Description
Nine years in the planning and recording! Andrew King’s magnum opus and first true solo album since The Amfortas Wound. A dark and complex selection of traditional, medieval and own compositions. Tracks include the 13th Century Ballad “Judas” for which a new edition was prepared from the only known manuscript, the murder ballads “Edward” &”Sir Hugh,” Oswald von Wolkenstein’s May song “Fröleichen So Well Wir” and “Sic Mea Fata Canendo Solor” from the Carmina Burana. Features John Murphy (Shining Vril, KnifeLadder, Scorpion Wind, DIJ, C93, Last Dominion Lost, Kraang, etc), Hunter Barr (Knifeladder, Altered States), Maria Vellanz (Leisur Hive) and (on two tracks) the Choir of Saint Stephen’s Church, Gloucester Road.
GENRE: NEOFOLK, TRADITIONAL
