Not to worry, this isnx92t yet another new release of Death in June. x93When we have each other, we have everythingx94 is the re-release of the classic album x93The Wall of Sacrificex94 and I can say this re-release is rather beautiful. The tracks are polished and remastered to give the original recordings a warm lovely sound and added a long out of print single to give the album a nice length. On its own this already should be enough for a real treat but there is more. The cd was given an extra piece of flair in the form of a DVD which features one of the very first performances of Death in June.

In those early days the band consisted of Douglas Pierce, Patrick Leogeas (Sixth Comm/Mother Destruction) and Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus). In this setting they stood at the cradle of the Neo-Folk movement as we know it today. With the ending of Crisis the men started all over again with a new band with a totally new sound. Where Crisis sounded like a classic punk-band, Death in June in these early days sounded like militaristic wave. Death in June had his rough edges, but edges that were verypleasing for the ears.

x93The Wall of Sacrificex94 is one of the first live-albums that was released in the lengthy musical career of Death in June. It was and still is an album that can compete easily with the regular studio-albums, the well-known tracks were poured in a live setting and stand like a house. Twenty years after the first release tracks as x93Till the Living Flesh is burnedx94 or x93Heaven St.x94 stillsound fresh and rock like never before.

The added DVD got a more nostalgic value. The images arenx92t of the greatest quality and the sound isnx92t that great either but it is great to see how a classic band as Death in June looked like in their earliest days. The venue in which they performed is pretty empty but the band seems to have fun in performing. The interaction between the members just is great fun to look at. This DVD is a nice extra but not really interesting for the people not familiar with Death in June. It is more something for the collectors of Death in June material. But who cares, itx92s all about the music and thatx92s great as ever.

For Gothtronic