webzine, 2001.
- Detailed Fire + Ice discography at discogs.com
- Interview with Ian Read on Neo-Form 2006.