The Gospel of Inhumanity
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The Gospel of Inhumanity is the first album by Blood Axis
. Conceived in the winter of 1994/95, it was performed, recorded and engineered at Absinthe Studios (Denver, Colorado
) by Michael Jenkins Moynihan
and Robert Ferbrache.
The album incorporates music by Johann Sebastian Bach
and Sergei Prokofiev
, such as "Montagues and Capulets"; lyrics by Friedrich Nietzsche
and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
; the voices of Ezra Pound
and Charles Manson
; and samples from The Wicker Man and A Clockwork Orange
.
Blood Axis
Blood Axis is an American Neofolk/Post-industrial band consisting of journalist and author Michael Moynihan, music producer Robert Ferbrache and musician and author Annabel Lee.-Early Blood Axis :...
. Conceived in the winter of 1994/95, it was performed, recorded and engineered at Absinthe Studios (Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
) by Michael Jenkins Moynihan
Michael Moynihan (journalist)
Michael Moynihan is an American journalist, publisher and musician. He is best known for co-writing the book Lords of Chaos, about black metal....
and Robert Ferbrache.
The album incorporates music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
and Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century...
, such as "Montagues and Capulets"; lyrics by Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a 19th-century German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist...
and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline...
; the voices of Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry...
and Charles Manson
Charles Manson
Charles Milles Manson is an American criminal who led what became known as the Manson Family, a quasi-commune that arose in California in the late 1960s. He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders carried out by members of the group at his instruction...
; and samples from The Wicker Man and A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange (film)
A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 film adaptation of Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It was written, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick...
.
Track listing
- "The Gospel of Inhumanity"
- "The Voyage (Canto I)" (lyrics)
- "Eternal Soul"
- "Between Birds of Prey"
- "Herr, nun lass in Frieden"
- "Reign I Forever" (lyrics)
- "Absinthe"
- "Storm of Steel"
External links
- The Gospel of Inhumanity at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
. - The Gospel of Inhumanity reviewed at Chronicles of Chaos by Andrew Lewandowski.