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Albin Julius performing (photograph: SneQ, 2021, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)

Music and Work

a documentary music archive.
1967 — 2022

SECTION 00 MOTIFS

Austrian industrial music, documented routes

Archives & identity

Indexed as Albin Julius Martinek
in SR-Archiv (Austrian popular music)
with stable identifiers (ISNI, MusicBrainz).

The Moon lay hidden beneath a Cloud

Ensemble active 1992–1999 (MusicBrainz).
Der Blutharsch began in 1996 as a parallel project
(Side-Line; release-level credits to be expanded).

Der Blutharsch

Austrian group 1996–2022 (MusicBrainz).
Documented locality: Vienna for the group entity.
Primary outlet: WKN (Austria).

Labels & autonomy

WKN — catalogue hub on MusicBrainz.
HauRuck! cited in specialist press (Side-Line);
operational detail only when separately sourced.

SECTION 01 WORK & TIME

Chronology and documentary resources

Left column: dated statements tied to the rows. Right column: stable database URIs (also collected in SOURCES_ARCHIV.md).

1967-10-16
Born in Austria (MusicBrainz person record; country-level birthplace only).
1992
The Moon lay hidden beneath a Cloud — group active from (MusicBrainz).
1996
Der Blutharsch — group active from (MusicBrainz). Side-Line notes a first self-titled release this year; edition size still under review (QUESTIONS_ARCHIV.md §3).
1999
The Moon lay hidden beneath a Cloud — group ended (MusicBrainz).
2003
Time Is Thee Enemy! — first-release-date on MusicBrainz release group bb96b15a-da57-33b6-b807-981abdfa48e5 (parallel 2004 RG exists; resolve in a later pass).
2010
Documented phase boundary for keyboards under the extended project name (Metal Archives; MusicBrainz alias).
2022
Der Blutharsch — group ended (MusicBrainz).
2022-05-04
Death (MusicBrainz). Side-Line reports the morning of 4 May 2022 as press detail.

Documentary resources (selected)

These rows are navigation anchors, not a complete discography. Every claim in the timeline column should be checked against the linked databases before academic reuse.

Within work & time

Discography indexes

Official catalogue pages on Discogs and MusicBrainz. This site does not mirror cover art or track lists; open each host to review releases and verify credits before reuse.

  • Der Blutharsch

    Discogs artist hub; MusicBrainz group entity (aliases include the extended English name used from 2010 onward).

  • The Moon lay hidden beneath a Cloud

    Discogs artist hub; MusicBrainz group span 1992–1999 — per-release credits still need a dedicated pass.

  • WKN (label)

    Discogs label entry; MusicBrainz label anchor used elsewhere on this site.

  • Albin Julius (person credits)

    Discogs artist hub for cross-project appearances; pair with the MusicBrainz person URI for life dates and ISNI.

Source synthesis

Rows above are navigation aids. For publication-grade work, open each URI, note retrieval dates, and keep a running log in SOURCES_ARCHIV.md.

  • MusicBrainz — person and group JSON also retrievable via the documented API (see methodology).
  • SR-Archiv — institutional index for Austrian popular music (person 37976).
  • Side-Line — useful for industry chronology; corroborate sensitive claims.
  • Wikimedia Commons — performance photograph (SneQ, CC BY-SA 4.0) used on this homepage under that licence.

Methodology, image credits, and media policy

Resource entry

SECTION 04 PHASES & PRESENTATION

Documented turning points (no biographical fiction)

The following cards summarise milestones that already appear in MusicBrainz, Metal Archives, or Side-Line. They replace the former “exile” section of the template.

1996 — project launch

Der Blutharsch is dated from 1996 in MusicBrainz. Side-Line notes a first self-titled picture-disc year; edition size is pending verification (see QUESTIONS_ARCHIV.md).

2003 — documented pivot

MusicBrainz lists the release group Time Is Thee Enemy! with first-release-date 2003. A parallel release-group year (2004) still needs reconciliation (QUESTIONS_ARCHIV.md). Side-Line describes a move toward a band-centred, rock-oriented presentation; wording here stays neutral.

2010–2022 — line-up & naming

Metal Archives lists keyboards 2010–2022 under the extended project name also indexed in MusicBrainz as an alias of Der Blutharsch.

2022 — death

MusicBrainz life-span end 2022-05-04. Side-Line reports the morning of 4 May 2022; treat time-of-day as press detail, not a civil-registry extract.

SECTION 05 INTERVIEWS

Published conversations — read in full at the source

Recorded interviews with Albin Julius are scarce and most live on independent webzines whose URLs drift over time. The list below tracks the interviews this archive considers most useful: a primary URL where the original is still online, a Wayback snapshot when the original is at risk, language, year, and a short note on the topics covered. Quotations are not transcribed here — follow the link to read the publishing party's text in full.

  1. I

    Occidental Congress (webzine)

    "Der Blutharsch — interview"

    Date
    Summer 2000
    Language
    English
    Topics covered
    Origins of Der Blutharsch out of The Moon lay hidden beneath a Cloud; collaboration with Douglas P. (Death In June); the role of artwork in the catalogue; spirituality outside organised religion.

    Webzine archive page (HTTP). Snapshot also available on the Internet Archive.

  2. II

    Seidr webzine

    "Interview with Albin Julius (Der Blutharsch)"

    Date
    12 May 2002 — conducted at the "Hammer and Thunder" Industrial Festival, Moscow
    Language
    English
    Topics covered
    Audiences in Western Europe vs. Russia; ideology in industrial music; relation to European tradition and history; the festival as platform.

    Russian webzine; English version of the interview. Old HTTP host — page still resolves; mirror via Wayback recommended.

  3. III

    Chain D.L.K.

    "Der Blutharsch" interview

    Date
    early 2000s (date pending precise check)
    Language
    English
    Topics covered
    Early influences (Russian classical composers, Throbbing Gristle, Death In June); editorial choice of untitled tracks on most albums; creative process and studio routine.

    Italian-based industrial / experimental webzine; still online in 2026.

  4. IV

    mica — music austria (Music Information Center Austria)

    "Albin Julius im Interview" — by Clemens Marschall

    Date
    2014 (curated for the "Waves Vienna" conference cycle)
    Language
    German
    Topics covered
    Personal trajectory from punk / mod to industrial; uniforms as fetish vs. politicisation of the scene from 1996–97; reaction to being labelled "Nazi"; documented refusal of NPD distribution offer; later turn to psychedelic / kraut-rock.

    Institutional outlet (national music information centre). The interview accompanies the editorial "Uniformierte Vieldeutigkeit" on the use of Hitler iconography in music.

  5. V

    Santa Sangre Magazine

    "2014 through my eyes — Albin Julius (Der Blutharsch and the Infinite Church of the Leading Hand)"

    Date
    16 December 2014
    Language
    English
    Topics covered
    End-of-year retrospective by Albin Julius himself: tour highlights, new releases, planned collaborations (White Hills, Urfaust).

    First-person retrospective format; useful as primary text for the project's 2010s phase.

  6. VI

    Garsas / Sound (radikaliai.lt) — Mindaugas Peleckis

    "Exclusive interview with Albin Julius (Part 1): 'Most people I think see music just as a lifestyle tool … for me it's kind of a religion.'"

    Date
    June–July 2015
    Language
    English
    Topics covered
    Music as a personal "religion" vs. a "lifestyle tool"; meaning of the extended project name and the Infinite Church of the Leading Hand; 20th-anniversary plans for Der Blutharsch.

    Original URL was 404 in May 2026. The link below points to a 2024 Wayback Machine snapshot.

Editorial note — several of these interviews include statements about military aesthetics, sampling of historical figures, and personal politics. They are listed as primary sources to be read critically, not as endorsements.