O DEATH COME CLOSE MY EYES

SOL INVICTUS

"The Devil´s Steed"
CD (Tursa / Dark Vinyl) 2005

Os Sol Invictus têm novo álbum. Retorno ao universo cru da folk negra de The Killing Time e de Trees In Winter, depois do desmembramento da World Serpente Distribution e da saída de Matt Howden.Canções cinzentas e rudes na voz árida de Tony Wakeford para uma Europa pagã e obscura. 'The North Ship' é baseado num poema de Philip Larkin, The Devil´s Steed, é inspirado no folklore russo sobre o suicídio, Twa Corbies, Three Knights Came from the West e The Silver Swan são tradicionais adaptados. Para ouvir no escuro de olhos abertos.



Sol Invictus – The Devil´s Steed

01. We are the dead Men
02. Old London Weeps
03. The North Sheep
04. A Steed for the Devil
05. There did Three Knights come from the West
06. Twa Corbies
07. Semaphore Seasons
08. O Death come close my Eyes
09. The Devil's Steed
10. The Edge beckons
11. Where Stone Lions prowl
13. Come Winter rain
14. A Window to the Sun
15. The silver Swan


Tony Wakeford

The North Ship

I saw three ships go sailing by,
Over the sea, the lifting sea,
And the wind rose in the morning sky,
And one was rigged for a long journey.

The first ship turned towards the west,
Over the sea, the running sea,
And by the wind was all possessed
And carried to a rich country.

The second ship turned towards the east,
Over the sea, the quaking sea,
And the wind hunted it like a beast
To anchor in captivity.

The third ship drove towards the north,
Over the sea, the darkening sea,
But no breath of wind came forth,
And the decks shone frostily.

The northern sky rose high and black
Over the proud unfruitful sea,
East and west the ships came back
Happily or unhappily:

But the third went wide and far
Into an unforgiving sea
Under a fire-spilling star,
And it was rigged for a long journey.

The North Ship, Philip Larkin, 1944