The March of Brian Boru
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The March of Brian Boru is a Blood Axis
/Allerseelen
Split 7" single that was released by Stateart in 1998. Some of the arrangements begin with a classic quote by Calgacus
, a statement of resistance against Roman occupation ending with the famous observation that 'where they create a desert, they call it peace', held by historians such as Tacitus to be emblematic of the 'barbarian' spirit of freedom, though in the greater context of Blood Axis' repertoire (and their careful, but not inaccurate, Latin translation) it holds equal symbolic meaning in the modern milieu.
Side B
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 :...
/Allerseelen
Allerseelen
Allerseelen are the experimental, post-industrial and military pop music works of Austrian musician Gerhard Petak, aka Kadmon. The German name is translated into English as All Souls' Day. Their music is inspired by nature and has a strong philosophical/alchemical context inspired by the writings...
Split 7" single that was released by Stateart in 1998. Some of the arrangements begin with a classic quote by Calgacus
Calgacus
According to Tacitus, Calgacus was a chieftain of the Caledonian Confederacy who fought the Roman army of Gnaeus Julius Agricola at the Battle of Mons Graupius in northern Scotland in AD 83 or 84...
, a statement of resistance against Roman occupation ending with the famous observation that 'where they create a desert, they call it peace', held by historians such as Tacitus to be emblematic of the 'barbarian' spirit of freedom, though in the greater context of Blood Axis' repertoire (and their careful, but not inaccurate, Latin translation) it holds equal symbolic meaning in the modern milieu.
Track listing
Side A- "Käferlied" - AllerseelenAllerseelenAllerseelen are the experimental, post-industrial and military pop music works of Austrian musician Gerhard Petak, aka Kadmon. The German name is translated into English as All Souls' Day. Their music is inspired by nature and has a strong philosophical/alchemical context inspired by the writings...
Side B
- "Brian BoruBrian BoruBrian Bóruma mac Cennétig, , , was an Irish king who ended the domination of the High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill. Building on the achievements of his father, Cennétig mac Lorcain, and especially his elder brother, Mathgamain, Brian first made himself King of Munster, then subjugated...
" - Blood AxisBlood AxisBlood 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 :...
External links
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