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Emerging officially in 1989, Blood Axis is the result of much earlier foundations. Created and directed by Michael Moynihan, it has been and remains a sincere and uncompromising expression of his often controversial thoughts and instincts.
The first recordings by Blood Axis consisted of “Lord of Ages” and “Electricity,” two songs appearing on a German sampler CD. Thoroughly unique in their sound, the first of these tracks is a stirring orchestrated hymn to the ancient Persian sun deity Mithras, a god later adopted for a cult of subterranean worship by the legionnaires of the Imperial Roman army. Although appearing on a relatively obscure release, these two initial efforts resulted in extensive radio airplay, dance club rotation, as well as mail from hundreds of enthusiastic listeners living as far away as Scandinavia, Malta, Eastern Europe and Thailand. Blood Axis had made its mark.
The band again inspired a rapturous response with the contribution of a pair of further songs to the acclaimed collection Im Blutfeuer,demonstrating more highly involved recording techniques and the ability to hypnotize listeners with subtle yet forceful atmospherics. “The Storm Before the Calm,” the second of the two tracks on this CD, utilized winding piano loops, lilting choirs and the eerie sounds of early nature recordings (a thunderstorm from 1935) along with earnest vocals and historical samples to create a sound that is more than the sum of it parts, possessing an ineffable power.
The first recordings by Blood Axis consisted of “Lord of Ages” and “Electricity,” two songs appearing on a German sampler CD. Thoroughly unique in their sound, the first of these tracks is a stirring orchestrated hymn to the ancient Persian sun deity Mithras, a god later adopted for a cult of subterranean worship by the legionnaires of the Imperial Roman army. Although appearing on a relatively obscure release, these two initial efforts resulted in extensive radio airplay, dance club rotation, as well as mail from hundreds of enthusiastic listeners living as far away as Scandinavia, Malta, Eastern Europe and Thailand. Blood Axis had made its mark.
The band again inspired a rapturous response with the contribution of a pair of further songs to the acclaimed collection Im Blutfeuer,demonstrating more highly involved recording techniques and the ability to hypnotize listeners with subtle yet forceful atmospherics. “The Storm Before the Calm,” the second of the two tracks on this CD, utilized winding piano loops, lilting choirs and the eerie sounds of early nature recordings (a thunderstorm from 1935) along with earnest vocals and historical samples to create a sound that is more than the sum of it parts, possessing an ineffable power.
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The Gospel Of Inhumanity
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M4C-0 wrote:
v don't know if trolling or a total ignorant.
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Alec_Trevelyan wrote:
A Nazi with an Irish surname? What's next, a Cambodian Gestapo??? [2]
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Mart1n_O wrote:
beautiful
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Snivelling wrote:
It's a bit of an insult to Annabel Lee to accuse Blood Axis of being little more than a few samples compiled by Michael Moynihan. Where are the samples here, for instance? And no, making heavy use of samples in his earlier work does not make him less creative than Boyd Rice, who has been making sample-based music since the 1970s.
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astronome wrote:
Nuostabu.
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NihilisticRust wrote:
@laoifh: He's not nazi, though.
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FaultyClockwork wrote:
Where is the sound clip from "The Voyage (Canto I)" from? The a clip of the same person reciting another Pound poem shows up in the Die Weisse Rose song "A Solitary Volcano", too.
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iluvdeathinjune wrote:
homoeroticism [2]
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iluvdeathinjune wrote:
Blood Taxis
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Alugilac wrote:
Neofolk is just a post-modern expression of homoeroticism, and has nothing to do with authoritarian or nationalist politics.
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traditionalist wrote:
@laoifh "A Nazi with an Irish surname?" Stupid and dumb people like you come from anywhere with any surname. Fail troll. LOL Katy Perry. Fag.
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uzpurne wrote:
@Seppooku Because they seem like silly overdramatic buggers. Who make great music, nonetheless.
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laoifh wrote:
A Nazi with an Irish surname? What's next, a Cambodian Gestapo???
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UndeadMessiah wrote:
Hey, more racist music I enjoy
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AdNaturam wrote:
Delightful.
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degoutantnuit wrote:
Sublime!
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uzpurne wrote:
Man I hope they don't take themselves seriously.
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TripleSol wrote:
I used to listen to this project a lot until i realized i just liked the samples Moynihan uses. You have to admit that even though he is suppose to be friends with Pierce and Rice he really does not have any music talent whatsoever. Guess who you should blame for the awesomeness of the collaboration with Les Joyaux de la Princesse!
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Azargled wrote:
Good band. I presonally prefer their folky stuff than the ambient/martial stuff.
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krumbledkookie wrote:
Good thing there's nothing racist going on here, then... FUCK, Born Again is amazing. Really outrageously amazing.
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Born Again review (English)
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22 Nov 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/bloodaxisofficial
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