- Fire + Ice
Fire + Ice is the name of English musician Ian Read's primary
dark folk 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."The music reflects Read's keen interests in magic lore,
runes ,tradition ,renaissance medievalism, Nordic mysticism and other esoteric andoccult mysteries.Ian Read and his work as Fire + Ice have had a large amount of influence on neofolk music.
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 andFreya Aswynn .Discography
Albums and EPs
Compilations
External links
Official
* [http://edred.net/fireandice/ Official Fire + Ice website]
Unofficial
* [http://www.heimdallr.ch/Interviews/2001/fire.html Interview with Ian Read] by Heimdallr webzine, 2001.
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Fire+%2B+Ice Detailed Fire + Ice discography at discogs.com]
* [http://www.neo-form.de/artikel/artikel.php?id=292 Interview with Ian Read] on Neo-Form 2006.
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