Axis of Advance - Obey CD Review

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2005-07-15 : Dan : Link
This album kicks ass - another distinctively AoA album, but this time much more girth, a clearer production - songs are a little too concise in my opinion (I liked the sprawl of Strike), but less thrash-influenced than The List.

Once again one worth having on CD and vinyl, for convenience and correct listening respectively.
2004-12-14 : Patrick : Link
AXIS OF ADVANCE
Obey (Red Stream)
At the fringes where control meets chaos, Axis Of Advance display a knack for combining the brutality of the former with the danger of the latter. Neither death, black nor grind, but obviously extreme in nature, this Alberta based unit uses a rhythm section that goes for the gut while the
guitars buzz about the brain in search of cells to decimate. In a sense one could describe this as cross between Venom and Dismember, but that probably
wouldn’t do this band justice. Really, the easiest comparison would be to label mates and fellow wall-of-sound enthusiasts Arkhon Infaustus, both threatening for the “louder than thou” title. Axis Of Advance’s secret
weapon in its advancement towards this goal on this latest full length is guest drummer J. Reid who provides some ruthlessly inventive fills and rolls that furthers the violent tendencies of these eight tracks. Man, this
drum assault has to be heard to be believed, easily being the best performance behind a kit this year. Down tuned and blastbeated, with some doom tendencies, Obey is one of extreme metal’s highlights of 2004.
Chris Tighe 8
(Above is posted on the Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles website ie. www.bravewords.com)
2004-09-13 : Patrick
all of which combines neatly with the gut-wrenching production to make one of the best extreme albums of 2004. One to watch for the future. Joel McIver - Kerrang Magazine
KKKK in Kerrang Mag (UK)
80/100 AARDSCHOCK (Holland)