Fire and Ice

One of the most obscure but artistically striking branches of the existing 93/Nurse With Wound music tree, Fireplace and Glaciers revolves across the central shape of U.K. delivered and elevated Ian Examine. With an overt appearance of lyrical designs revolving around Nordic pagan mythology and attendant musical forms, Fireplace and Ice’s function has at factors arrive under criticism for recognized right-wing extremist links and designs, as the band’s followers just as highly attest to the music’s fascination with and of itself. Nevertheless one chooses to consider it, Fireplace and Ice has generated some striking function, eschewing the cozier explanations of folk for a far more self-consciously classic and mysterious advantage, tinged using the neo-psych exploratory designs the Globe Serpent label and affiliates are well connected with. Read’s preliminary musical function was with Current 93 with a vocal contribution on 1986’s Swastikas for Noddy recording, but he 1st came to higher interest via his cooperation with Tony Wakeford, Sol Invictus. After some releases and shows under that name, Go through remaining to pursue his personal interests more completely, founding Open fire and Snow in the first ’90s. Since that time Read has frequently released several albums and singles on a number of brands, normally his personal Fremdheit company in colaboration with additional like-minded spirits, while his musical collaborators consist of performers from rings such as Loss of life in June. Go through himself became known for an abnormal group of live looks, sometimes single and sometimes having a fuller lineup, at numerous spots around the world, including a number of pagan ceremonies and rites.