Unto Ashes

Unto Ashes
Origin	United States
Genres	Folk, madrigal, Dark Wave, neo-medieval
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Projekt
Members	Michael Laird Natalia Lincoln Ericah Hagle

Unto Ashes is a musical ensemble based in New York City that incorporates madrigal, folk, and elements of neo-medieval and darkwave. Founded by Michael Laird and Susanna Melendez in 1997, the band has released seven full-length CDs on the Projekt label (all recorded and produced by Laird). Previous members and contributors have included Paul Ash, Kit Messick, Melody Henry, Spider Grandmother (pseudonym), Jeremy Bastard (pseudonym), Catherine Bent, and Sonne Hagal. Singer Mariko aka Sarah Newman left the band in 2008 to work with the German Qntal project and related ensembles.

In 2006, the band toured Europe with Qntal, one of their main musical influences.

Instruments

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

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])
• Burials Foretold (2012 · Projekt [USA])
• Ghosts Captured (2014 · Projekt [USA])

Videos

• Palastinalied (2004)

External links

• Unto Ashes Official website
• Unto Ashes Official Announcement list
• Unto Ashes Myspace website
• Livejournal Unto Ashes fansite
• Yahoo Unto Ashes discussion group