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United Kingdom (1981 – present)

Death in June are led by UK musician Douglas Pearce, and credited with the initial development of neofolk music along with Current 93 and Sol Invictus.

Death in June emerged in 1981 from the remnants of the punk unit Crisis, reuniting singer/multi-instrumentalist Douglas P. and bassist Tony Wakeford; drummer Patrick Leagas completed the original lineup, which made its live debut late the following year with an opening slot for The Birthday Party.

The 12-inch Heaven Street soon followed, and in 1983 Death in June issued their first full-length effort, The Guilty Have No Pride. From the outset, the group was criticized for its adoption of fascist imagery, and charges of Nazism dogged Pearce throughout his career. However, Pearce is openly homosexual and has also collaborated with various ethnic Jews throughout his discography; the official Death in June web site used to sport an Israeli flag, and Death in June played live in Israel on June 18, 2004 for a predominantly Jewish audience.

Upon completing the Burial LP, Wakeford left the lineup to form Sol Invictus. Following the release of 1985’s Nada!, only Pearce remained, with Leagas exiting to form his own project, Sixth Comm.

Beginning with the 1986 double album The World That Summer, Pearce continued Death in June primarily as a solo concern, aided by a revolving group of collaborators including Current 93’s David Tibet, Boyd Rice and Coil’s John Balance.

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neofolk, apocalyptic folk, dark folk, industrial, experimental
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comizzoforever wrote:
7 hours ago

http://www.lastfm.es/group/Douglas+Pierce

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veneron wrote:
Saturday morning

I'm probably gonna skip getting it myself. I'm getting a little tired of this milking thing he's got going these days. Not too enthusiastic about the extra disc either. The sparse stripped back versions displayed live throughout the 2000's doesn't really do it for me. and lastly the "rare" single tracks were widely available for a long time on the Discriminate compilation. The track Satan's Feast which was recorded during the Roseclouds... sessions would be more of a treat I think, if nothing else for its rarity at least. Personally I don't care since I have the Kameradschaft cd, but still. Just my 2 cents

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djantithetical wrote:
Friday evening

I'm tempted to buy the new Symbols & Clouds release. The only thing that's holding me back, other than the cost, is the exclusion of Lifebooks. That track is amazing, but I dislike all of the other Tibet tracks from those albums despite the fact that I love most C93.

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esi13084 wrote:
Friday morning

Alexander Kibanov, Alexei Borisov, Alexei_Bortnichuk, Cisfinitum - Hutopia_-_TRRRack.mp3 http://www.archive.org/download/TRRRack/TRRRack_vbr_mp3.zip

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SOLOMUSIKA wrote:
Thursday afternoon

........*♫♪ ♫♪ ♥♥♥

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Haz567 wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

kapo! and scorpion wind with boyd rice would be my overall favourite period.

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Father-King wrote:
10 days ago

"Они как реквием по самому светлому и романтичному что могло бы быть, но не случилось " Точно

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Zabibu_Kavu wrote:
10 days ago

блин! черт! как этат попса оказалась в моих очешуительных чартах ><

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AppleKabukiSuri wrote:
12 days ago

Abandon Tracks! is really great and despite being a compilation/remix release it really feels like an album in it's on right. Free Tibet on the other hand...

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p-5-5-5-5-5 wrote:
15 days ago

упало небо на берлин. и хуй бы с ним. да гитлер там. парам пам пам.

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coleio wrote:
15 days ago

Rose Clouds of Holocaust is my personal favourite

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almightyjoey wrote:
15 days ago

I think mine would be Brown Book, ...Symbols Shatter, and- even though it's a compilation- Abandon Tracks.

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antitype wrote:
18 days ago

I think my top 3 would be The World That Summer, Brown Book, and But, What Ends...

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BleedBeliever wrote:
18 days ago

also but, what ends when the symbols shatter.

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Haz567 wrote:
19 days ago

Burial is a classic

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StDionysus wrote:
20 days ago

I think the last stadout LP was Take Care and Control.

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xn0153x wrote:
21 days ago

I found the rule of thirds quite underwhelming... some melodies aren't that strong, some of them even a bit cliche (there´s only a number of songs you can play using roughly the same simple chords)... I don't know, it failed to impress me, and I must say that I am a fairly old di6 fan... all pigs must die, on the other hand, is filled with the kind of feelings that drew me to them back in the day... I am not saying that trot is a bad album, all I'm saying is that I don't like it that much...

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AppleKabukiSuri wrote:
last month

The Rule of Thirds grows on you, it is very raw and stripped back Di6. All Pigs Must Die was full of bitter rage a bombardment of instruments and in latter half noise, TRoT is that same douglas except now sounds like he, despite having not forgotten the anger, is at peace. At least geographically, living in Fort Nada (Adelaide, Australia), he is quite removed from all the drama of the past and I think this is reflected in minimalist sound of TRoT.

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Haz567 wrote:
last month

I liked All Pigs Must Die, I found The Rule of Thirds boring though. Still, this is probably what happens when you overindulge in a neo-folk group and listen to all their albums at once.

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xn0153x wrote:
last month

all pigs must die (the musical part of it) is among the best Douglas has ever produced... I can't stop listening to it, great spiteful yet poetic lyrics... soothes my soul when I'm thinking about murdering the ones I hate! lol

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