Blood Axis
Blood Axis are an American band, made up of journalist and author Michael Moynihan, music producer Robert Ferbrache, and musician and author Annabel Lee. Overview. Early Blood Axis (1989–1999). Moynihan had founded Coup de Grace, a multimedia project that produced live performances and cassettes and also released booklets of images and texts, the last of which was Friedrich Nietzsche's "The Antichrist". The first output from the new appellation were two songs, "Lord of Ages" (employing lyrics from Rudyard Kipling's poem on Mithras) and "Electricity", which appeared on a German music sampler. These tracks were well received  in Europe and were followed by two more songs that appeared on the compilation, "Im Blutfeuer". In 1995, Moynihan released the first full-length studio LP, "The Gospel of Inhumanity" with the help of Robert Ferbrache. The album wedded the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Sergei Prokofiev with modern electronics. Moynihan implemented a recording of Ezra Pound reading from his "The Cantos". He also included lyrics from Nietzsche and Longfellow as well as his own to the work. The band consisted of Michael Moynihan (vocals, bodhrán), Annabelle Lee (melodeon, electric violin) and Robert Ferbrache (guitars, keyboards). Contemporary Blood  Axis (2000–2016). In 2005, Blood Axis play the German "Flammenzauber" festival, showcasing reworked live versions of several previously released songs, a number of Irish folk songs and the live debut of a few new songs. April 2006 saw further live activity from Blood Axis, as well as a new medium for the duo's folk-oriented material entitled Knotwork at the Swiss Triumvirat festival. Beginning in 1998, Moynihan began saying that Blood Axis was at work on a second full-length album, at one time said to be entitled "Ultimacy". On 2 January 2009, Blood Axis played in Sintra, Portugal , with members of Portuguese band Sangre Cavallum. Moynihan stated on stage that the new album, now titled "Born Again", was to be released the following Easter. Blood Axis makes references to neopagan and "völkisch" concepts and figures such as Ludwig Fahrenkrog and Fidus. Moynihan is interested in rune mysticism. Beginning in the 2000s, he has been influenced by the neofascist movement "Nouvelle Droite" and Alain de Benoist. Discography. Witch-Hunt: The Rites of Samhain. Witch-Hunt: The Rites of Samhain is a recording of a 1999 live collaboration of Blood Axis and In Gowan Ring, performing as Witch-Hunt. The  album was not released on a label. Limited to 100 CDR copies for private distribution, it was sold only at select Blood Axis concerts in Portugal. The album came in a special hand-made fold-out sleeve with leaf. Track listing: