Blood Axis – The Gospel Of Inhumanity (1995)

September 1, 2022

I got into a bit of a shit-slinging incident with a bunch of randos on the internet when Mortiis of all people, posted a picture of himself on his Instagram with who I could only assume from comments was the dude from Blood Axis. The guy had a shaved head, a t-shirt sporting the crutch cross, boots and a belt sporting the reichsadler eagle. Now, wearing boots doesn’t make you a Neo Nazi, but they certainly complimented all that other shit. I got slammed into oblivion for calling out this guy’s dodgy state of dress, so I decided, let’s see what Blood Axis are all about then, seeing as I have clearly got it all wrong.

To say that Blood Axis is not a fascist or white supremacist project would be a fucking lie. This proves, if anything, you can’t trust people in internet comments sections, even if they get more likes on their replies than you (lol). Not only are Blood Axis’ themes clumsily on the nose, but these guys are Americans, with no real weight or knowledge at the horrors of fascism and what it did to Europe. Therefore, The Gospel Of Humanity smacks of silly fucking idiots playing about with ancient symbolism and ideals that they know absolutely nothing about. Not that I’m an expert, but come on.

To top that off, and to really sink the boot in, The Gospel Of Inhumanity has to be one of the goofiest, tone-deaf attempts at noise / industrial / martial / neo-folk / whatever that I have ever heard. Mixing classical music with Charlie Manson and bad black metal guitars does not make a song, I’m afraid. At least, not a listenable one. Leave that to Dragged Into Sunlight. Anyways, I’ve wasted enough time on this bullshit. Avoid.