Abraxas (band)

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Abraxas
General information
origin Mössingen , Germany
Genre (s) Melodic Metal , Power Metal , Progressive Metal
founding 1985
resolution around 1998
Founding members
Axel Braun
Nicolai flour
Electric guitar
 Alexander Gemsa
Jan Müller
Heiko Burst
Last occupation
singing
 Chris Klauke
Electric guitar
 Stephan Rohner
Electric guitar
 Siggi Maier
Electric bass
 Jan Müller
Andreas Hittinger
Drums
 Heiko Burst
former members
Electric guitar
 Oliver Mindner
singing
 Joachim Hittinger
singing
 Martin Gauger

Abraxas was a German progressive metal and power metal band that was founded in Mössingen in Baden-Württemberg in 1985 and ceased its activities around 1998.

history

Abraxas was founded in 1985 by bassist Jan Müller and drummer Heiko Burst. After a few arrivals and departures of various musicians in 1988, the band recorded their first demo Vampire . After recording the demo, singer Joachim Hittinger found guitarist Oliver Mindner, who was 15 years old at the time. In April 1989, the band released the EP Shattered by a Terrible Prediction in an edition of 1,000 copies, which the musicians sold at their concerts and distributed on their own.

The composition changed until the end of 1989: There was a new, second guitarist in Stephan Rohner and, more recently, a keyboard player : Andreas Hittinger, Joachim's brother. In June 1990 Joachim Hittinger's voice problems were so severe that the doctors advised him to stop. Therefore the band engaged the singer Chris Klauke, who previously played in the Hamburg metal band Mania, to complete the fallow album. In December of the same year a new demo tape, Gates to Eden , was released. In 1991, again in December, the award-winning Demo Signs was added . In December 1992 Abraxas reached third place at Germany's largest young rock festival at Rockfabrik Ludwigsburg , previously it was first place at the Festival of Young Artists in Reutlingen in March . In September 1993 the group released their first studio album, The Liaison , which was first released in Japan. After three European record deals failed to materialize (twice due to bankruptcy), it was finally released in February 1998 by the newly founded label LMP - Limb Music Products & Publishing (Hamburg) under the new name Tomorrow's World and a completely new cover design as well as three bonus titles . Siggi Maier bridged the time when things were not going well for Abraxas with a job at Stormwitch . When the album was discussed in Metal magazines, nothing was known of a breakup, on the contrary, Rock Hard was curious to see how the band would develop. Nevertheless, there was no longer any sign of life. Maier and Burst reappeared years later on We are Legend. Klauke went to Berlin and joined Steam, then switched to Project X in 2007.

style

The online magazine Underground Empire called the style "Melody'n'Power" or "Melodic Power Metal". Frank Trojan chose the latter name in Rock Hard . He used Heavens Gate , Fair Warning and Helloween for comparison , but put this into perspective, since Abraxas only rudimentarily achieved their class. In the band biography of the Iron Pages lexicon series, the name Queensrÿche is only marginally mentioned . In the Metal Hammer Andreas Schöwe ​​recommended the band to all listeners of Running Wild , Primal Fear and Gamma Ray .

Discography

Albums

EP

  • 1989: Shattered by a Terrible Prediction

Demos

  • 1988: vampires
  • 1990: Gates to Eden
  • 1991: Signs

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Abraxas. Biography. Limb Music Products, archived from the original on December 5, 2008 ; accessed on May 14, 2014 .
  2. ↑ a b Abraxas. Biography. (No longer available online.) In: Rockdetector. Musicmight (Gary Sharp-Young), archived from the original on May 15, 2014 ; accessed on May 14, 2014 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Oliver Loffhagen: Abraxas . In: Matthias Mader, Otger Jeske, Arno Hofmann et al. (Ed.): Heavy Metal made in Germany . 1st edition. IP Verlag Jeske / Mader, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-931624-08-0 , p. 26-28 .
  4. ↑ a b c Stefan Glas: Abraxas (D) - Tomorrow's World. (No longer available online.) In: Underground Empire. Archived from the original on May 15, 2014 ; accessed on May 14, 2014 .
  5. ^ A b Frank Trojan: Abraxas . Tomorrow's World. In: Rock Hard . No. 131 , April 1998, pp. 102 .
  6. ↑ RATS Metalnight Tübingen. (No longer available online.) Rats-music.com, archived from the original on May 15, 2014 ; accessed on May 14, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Shylock: We are Legend. (Germany) "We are Legend" CD. In: Metalglory. June 24, 2012, accessed May 14, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Steam - the bass! This is Chris - Der Basser ... steam-rock.com, accessed on May 14, 2014 .
  9. ↑ Project X (D, Berlin [I]. (No longer available online.) In: Underground Empire. January 9, 2011, archived from the original on May 15, 2014 ; accessed on May 14, 2014 .
  10. ↑ Stefan Glas: Abraxas. (No longer available online.) In: Underground Empire. Archived from the original on May 15, 2014 ; accessed on May 14, 2014 (from print edition no.7).
  11. ↑ Andreas Schöwe: Abraxas . Tomorrow's World. In: Metal Hammer . June 1998, p. 77 .