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Withering Tides

    
       
       
       
     
             
Axetasy are a heavy metal band from Germany formed in 2019 by brothers Johnny (vocals, guitar) and Chris Kroner (drums), releasing the bands debut album 'Withering Tides' in 2025.    
             
Completing the Axetasy line-up alongside founders Johnny and Chris, are Izzy Fetch (guitar) and Jaxxy Starr (bass) - 'Withering Tides' a blistering forty ferocious minutes and eight songs! The four-piece outfit from Stuttgart are labelled as a "heavy metal" band, but believe me they're more than just that - much more! For every song on offer boasts black, thrash, and speed metal traits too, Axetasy a roaring, snarling typhoon of immense power and strength! The firepower in the bands arsenal is incredible, 'The Void' a twenty two second scene setting, tension fuelled and highly anticipative instrumental that leads straight into the fiery (presumably title song) 'Withering Tides Of Space'.    
             
The pace, power and hunger pouring outta 'Withering Tides Of Space' is phenomenal, the band hurtling across the land at high velocity, with everything and everyone in their path violently flattened with no remorse! A sensational burst of speed to set 'Withering Tides' on its way, Axetasy storm on even faster with the ferocious 'Fatal Maze', the band going supersonic here as the German outfit set a new land speed record! And for the first time, the bands black metal influence can be heard across 'Fatal Maze' - the opening brace making one helluva statement on the world metal scene! Germany has a very long and proud legacy for producing great heavy metal bands, a legacy that stretches back well over forty years, Axetasy one of the latest bands to emerge from Germany, the band roaring on with 'Slicing Dreams' - the rougher, tougher texture here only adding fuel to the fire! A fire which burns hotter than the sun, the level of head bang ability shooting right through the roof too, every mosher, metalhead and thrasher on the planet wrecking their necks to this one!    
             
Every song on offer bar one, clocks in between four and five minutes in length, every listener not allowed a single second to breathe by the bands unforgiving and unrelenting metal march, 'Beyond All Order' flying outta the gate at top speed! And for the first time since the album began, the iconic "gallop" so synonymous with traditional heavy metal makes its mighty presence felt, Axetasy more melodic right now than ever! And when I say ever - I actually mean the twenty minutes 'Withering Tides' has been running for - 'cause you gotta remember this is the bands debut release, the German metallers making their first foray into the world of metal! And what a foray it's been so far - the all conquering ferocity, aggression and speed dropping the jaws to the floor of everyone in all (as of 2025) one hundred and ninety five countries around the world! 'Voidcrawler' chimes in as the one song on the album that exceeds five minutes in length, stretching to over six, as the band stretch their legs too, the blistering pace and power remaining well and truly in force! I'm telling ya readers, there's absolutely nowhere to hide from the bands savage blend of head bang-able black, thrash, speed and traditional metal.    
             
And let's be deadly serious here, why would anyone wanna hide when the metal on show is this fucking good? Axetasy are gonna get you, no matter how far - 'Deadly Witch' rocketing on as the fastest song heard so far...I think! Every song has rattled by so fast it's been hard to accurately measure 'em all - I actually gave up measuring a few songs ago, and am now just trying to type quick enough to keep pace with the band! All the while head banging so furiously it's getting more and more difficult to focus on the screen right in front of my eyes - 'Axetasy (Of Murder)' not even giving me a slight break to take a breath! Axetasy are tremendously fast right now, 'Axetasy (Of Murder)' travelling faster than the speed of light - and at 186,000 miles per second, that's fast! Very fast - the band bludgeoning listeners with an out-of-this-world barrage of full on and in your face aggression fuelled heavy metal! The frantic pace over the last forty minutes has been breath taking, 'Withering Tides' roaring to a close with the red hot scorching black come speed metaller 'Nebulous Nightmares', the band providing everyone everywhere with one final glorious opportunity to head bang hard like a fucking lunatic! What an album - I'm off to listen again, see ya later my friends!    
             
Overall, a feast of fast paced heavy metal fuelled by aggression and ferocity with sky high head bang ability to boot!    
             
             
Review by Iron Mathew Collins    
             
Reviewed for Metal Gods TV    
             
             
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