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Blood Axis
12+ albums
neofolkmartial industrialdark ambientapocalyptic folkneoclassical
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Blood Axis is the neofolk project by Michael Moynihan, Robert Ferbrache and Annabel Lee. Blood Axis, a reference to the axis powers, uses fascistic and national socalistic symbols and samples, such as the symbol of the Ordo Novi Templi, parts of speeches by Adolf Hitler, Oswald Mosley, Alfred Rosenberg, Karl Maria Wiligut and Corneliu Zelea Codreanu. Moynihan denied these political views, claiming he is a free thinker, his project free of any dogmas. Musically, Blood Axis produced multiple songs and live performances from 1989 to 1999, eventually moving on to full length albums and concerts starting in 2000. 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 ma
