Orlando, Florida’s AXIS and Memphis, Tennessee’s SERAPH THE LIGHT teamed up this year as one eight-man band to write and record this batch of songs. Produced by Jon Nunez of Torche and mastered by Brad Boatright (Nails, Full of Hell), the collab sees the new mega-band stray from their lanes to pound out a new, almighty-heavy sound in the NEUROSIS realm.
Axis’ latest release, Show Your Greed, was released on Good Fight in 2015. Of that album, Stereogum proclaimed: “If you think fondly of hateful Philly bands like Starkweather and Turmoil; if you were down with Converge and Coalesce back when they played mathy chugga-chugga-stop breakdowns; if you wish Botch, Burnt By The Sun, and Kiss It Goodbye had released more music: congratulations! You have the chutzpah to appreciate the good kind of metalcore… Axis pretty much stick to the established template for this kinda thing on Show Your Greed, but they are so goddamn good at it…”
Photo by Dana Nichols.
Lyrics:
Destroy our integrity
To be justified
To be one step ahead all the time
Destroy our integrityInnocence is ignorant
Just look at the signs
Keep their heads below water
Don’t let them riseThey’ll make me crawl
AXIS and SERAPH THE LIGHT will hit the road in December, performing the new songs together onstage.
Dec 2 – Tampa, FL @ Lucky You Tattoo
Dec 3 – Miami, FL @ The Granary
Dec 4 – Jacksonville, FL @ Nighthawks
Dec 5 – Atlanta, GA @ 529
Dec 6 – Nashville, TN @ The End
Dec 7 – Memphis, TN @ Rock House Live
Dec 8 – Birmingham, AL @ The Firehouse
Dec 9 – Tallahassee, FL @ Adelaide Schnittman Hall
