Blood Axis

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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.

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neofolk, martial industrial, apocalyptic folk, dark ambient, neoclassical
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1	The Gospel of Inhumanity full track	171
2	Between Birds of Prey full track	127
3	Eternal Soul full track	115
4	Storm of Steel full track	110
5	Reign I Forever full track	108
6	Lord of Ages full track	92
7	The Hangman and the Papist full track	78
8	Absinthe full track	77
9	The March of Brian Boru full track	69
10	Electricity full track	64
11	Seeker full track	59
11	The Voyage (Canto I) full track	59
13	Sarabande Oratoria full track	50
14	Herjafather full track	41
15	Herr, nun lab in Frieden	25

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daydream_juliet wrote:
Monday morning

He can't sing.

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LostJonnyUK wrote:
last month

Reign I Forever = Awesome

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tkonfm wrote:
last month

Moynihan über alles

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BlooDaXis wrote:
last month

and what does "blood axis" really mean?

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mcc1200 wrote:
last month

They're great

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DrCaligari wrote:
October 2008

Possibly for "Blood Axis" ;)

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BlooDaXis wrote:
October 2008

what does their symbol stand for?

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Sadness_Moon wrote:
October 2008

Hails the Übermensch!

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bau242 wrote:
September 2008

good

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djantithetical wrote:
September 2008

Blót is the best that I've heard from Blood Axis. I think that the live instrumentation (especially Annabel's violin) really improves the sound and adds another layer to the songs that makes them more "respectable." Its best songs are Seeker (!), Lord of Ages, The March of Brian Boru, and The Hangman and the Papist. The best song from The Gospel of Inhumanity is Herr, Nun Laß In Frieden.

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fallofbabylon wrote:
September 2008

Thats a shame, ahh well I guess I'll just have to wait for Ragnarok

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jambot wrote:
September 2008

erm no it doesn't.

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fallofbabylon wrote:
August 2008

I'm A liberally minded Socialist peacenik that loves Blood Axis. Does that mean the universe will implode?!?!

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luftwafe wrote:
August 2008

wow that's alot of full tracks, kick ass!

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nimimerkillinen wrote:
August 2008

I also prefer Blót

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Goblim wrote:
August 2008

Blot is still the best, but I wouldn't mind a new album ;)

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BlooDaXis wrote:
July 2008

Metal is just noise and screaming into a microphone

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Gretchen_Ross26 wrote:
June 2008

DAY OF BLOOD - THE BOOK ON BLOOD AXIS OUT NOW!!! www.myspace.com/day_of_blood www.occidentalcongress.com

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nezumi-szczur wrote:
June 2008

it rules, just like 'Seeker'

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Caspiannnnn wrote:
May 2008

Reign I Forever totally wants to make me be a brutal authoritarian dictator. Excellent song.

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