''The Wall of Sacrifice'' (spelled as ''Thè Wäll Öf Säcrificè'' on vinyl cover) is an

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, dark folk album by

Death in June Death in June are a neofolk group led by English musician Douglas P. (Douglas Pearce). The band was originally formed in the United Kingdom in 1981 as a trio, but after the other members left in 1984 and 1985 to work on other projects, the grou ...

. The original vinyl pressing, released in

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, was limited to 666 copies. A CD version was released in

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Track listing

# "The Wall of Sacrifice" - 15:57 #* Sixteen minute martial,

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track that features sparse

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, military drumming and

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ing,

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folk singing (at 9:08 "

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, a child's sing-song looped and repeated, and various other noise and vocal effects. # "Giddy Giddy Carousel" - 2:22 #* An atmospheric folk song featuring Douglas P.'s cryptic lyrics relating to the

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of Europa. Background vocals by

Rose McDowall Rose McDowall (née Porter; born 21 October 1959) is a Scottish musician, forming Strawberry Switchblade with Jill Bryson in 1981. History McDowall was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1959. Her first venture into music was in the Poems, an art-pun ...

# "Heilige Leben" - 2:30 #*

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, hypnotic soundscape featuring echoized fragments of Rose McDowall's vocals as well as a submerged, repeated vocal by her (Holy Life in German). # "Fall Apart" - 2:26 #* Traditional folk arrangement, distorted guitar intro, with vocal and lyric by Douglas P. Instrumentation contributed by David Tibet. # "Bring in the Night" - 4:18 #* Military drumming and a stark,

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spoken piece from

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, vocal by

. # "In Sacrilege" - 3:59 #* Acoustic guitar and multiple vocal tracks, over industrial bed. Vocal(s) by

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. # "Hullo Angel" - 1:34 #* Also Recorded for the

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album, '' Swastikas for Noddy''. Vocal by

Douglas P. Douglas Pearce, known professionally as Douglas P (born 27 April 1956), is an English folk musician, record label owner, photographer and actor who is best known for his neofolk project Death in June. Pearce was born in Sheerwater in Woking, Sur ...

# "Death is a Drummer" - 9:17 #* Nine minutes. Looped noise effects, embedded electronics, military marches, treated vocals, simulated aircraft manoeuverings and a range of other effects and treatments. Some versions also have a hidden track, "Heilige Tod" ("Holy Death" in German).

Personnel

*Nikolas Schreck *Andrea James *Jan O

References

External links

Image, track list, and history

Version of Märkische Heide used in "The Wall of Sacrifice"
1989 albums Death in June albums {{1980s-folk-album-stub