Michael Jenkins Moynihan

Michael Jenkins Moynihan (b. 17 January 1969) is an American journalist, publisher, and musician. He is best known for co-writing Lords of Chaos, a book about black metal. Moynihan is founder of the music group Blood Axis, the music label Storm Records and publishing company Dominion Press. Moynihan has interviewed numerous musical figures and has published several books, translations, and essays. In the 1990s, Moynihan was frequently characterized as a fascist or neo-fascist by some critics and fans. Moynihan accepted these descriptions with reservations in the 1990s, but in the 2000s dismissed them as inapplicable buzzwords used by "anti-this and anti-that activist types" and denounced the far-right.

Life

Michael Moynihan studied languages and history at the University of Colorado and Portland State University, and received his B.A. in German in 2000. He is the co-author with Didrik Søderlind of Lords of Chaos (Feral House, 1998), and has edited two books by the Italian traditionalist philosopher Julius Evola: Introduction to Magic (Inner Traditions, 2001) and Men Among the Ruins (Inner Traditions, 2002). He is the North American Editor of the journal Rûna (London, UK) and contributes regularly to other periodicals. Moynihan co-authored the best-selling, award-winning book Lords of Chaos. He also co-edits the esoteric journal Tyr. Together with Stephen E. Flowers he wrote The Secret King – The Myth and Reality of Nazi Occultism, the "Secret King" being Karl Maria Wiligut.

External links

• Michael Moynihan discography at Discogs