Description

No its not another album with the Germans in Axxis nor is it any of the English Axis acts either but the an early 80s band from Wisconsin, Usa (yes there where several American acts called Axis too). Anyway this Axis was formed in 1981 and they released their one and only album No Mans Land in 1988. Back then it was only released on cassette so its great to see that this more or less lost album finally has been given a well deserved cd release. Fans of melodic metal and hard rock definitely needs to pick this up. The melodies on this album are brilliantly catchy infused with iconic vocal work, brilliant guitar riffs and rolling drums; key features of successful tunes of the eighties era. Almost wants to make you call the members one by one to make another release and start touring to promote it. This record consists of many highlights and the typical, predictable sorts of tracks we all love that you can expect to find on this sort of record. For example we have the track with the incredibly memorable chorus in the form of Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, the beautiful 80s ballad No Mans Land, the fist-pumping anthem Top of The Hill and that track that encourages us to dance to a.k.a. Piece Of The Action. In terms of sound quality; at first I wasn’t overly taken by the fact you needed to turn up the volume just to be able to listen it or the fuzzy sound on some of tracks from the way they were recorded at first. However once you realise that it was first recorded onto to a cassette tape, not quite sure where, it gives you a different perspective; a vintage perspective, a classic that will never die. Overall conclusion? Particularly if you are a fan of Hard Rock from the eighties I recommend getting this limited re-issue.

Track listing:
1. The King
2. Line Of Duty
3. Bringin Me Down
4. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
5. No Mans Land
6. Bewilderness
7. Top Of The Hill
8. Desire
9. Road To Somewhere
10. Piece Of The Action
11. Faith
12. The Right Combination
13. Over The Edge