The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud was an Austrian musical duo composed of Albin Julius and Alzbeth. Their music reflected their deep fascination with myriad aspects of European medievalism including ritual, clerical chants and the daily experience of the peasantry.[1][2][3]
Their music combined modern electronics, tape loops and samplers with medieval instruments such as hurdy-gurdy, shawm, and Hexenscheit. Alzbeth was the primary vocalist for the group and often sang traditional songs in numerous archaic languages including Middle High German, Latin and Old French. Julius provided distorted and backup vocals.
When performing live, the band often played in old churches, fortresses, medieval prisons and theatres that provided an appropriate atmosphere for their static, militaristic performances.
Early on, the band provided no official photographs or any more information outside of a Swiss mailing address found inside of the albums. The band rarely appeared live or granted interviews. No songs were ever given official titles. After their split, both of the duo were considerably more vocal and promotional images were released.
With each subsequent release the band presented themes traveling further into European history and becoming more martial, choral and bombastic in approach, culminating in their final album; the largely World War II-inspired The Smell of Blood but Victory (1997).
In 1998, the duo, also a couple, parted ways and recorded no new material. All of the group's music was released on their own Arthur's Round Table record label and distributed by World Serpent Distribution.[4][5][6][7]
Post-Splitedit
At the same time as the recording of The Smell Of Blood But Victory, Julius released material on a then-side project he called Der Blutharsch. This has subsequently become Julius' main project after the split. Julius has since played live and released some Der Blutharsch covers of TMLHBAC material that he has claimed was originally intended for Der Blutharsch.[8]
Alzbeth did erect an official TMLHBAC website and has said that she will be releasing material by a musical project of her own.
In 2000, Alzbeth released a book after the duo parted ways. This hard-back and cloth-bound book included lyrics, photographs and references for the historical themes used by the band.
In 2004, likely spurred by the bankruptcy of World Serpent Distribution and the subsequent out of print status for the band's entire catalogue, Alzbeth announced through her mailing list that Julius and she had decided to rerelease their back catalogue in some form in the future.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2011 Learn how and when to remove this message The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud was an Austrian musical duo composed of Albin Julius and Alzbeth Their music reflected their deep fascination with myriad aspects of European medievalism including ritual clerical chants and the daily experience of the peasantry 1 2 3 The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a CloudAlso known asTMLHBACOriginAustriaGenresDark ambient experimental neofolk martial industrial post industrialYears active1993 1998LabelsArthur s Round TableMembersAlbin JuliusAlzbeth Contents 1 Overview 2 Post Split 3 Discography 3 1 Albums and EPs 4 Compilations 4 1 Other 5 See also 6 External links 6 1 Official 6 2 Unofficial 7 ReferencesOverview editTheir music combined modern electronics tape loops and samplers with medieval instruments such as hurdy gurdy shawm and Hexenscheit Alzbeth was the primary vocalist for the group and often sang traditional songs in numerous archaic languages including Middle High German Latin and Old French Julius provided distorted and backup vocals When performing live the band often played in old churches fortresses medieval prisons and theatres that provided an appropriate atmosphere for their static militaristic performances Early on the band provided no official photographs or any more information outside of a Swiss mailing address found inside of the albums The band rarely appeared live or granted interviews No songs were ever given official titles After their split both of the duo were considerably more vocal and promotional images were released With each subsequent release the band presented themes traveling further into European history and becoming more martial choral and bombastic in approach culminating in their final album the largely World War II inspired The Smell of Blood but Victory 1997 In 1998 the duo also a couple parted ways and recorded no new material All of the group s music was released on their own Arthur s Round Table record label and distributed by World Serpent Distribution 4 5 6 7 Post Split editAt the same time as the recording of The Smell Of Blood But Victory Julius released material on a then side project he called Der Blutharsch This has subsequently become Julius main project after the split Julius has since played live and released some Der Blutharsch covers of TMLHBAC material that he has claimed was originally intended for Der Blutharsch 8 Alzbeth did erect an official TMLHBAC website and has said that she will be releasing material by a musical project of her own In 2000 Alzbeth released a book after the duo parted ways This hard back and cloth bound book included lyrics photographs and references for the historical themes used by the band In 2004 likely spurred by the bankruptcy of World Serpent Distribution and the subsequent out of print status for the band s entire catalogue Alzbeth announced through her mailing list that Julius and she had decided to rerelease their back catalogue in some form in the future Albin Julius died on May 4 2022 Discography editAlbums and EPs edit Year Title Format Special Notes 1993 The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud CD 1994 Amara tanta tyri CD 1995 A New Soldier Follows the Path of a New King CD 1995 Kostnice 7 1996 Yndalongg 10 1996 Were You of Silver Were You of Gold 12 CD 1996 Madhr 7 1996 A Night in Fear MCD featuring Deutsch Nepal 1997 Untitled 7 1997 The Smell of Blood but Victory 2xCD box including a CD 5 and poster limited to 2000 copies Disc 1 was rereleased afterwards 1999 Rest on Your Arms Reversed CD collection of all material on limited releases all bonus tracks compilations and unreleased material Compilations editYear Title Format Special Notes 1995 Knights of Abyss CD 1996 ON The World and Everything in It CD 1996 Palace of Worms CD 1996 Terra Serpentes 2xCD Other edit Year Title Format Special Notes 2000 The Book of Lyrics Hard backed cloth bound book Limited to 777 copies See also editList of ambient music artistsExternal links editOfficial edit Official The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud site http totem records com art band htm not accessible as of 07 03 08 via Archive org archived 2007 02 16 Unofficial edit Interview from Descent magazine Myspace Fan PageReferences edit The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud Discogs Retrieved 2021 02 05 The Moon Lay hidden beneath a Cloud MusicBrainz Retrieved 2021 02 05 The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud Album Discography AllMusic Retrieved 2021 02 05 The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud www mentenebre com Retrieved 2021 02 05 The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud Sputnikmusic Retrieved 2021 02 05 The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud www spirit of metal com Retrieved 2021 02 05 Interview from Descent magazine drugie here ru Retrieved 2021 02 05 Der Blutharsch interview Occidental Congress Retrieved 2021 02 08 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud amp oldid 1177379150, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
