┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Axxis - Access All Areas + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Feb-07-2006 Encoder......LAME 3.90 Modified ║ │ │║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........1991 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......rainbow Songs........11 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.axxis.de ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Axxis Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Access All Areas Label : EMI Electrola ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ In 1988 after sending in only one demo song ║ │ │║ AXXIS were signed to EMI Electrola. The debut ║ │ │║ album "Kingdom Of The Night", 1989 which was ║ │ │║ already released in Europe, Canada, Japan, ║ │ │║ Australia and the USA sold 100 000 times ║ │ │║ immediately. It became the best ever selling ║ │ │║ debut album by a Hard Rock band in Germany in ║ │ │║ 1989. "Axxis II" marked a similar huge success ║ │ │║ in 1990, followed by the authentic and energetic ║ │ │║ live release "Access All Areas" a year later. ║ │ │║ The ambitious "The Big Thrill" became a best ║ │ │║ seller in 1993. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ This album was a big turning point in the career ║ │ │║ of this five-piece band. Produced by Joey Balin ║ │ │║ and recorded in Philadelphia, it was the first ║ │ │║ international production by AXXIS. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ In the following years AXXIS had travelled ║ │ │║ thousands of miles. One if the most impressive ║ │ │║ destinations was Japan, where Bernhard Weiss and ║ │ │║ guitarist Walter Pietsch performed a couple of ║ │ │║ acoustic live shows due to the release of the ║ │ │║ Japanese only CD "Profile". The band became ║ │ │║ known worldwide! ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The album "Matters Of Survival" was produced in ║ │ │║ Los Angeles in 1995, the city of angels which is ║ │ │║ uncritically praised as Metal capitol by some, a ║ │ │║ city where glamour, violence and homelessness ║ │ │║ live together very closely. An impression, which ║ │ │║ was responsible for the choice of the album ║ │ │║ title. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ With Keith Olsen (FLEETWOOD MAC, WHITESNAKE, ║ │ │║ FOREIGNER, SCORPIONS) the band had a producer ║ │ │║ who had already worked in the biz since 25 ║ │ │║ years. Olsen had visited the band in Germany ║ │ │║ first and both together chose the 12 best songs ║ │ │║ from the original 30 demo tracks and committed ║ │ │║ the arrangements. Afterwards they flew over to ║ │ │║ Los Angels where Olsen is running his Goodnight ║ │ │║ L.A.-Studio. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ AXXIS especially see themselves as a live band. ║ │ │║ At a perfect gig, as Bernhard Weiss once said, ║ │ │║ the own hands have to glow. "It is the best ║ │ │║ possibility to play your music", says Weiss, ║ │ │║ "already alone because of the chance of getting ║ │ │║ so close to your fans." So, the performances at ║ │ │║ "Rock am Ring" in front of 30 000 spectators ║ │ │║ were for sure important highlights of the years ║ │ │║ 1994 and 1996! ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ To keep on moving into new directions was a ║ │ │║ principle which this Hard Rock band from the ║ │ │║ "Ruhrgebiet" had always followed. If you have a ║ │ │║ look on ôKingdom Of The Nightö (`89), ôAxxis IIö ║ │ │║ (`91), ôThe Big Thrill ô(`93), ôMatters Of ║ │ │║ Survivalö (`95) or ôVoodoo Vibesö (97), the ║ │ │║ latest album by the band, they had always ║ │ │║ avoided to repeat themselves. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ AXXIS do, of course, have their basic sound, ║ │ │║ their roots are lying within the traditional ║ │ │║ Heavy Rock of the 70's and 80's, they have found ║ │ │║ their very own style which is orientated on ║ │ │║ hooks like "Living In A World". This song is ║ │ │║ still regarded as a hymn at every show and, as ║ │ │║ Walter says, the best example for a typical ║ │ │║ AXXIS song. Bernard's unique vocal style is ║ │ │║ another characteristic trademark, which makes ║ │ │║ AXXIS' sound unique. But the cover on these ║ │ │║ basics is very different anytime. The permanent ║ │ │║ move can be found within the details. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ AXXIS' major ambition is, as Walter adds, "to be ║ │ │║ a pure Rock 'n' Roll band", and to wash away any ║ │ │║ doubt, ôVoodoo Vibesö became the most Rockin' ║ │ │║ album since the very early days. The heavy ║ │ │║ guitars remind the listener a lot on the ║ │ │║ intensive ôPunchö of the debut album. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The production this time was done by the band ║ │ │║ itself for the very first time. After those ║ │ │║ great lessons in the US by highly skilled ║ │ │║ producers, AXXIS felt strong enough to handle ║ │ │║ the complex studio technics alone and to take ║ │ │║ over the responsibility for it themselves. "The ║ │ │║ idea for this was invented by our label", says ║ │ │║ Harry. "We had already produced our demos for a ║ │ │║ long time before. And as we presented our new ║ │ │║ demo tapes to our A&R manager, he was not only ║ │ │║ convinced by the quality of our new material but ║ │ │║ of the sound of this supposedly rehearsal room ║ │ │║ recordings as well. He told us to put it on the ║ │ │║ album as it was. But the songs and especially ║ │ │║ the vocals weren't completed yet at the time and ║ │ │║ that was the reason why the idea came up to let ║ │ │║ us mix it up ourselves. Because of our demos our ║ │ │║ label gained a lot of confidence in our ║ │ │║ abilities to produce an album." ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Confidence which was confirmed. ôVoodoo Vibesö, ║ │ │║ produced by Bemhard, Walter and Harry with the ║ │ │║ help of co-producer and engineer Thomas Kemper ║ │ │║ at Dierks Studios in the outskirts of Cologne, ║ │ │║ offers a straight and powerful sound from the ║ │ │║ beginning to the end which couldn't had been ║ │ │║ done better by an American star producer. The ║ │ │║ fact that those complete recordings were ║ │ │║ finished after only 18 days in the studio is a ║ │ │║ proof for the band's reliability, who according ║ │ │║ to Walter, "had a little fear to do the job ║ │ │║ right in the beginning. The band had to deal ║ │ │║ with new aspects like being responsible for a ║ │ │║ recording budget and to be judged for anything ║ │ │║ that might have gone wrong. But finally ║ │ │║ everything worked perfectly" and it worked so ║ │ │║ well that AXXIS would like to repeat it again ║ │ │║ when starting to record the next album. This ║ │ │║ self-determination will not be missed in the ║ │ │║ future anymore... ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Kingdom Of The Night [04:24] │ │ 02 - Trash In Tibet (Instrumental) [04:40] │ │ 03 - Little Look Back [03:57] │ │ 04 - Touch The Rainbow [03:33] │ │ 05 - Face To Face [05:38] │ │ 06 - Tears Of The Trees [03:54] │ │ 07 - Ships Are Sailing [03:57] │ │ 08 - Living In A World [04:14] │ │ 09 - Save Me [04:12] │ │ 10 - Fire And Ice [04:11] │ │ 11 - Back To The Wall [04:03] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [46:43 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘