Axis of Advance

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Axis of Advance
General information
origin Edmonton , Canada
Genre (s) Black Metal , Death Metal , Thrash Metal , Grindcore
founding 1998
resolution 2008
Last occupation
Wörr
Vocals, electric bass
Chris "Vermin" Ross
James Read

Axis of Advance was a Canadian thrash , black , death metal and grindcore band from Edmonton that was formed in 1998 and split up in 2008.

history

After the disintegration of Sacramentary Abolishment in 1998, two of the members, Wörr (electric guitar, vocals) and Chris "Vermin" Ross (electric bass, vocals), decided to found Axis of Advance. Axis of Advance was originally supposed to be the title of the third Sacramentary Abolishment album. The line-up was supplemented by the drummer James Read. In 1999 the EP Landline was recorded and released in the same year via Catharsis Records . A small number of concerts were held to promote the phonogram. A concert in Edmonton that same year was not allowed to take place because the band allegedly had Nazi tendencies and used Nazi symbols. In the following year, more concerts followed, while a record deal was signed with the Spanish label Death to Mankind Records . Towards the end of the year, the debut album Strike was recorded. After several delays, the album was released in November 2001. In the meantime, Axis of Advance had been approached by Sharund by the Danish band Demon Realm to participate in the split release Awaiting the Glorious Damnation of Mankind , on which a total of four bands can be heard. Axis of Advance contributed the song Tactics Forth , which was recorded in their own rehearsal room with a friend. The phonogram was released in the same year. Osmose Productions became aware of the group through their debut album and signed them in early 2002 to release two albums. In the summer of the same year, she went back to the studio to record the second album The List , which was released in October. The release was preceded by a press release in which the band denied being associated with the White Supremacy movement . The release was followed by various appearances, including a small tour of the band's home province. In 2003 Read's band Revenge went on a US tour with Deicide , Amon Amarth , Behemoth and Vehemence . Here Ross helped out on the electric guitar. During this six-week tour, they continued to write songs for Axis of Advance and they worked on further plans for the next year. In January 2004, concerts in Germany , Slovenia , the Netherlands and Belgium were given for the first time in Europe . After this two-week phase, the band went to the Berno Studio in Malmö , Sweden , to record the next album called Obey . As a producer was Henrik Larsson worked. The band returned to Canada at the end of January before the album was released in September. In 2005 appearances were held in western Canada. Meanwhile, new songs continued to be written. The resulting four songs were recorded in late summer in the VHS studios , with the well-known song Tactics Forth being re-recorded. The songs were released as an EP in January 2006 by Osmose Productions. In October 2008 the band broke up.

style

According to Joe McIver in his book Extreme Metal II , the band plays "Militant War Metal" by combining death and black metal. The album Obey is thematically about genocide . Gunnar Sauermann from Metal Hammer found it difficult to categorize the band in his review of The List and described the music as a mixture of Thrash , Death and Black Metal as well as Grindcore. The songs sound noisy and "mangy with rattles and pipes as a substitute for vocals, humming hornet guitars and a rumbling drum kit". In terms of content, the band deals thematically with the subject of war. The music sounds monotonous and remains "in the punk noise". In a later review, Sauermann wrote of Obey that "the extreme rumbling sound, confused sound pulp and mostly two-part belch or screeching chants" stayed. The music is monotonous, unmelodic and sounds unclean.

Discography

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Joel McIver: Extreme Metal II . Omnibus Press, 2005, ISBN 1-84449-097-1 , pp. 36 .
  2. ↑ a b c d History. metallian.com, accessed November 26, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b c BIOGRAPHY. (No longer available online.) Aoa.ark11.net, archived from the original on November 28, 2016 ; Retrieved November 26, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / aoa.ark11.net
  4. ↑ AXIS OF ADVANCE. metalmusicarchives.com, accessed November 26, 2016 .
  5. ^ Gunnar Sauermann: Axis of Advance . The List. In: Metal Hammer . January 2003, p. 92 .
  6. ^ Gunnar Sauermann: Axis of Advance . Obey. In: Metal Hammer . October 2004, p. 98 .