Axis Powers - Marching Towards Destruction
A band from the west side of Sweden often makes you wanna think they'll ride "the Gothenburg sound"-wave which seem to be a disease in that area. But not Axis Powers. These guys get their inspiration from the east side of the country and Stockholm in particular. Around the early 90´s. Dismember comes to mind. Entombed as well. A big amount of british hardcore/punk like Doom shines through. So far, so good. I understand their love for the old heroes, but it´s just not enough to make a killer album. "Marching Towards Destruction" has nothing new. You´ve heard it a thousand times before, but from other acts. Actually Axis Powers do everything by the book, so it´s not a completely bad album, but it has zero personality. Song structures are the same in almost every track, and after listening to the album a few times I wonder what the hell I´m doing. I should have stopped after two or three songs, before it got tedious. The vocals are raw and nice to listen to. For a while, before it gets annoyingly monotonous. Another funny thing, and I don´t know if it´s deliberate, is that the drummer is quite sloppy, probably from listening to Fred Estby too much. Especially when he´s trying to grind. The band started in 1997, so in a way it really is as old-school as it wants to be. It is hard competition in the music scene, even in deathmetal, but if you wonder why you haven´t heard about Axis Powers before, read this review again if you didn´t got bored the first time.
1. War Of Attrition
2. Brutal War
3. Outbreak Of The Blitz
4. Mankind Dead And Raped
5. Slowly To Decay
6. Another Onslaught
7. Forward March
8. Artillery Pointing West
Pulverised Records
Reviewer: Micke
Oct 13, 2009
Oct 13, 2009
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Repossession - Reign Over Inferno
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