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BLOOD AXIS
Conceived in the Winter of 1994/95 The Gospel of Inhumanity (1996 CR19/STRM05) was performed, recorded and engineered by Michael Moynihan and Robert Ferbrache, and is set to establish a firm presence for BA in the gothic-industrial genre. As a controversial hymn to might, it is also calculated to provoke the censorial wrath of the politically correct, but that is another story... The CD is a powerful extravaganza of synthesised classical and original music, and the spoken word provided by Michael Moynihan, Ezra Pound and Charles Manson. The opening and title track, 'The Gospel of Inhumanity', provides a big build-up with a baroque harpsichord effect. 'The Voyage (Canto 1)' has a reading by Ezra Pound set to music by J S Bach. 'Eternal Soul' is original. 'Between Birds of Prey' is a reading from Nietzsche set to music by BA in a very Wagnerian mode. 'Herr, num laß in Frieden' has Charles Manson talking with music by Bach. 'Reign I Forever' is a powerful setting of H W Longfellow's 'The Challenge of Thor' to the 'Montagues and Capulets' theme from Act 1 of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. 'Absinthe' is a very clever and original dialogue between the self-deceived drug addict and the spirit of addiction. 'Storm of Steel' brings us back to the heroic with a very Laibachish hymn to "strength through strife". Having a libertarian perspective, FluxEuropa does not endorse Michael Moynihan's political position, but we have no problem with enjoying the music. Rik - 29 December 1996
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BLOOD AXIS was founded by Michael Moynihan (a former member
of Boyd Rice's 
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