09/26/2017 19:42

Axemaster

Axemaster: 4th album 'Crawling Chaos' out in November

Pure Steel Records has issued an official release date for the new Axemaster album 'Crawling Chaos'. The CD will officially be available through the label on November 24th. Those of you in the US will be able to easily remember the date because this year, the 24th is Black Friday!

Track listing:
1) 10,000 Pound Hammer
2) Crawling Chaos
3) Axes of Evil
4) Flowers for the Dead
5) Mystify the Dream Hypnotic
6) Aldar Rof
7) Shallow Grave
8) Death before Dishonor (re-recording)
9) Bravado
10) Knight of Pain

'Crawling Chaos' combines major label quality sound, killer artwork and graphics, and material that early reviews describe as some of the best Axemaster ever. While retaining a portion of the thrash feel of 'Overture to Madness', the new songs show the band's evolution with a feel that goes back to their roots from the late 80's & early 90's. In that spirit, 'Crawling Chaos' includes a new version of the classic Axemaster song from 1988: 'Death before Dishonor'. Pre-orders for the disc will begin on November 10th through the Pure Steel website.

The new CD features the return of vocalist Geoff McGraw, lead guitarist Joe Sims, and bassist Jim Curtis; and is the Axemaster recording debut of lead guitarist Damin Bennett (making this the first time the band has had a dual axe attack), and drummer Denny Archer. Each musician has extensive experience in music and is a true professional, which is very evident and on full display on the new album!

While 'Crawling Chaos' shows the band's present and future, the "autumn of Axemaster" begins with a celebration of the band's past on October 6th with the re-release of 19 of the band's songs from 1986-1991 on a vinyl 2 record set, titled 'Blessing the the Skies (And other Cuts from the Chamber)'. It's a limited edition collectable (only 200 pressed); pre-ordering begins on Sept. 22nd through the Pure Steel website. Any radio/zines that would like MP3s of these songs (which have been mastered and now sound MUCH better than they ever have), please contact us.

(source: Axemaster)

(Older news about the topic:)

Since last summer, the band has been working with producer extraordinaire Rick Fuller (who has worked with such major bands as Kiss, Powerman 5000, Type O Negative, and Prong) at both his and Joe Sims' studios to record and produce a new full length Axemaster album, the band's second with Pure Steel Records (Germany). All of the final masters for the album, which will be titled 'Crawling Chaos', are now close to completion and will soon be sent to Pure Steel along with original professional front cover artwork by Noël Puente.

While the new material retains the heavy edge of the previous Axemaster album 'Overture to Madness', overall it's also more reminiscent of the bands musical roots from the late 80's. All who are associated with the project agree that in every aspect (both sound and appearance), this will be a very special album for the band.

Additional major band news is that, in coordination with the release of 'Crawling Chaos', Pure Steel is planning to also re-release a collection of old Axemaster material ON VINYL. There are very few details available yet (such as the title and which songs will be included), but we do know that Pure Steel has already had most of the band's old material mastered and everything sounds much better than it ever has.

No official release date for either album has been set as of yet. All important updates, details, and information concerning both releases, as it become available, can be read at following websites:

www.axemasterofficial.com
www.facebook.com/axemasterofficial
www.facebook.com/groups/Axemastergroup

(source: Axemaster)