The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud
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Biography
Austria (1993 – 1998)
The duo’s music was inspired by myriad aspects of European medievalism, including ritual clerical chants and the daily experience of the peasantry. They combined modern industrial electronics, tape loops and samplers with medieval instruments such as the shawm, hurdy gurdy, and Hexenscheit. Alzbeth was the primary vocalist for the group and often sang traditional songs in numerous archaic languages including Middle High German, Latin and Old French. Julius provided distorted and backup vocals.
When performing live, the band often played in old churches, fortresses, medieval prisons and theatres that provided an appropriate atmosphere for their static, militaristic performances.
Early on, the band provided no official photographs or any more information outside of a Swiss mailing address found inside of the albums. The band rarely appeared live or granted interviews. No songs were ever given official titles. All of the group’s music was released on their own record label named Arthur’s Round Table and distributed by World Serpent Distribution.
With each subsequent release the band presented themes traveling further into European history and becoming more martial, choral and bombastic in approach, culminating in their final album; the largely World War II-inspired The Smell of Blood but Victory (1997).
In 1998, the duo, also a couple, parted ways, and no new material has since been recorded.
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Arkandast
Первые 3 альбома нравятся больше, чем остальные. И композиция Untitled особенно.
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Frozmiz
Untitled it's a great song.
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TheArtistBox
Another artist / label that doesn't know the power of youtube.
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concubar
attractive pair, sonic masters, but perhaps not the brightest people... anyway, could it be that many so-called 'egalitarians' find these views less threatening when expressed by a woman? if so, you're just as bigoted as she is...
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IronValkyria
excelent music :)
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AMDA
Hail myself
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OlleLukoye
Hail satan!
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AneliyaFlos
Tagged the tracks as [album title] I, [album title] II etc., just to be able to make a distinction. [2]
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AneliyaFlos
More, than simply excellent music.
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ZelosWilder88
I like the band, but I really wish I hadn't read any interviews with Alzbeth. [2]
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aphoticapathy
Nice..
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Tuberkulloosi
I don't think you know what irony is [2]
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jestem_chujem
I don't think you know what irony is
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Zeitgeist1980
The irony is, she now writes for a right-wing magazine under the pseudonym Brunhyld Amann.
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Anastaxia_Xylf
SlaveOfN1l, thank you. So...still no news, no music from her...I guess she doesn't want to come back or she just changed her mind about everything after leaving. Who knows...But I hope everything is ok with her now.
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SlaveOfN1l
http://www.stigmata.name/tmlhbac.php Only interview I can really find
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AMDA
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Yar_Fallen
magnificent music
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Anoxi
The work that Alzbeth did with TMLHBAC is awesome, enigmatic and intriguing, it's fitting that she too will always be a figure of mystery.
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psychoviolence
untiteld <3
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