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Fire & Ice
Bird King
Genres: Alternative Rock, Rock, Metal

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Dragons in the Sunset
2. Birdking
3. The Werewolves of London Town
4. Drighten's Hall
5. Gaze of the Proud
6. The Lady of the Vanir - Fire and Ice, Karlsdóttir, Alice
7. Flagg
8. Take My Hand - Fire and Ice, Wultsch, Ingrid
9. Greyhead - Fire and Ice, Lee, Dave
10. My Brother
11. Buast Til Ófriðar - Fire and Ice,
12. Where Have They Gone?

CD Details

All Artists: Fire & Ice
Title: Bird King
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Tesco
Release Date: 4/4/2006
Album Type: Import
Genres: Alternative Rock, Rock, Metal
Style: Indie & Lo-Fi
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 4038846420009

Synopsis

Album Description

This Fire + Ice offering, Birdking, is an incredibly accomplished work which harnesses the talents of a number of Read's fellow musicians and produces a vibrant, flourishing tome of lore. Contains contributions by Michael Cashmore (Current 93, Nature and Organization), Mee, Alice Karlsdottir, Richard Leviathan (Ostara), Michael Moynihan (Blood Axis), and Annabel Lee (Blood Axis, ex-Amber Asylum).

CD Reviews

Awakening

Andreas Faust | Tasmanian Autonomous Zone | 12/28/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"'Birdking' is the most musically proficient of Fire + Ice's five albums proper, partly perhaps because of the wide cast of musicians. There are some powerful pieces here, like 'Dragons in the Sunset', 'Birdking' and 'The Lady of the Vanir', the latter a deeply moving tribute to Freyja, with lyrics by Alice Karlsdottir of Texas. 'The Lady of the Vanir' is true heathen religious music (as opposed to picturesque folk), and those without religious feelings will not be able to fully appreciate it. Another noteworthy song is 'Where Have They Gone?', a haunting elegy for the strong, proud and free Anglo-Saxons...what would their ghosts think if they could see the current state of England?

Ian Read dedicates this album to "the Birdking, whose awakening I strive for." I, too, have felt the presence of the Birdking (although I never knew his name before Read gave voice to it), and perhaps you will feel it too after listening to this album."