Ian Read - Definition and Overview

Ian Read is an English Pagan Folk musician and who has long been a seminal figure in the European dark folk community. He has been the sole permanent member of Fire + Ice since forming the group in 1991.

Read began his musical career with Current 93. He contributed vocals to the tracks, "Benediction" and "Malediction" on the 1987 album, Swastikas for Noddy as well as Loony Roons, recorded in 1990. He aided Douglas P. on the Death in June album, Brown Book and appeared on Crooked Crosses for the Nodding God, a reworking of Swastikas for Noddy, with new tracks and arrangments.

In 1987 Read joined Tony Wakeford's new project, Sol Invictus (band) along with Karl Blake, formerly of Shockhead Peters and Lemon Kittens. He recorded three albums and an EP with Sol Invictus before leaving to form Fire + Ice.

Read does not consider music to be his key interest. He began studying The Nordic mysteries in the late 1970s. He became interested in runic magick around the same time. Read eventually joined the Illuminates of Thanateros (IOT), despite his claim that he was never a chaos magician. He became the leader of the English branch of the organization after founder Peter Carroll resigned in the early 1990s. Read was the editor of the IOT's Chaos International and Runa magazines and currently co-Publishes Runa and speaks at various IOT retreats.

Discography of Ian Read

See also: Fire + Ice

External link

• Ian Read interview from 1997 (http://www.fluxeuropa.com/fire_and_ice-interview.htm)