┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Axxis - Paradise In Flames + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Jan-01-2009 Encoder......LAME 3.90 Modified ║ │ │║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2006 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........14 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.axxis.de ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Axxis Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Paradise In Flames Label : AFM ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ I have always enjoyed the larger than life vocal ║ │ │║ style of Bernhard Weiss from Germany's Axxis. ║ │ │║ This face to face frontman and company have been ║ │ │║ consistently recording hard rock and melodic ║ │ │║ metal CDs for almost two decades. Each CD bears ║ │ │║ marked improvement and refinement as the band ║ │ │║ ages gracefully. Axxis originated in the late ║ │ │║ 80's amidst a whole warehouse of powerful ║ │ │║ exports from Deustchland. In '88 they were ║ │ │║ signed to EMI based on the label's ligature and ║ │ │║ entrustment for their "Tears of the Trees" demo. ║ │ │║ Shortly thereafter they released "Kingdom of the ║ │ │║ Night" in 1989 which was the most successful ║ │ │║ debut ever release by a German melodic rock ║ │ │║ outfit up to that time. Back to the kingdom of ║ │ │║ present day and several line-up changes later, ║ │ │║ Axxis recidivates and reciprocates with the big ║ │ │║ thrill and passion for rock on their road to ║ │ │║ never neverland with "Paradise in Flames". I ║ │ │║ feel like I must have taken a trip in their time ║ │ │║ machine since this CD is such classic 80's ║ │ │║ metal! As usual the music is pure & rough like ║ │ │║ the burning rain with hints of the lazy sun ║ │ │║ shining with resplendent female vocals during ║ │ │║ duets performed by Lakonia and Bernhard. Another ║ │ │║ day has passed and C'Est la vie, voila, there ║ │ │║ are more choirs chanting and orchestrations ║ │ │║ accomodating. The voodoo vibes ventriculate with ║ │ │║ variegation due to prinking production mixed by ║ │ │║ Denis Ward (PC69) and mastered by Jurgen Lusky ║ │ │║ from the House of Audio studios. The lyrics are ║ │ │║ erudite and breathtaking with well discerned ║ │ │║ themes emphasizing empathy for everday real ║ │ │║ relationships with "Don't Leave Me" or "Stay By ║ │ │║ Me"; spiritual soul-seeking concepts like "Will ║ │ │║ God Remember Me" & "Talisman", epics like "Lady ║ │ │║ Moon", and ultimately their love of metal: ║ │ │║ "Passion For Rock". ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The CD begins with the title track as an opener ║ │ │║ presaging the track "Dance With the Dead" which ║ │ │║ is just jostling. Next up is "Tales of Glory ║ │ │║ Island" recalling the glory days of Running wild ║ │ │║ & Stormwitch. Even though Axxis consider ║ │ │║ themselves to primarily be a rock band heavily ║ │ │║ influenced by the music of the '70's & '80's, I ║ │ │║ assert that they play power metal more ║ │ │║ proficiently than the overflow of overconfident ║ │ │║ Helloween clones. The guitarwork of Bernhard and ║ │ │║ Guido Wehmeyer is so reminiscient of classic ║ │ │║ 80's Helloween, Scanner, Rage, Chroming Rose, ║ │ │║ and so many other major acts of that era, who ║ │ │║ have now become rather staid and sluggish. This ║ │ │║ is seldom the case with Axxis as every song has ║ │ │║ some degree of intellectual confluence and an ║ │ │║ endorsible quality. Consider the song "Take My ║ │ │║ Hand" where the convulsive collocution between ║ │ │║ Bernhard and Lakonia furtively focuses on the ║ │ │║ marital malaise and amicable ability of a loving ║ │ │║ relationship; all the while the guitars have ║ │ │║ such a hardy harmony. The keyboards played by ║ │ │║ Harry Oellers unlock the mysteries of this music ║ │ │║ without ever upstaging or usurping the driving ║ │ │║ guitar sound with too much symphonic suggestion. ║ │ │║ Andre' Hilgers' drum technique really resembles ║ │ │║ Stefan Schwarzmann and Uli Kusch. He knows when ║ │ │║ to speed up and rage, and when to relent in ║ │ │║ order to provide adequate room for guitar and ║ │ │║ vocal vicissitudes. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ A song like "Icewind" has such a pummelling pace ║ │ │║ recalling the "Day After Tomorrow" and more ║ │ │║ matters of survival. This piece is power metal ║ │ │║ rolling with thunder ready to touch the rainbow. ║ │ │║ Nota Bene: O' Insaniae et Storytellerae ║ │ │║ diligaveris ex magistris! Through the eyes of ║ │ │║ darkness one begins to hear the arrival of the ║ │ │║ four horseman welcoming the dawn of Megiddo. An ║ │ │║ underlying current to this whole CD concentrates ║ │ │║ on kharmic retribution and the dance with the ║ │ │║ dead. Scrupulous scrutiny and exegesis unveils a ║ │ │║ detailed story involving the listener in a ║ │ │║ divine dichotomy, exhorting him to become more ║ │ │║ proactive in his everday decisions to contend ║ │ │║ with his inner guidance lest he be lost in love ║ │ │║ with lady moon in wonderland preparing to perish ║ │ │║ in paradise wondering will God remember me on ║ │ │║ the battlefield of life? ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Line -up: ║ │ │║ Bernhard Weiss - vocals ║ │ │║ Guido Wehmeyer - guitar ║ │ │║ Harry Oellers - guitar & keyboards ║ │ │║ Rob Schomacher - bass ║ │ │║ Andre Hilgers - drums ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Female vocals by Lakonia ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Paradise In Flames (Intro) [01:16] │ │ 02 - Dance With The Dead [04:40] │ │ 03 - Tales Of Glory Island [04:46] │ │ 04 - Take My Hand [05:07] │ │ 05 - Will God Remember Me [04:46] │ │ 06 - Talisman [04:25] │ │ 07 - Don┤t Leave Me [03:34] │ │ 08 - Lady Moon [04:33] │ │ 09 - Ice Wind [04:13] │ │ 10 - Stay By Me [04:01] │ │ 11 - Gods Of Rain [03:41] │ │ 12 - Passion For Rock [04:15] │ │ 13 - Break Your Souls (Bonus Track) [04:02] │ │ 14 - Tales Of Glory Island (Long Version) (Bonu [05:39] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [58:58 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘