Unto Ashes

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Unto Ashes
OriginUnited States
GenresFolk, madrigal, Dark Wave, neo-medieval
Years active1997–present
LabelsProjekt
Members
Natalia Lincoln

Unto Ashes is an American musical ensemble based in New York City that incorporates madrigal, folk, and elements of neo-medieval and darkwave. Founded by and in 1997, the band has released eleven full-length CDs on the Projekt label (all recorded and produced by Laird). Previous members and contributors have included , , Spider Grandmother (pseudonym), Jeremy Bastard (pseudonym). The band has continued to collaborate with Paul Ash, , Sonne Hagal, and Bret Helm from Audra (band). Singer a.k.a. Sarah Newman left the band in 2008 to work with the German Qntal project and related ensembles.[1]

The band has performed at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig on four occasions: 2004, 2009, 2015, and 2019.

In 2006, the band toured Europe with Qntal. For the 2019 WGT concert, the band performed with , founding member of Qntal, at the Schauspielhaus Leipzig.

Instruments[]

Guitar (acoustic and electric), hammered dulcimer, Appalachian dulcimer, hurdy-gurdy, violin, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion, cello, viola da gamba, harmonium, autoharp.

Discography[]

Albums[]

  • Moon Oppose Moon (1999 · Projekt [USA])
  • Saturn Return (2001 · Projekt [USA])
  • Empty Into White (2003 · Projekt [USA] / Kalinkaland [Germany])
  • I Cover You With Blood (EP) (2003 · Projekt [USA] / Kalinkaland [Germany])
  • Grave Blessings (2005 · Projekt [USA] / Kalinkaland [Germany])
  • Songs For A Widow (2006 · Projekt [USA] / Pandaimonium [Germany])
  • The Blood Of My Lady (2009 · Projekt [USA])
  • Spellbound in Winter (2012 · Projekt [USA])
  • Burials Foretold (2012 · Projekt [USA])
  • Ghosts Captured (2014 · Projekt [USA])
  • Pretty Haunted Things (2019 · Projekt [USA])

Videos[]

  • Palastinalied (2004)

References[]

  1. ^ Kutzer, Christoph (2012). "Mariko—Folge deinem Traum". Zillo Medieval (in German) (2): 45.

External links[]

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