Description

Still sealed double cd

Axas was one of those bands that released an album and a single that are almost impossible to find and you have to stack up a big pile of cash to be a proud owner of one of their original releases. This 45th anniversary edition with change that. This bombastic re-issue features the Lucifer single, the Broken Dreams album and a 20 page booklet loaded with an extended band story, credits and liner notes, amazing photos directly from the band’s archive, remastered sound, 2 bonus songs that never made it to the Broken Dreams album and an entire bonus disc featuing an amazing live show of the band. Axas was an American mid to late seventies hard rock band hailing from the state of Indiana. The cover artwork on this re-issue is taken from the 1975 Lucifer single and makes you think this is a way heavier and more metal sounding album then it is. Some may not even consider this hard rock at all as the music has more in common with Little River Band that it does to metal genre acts such as Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin. But the album really deserved to be reissued as it features some high quality music. There are some tracks that features some heavier moments from the seventies others have almost a folkish, progg or jazz fusion feel. Overall I was expecting something much heavier but cant say im dissapionted either. It features some nice 70s rock and some moments where it has some guitar driven parts or a nice guitar solo. Its a nice discovery but not more metal than Neil Young, Chicago or Bad Company but definitely worth owning and hearing if you love the music from the 70s. The bonus live albums shows that the band felt heavier live than on album. The sound is a bit muddy which is a shame but since everything seems to be so rare with this band its nice that it actually excist a live recording after all as it shows a bit different side of the band.

Track list:
1. Lucifer-single track
2. Goodbye America-single track
3. Don’t You Think It’s Time
4. Lyin On
5. Here I Go Again
6. You Don’t Have to Say You’re Sorry
7. Golden Throne
8. Ala Moana Strut
9. Scavenger Train
10. Playin’ Our Dues
11. Broken Dreams
12. Prisoner Of Lust-unreleased bonus track
13. Play With Me-unreleased bonus track
14. Come On Everybody-live
15. County Jail-live
16. Don’t You Think It’s Time-live
17. Hard Attack-live
18. Hooker-live
19. Mister Majestic-live
20. My Kinda Woman-live
21. Rich Man-live
22. Rock And Roll Quees-live
23. Scavenger Train-live
24. She’s Mine-live
25. Take Me Down By The River-live
26. To See The Sun Rise-live