HE CAME FROM THE SUN, ex-AXAMENTA (BE)

Derived from the fantasy world of dragons and magic, about 3 years ago Belgian AXAMENTA decided to make a radical shift in their musical style and began working towards a more technical and progressive approach. Their love for movie scores also made them replace the keyboards by orchestra samples, which gives them a unique sound in the Belgian scene. Ladies and Gentlemen: let's welcome Axamenta in May-players family!

In May 2005, AXAMENTA entered the JACOB HANSEN STUDIO to record their next full CD, named “EVER-ARCH-I-TECH-TURE”. The mixing and mastering was done by Fredrick Nordström at the FREDMAN STUDIO and Göran Finnberg at THE MASTERING ROOM. The album takes you on a journey through the meticulously worked out concept story. In 13 tracks, AXAMENTA brings you a mixture of bombastic orchestra-guided opuses, heavily grooving Swedish-like prog songs and even a ballad song which is enlightened by the guest vocals of the Swedish prog-icon DANIEL GILDENLÖW from PAIN OF SALVATION, who recorded all the vocals for this song!

In May 2006, AXAMENTA brought their madness to the masses in cooperation with the Belgian label SHIVER RECORDS! Enthusiastic reviews across the European music press and thousands of devoted fans does it - Axamenta was invited as a headliner at "Metaldome" scene at one of the biggest European metal festival - Graspop Metal Meeting 2006! The formation also shared the stages with icons of the metal scene - Vader, Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir. And if it is not enough - the latest album immediately hit the 4th place of LSP Top 50 (top 50 of best selling albums in all the Metalzoneshops), just behind Slayer, Lacuna Coil and Iron Maiden.

Therefore when the group contacted our company, we welcomed the band with opened arms and after few weeks of intensive discussions the band decided to go for a full endorsement with Mayones. First order consisted of 3 custom made instruments for band's axemen: Ian, Sven and Jeroen - two Regius 7 models and one Victorious 5 Custom Bass.

The guitar for Ian, the lead guitarist and the man behind most of the music and album concept, is Regius 7 with stunning Ash top in Gothic Black finish. The axe is equipped with DiMarzio pickups. To expand tonal possibilities, we also installed Graph Tech piezo saddles with Mayo piezo preamp. In addition to the perfect looks of Ash top and Ebony fretboard, we placed custom three Q-Parts knobs with Ebony tops and disquieting Mantis inlay.

"It's only during a few rare occasions in ones lifetime, that a man can utter the words: 'ZOMFG!!11!one Liek Omg this Pwns David Hasselhoff and teh Batmans combined!'. But trust me, this is the only right thing to say when first seeing, playing and hearing your own custom made Mayones guitar." - raves Ian about his Regius - "I need the guitarsound to be as versatile as my own taste of music. Knowing my self I will like to play "Blasphemious Pagan Grind 666 from the Whombs of the Horned Overlord" one day and "Soft Rock" the next, and I need a guitar that can deliver the sound and make me feel comfortable in both styles... Well my dear lads, Mayones Regius does it all!"

"With this kind of sound and playability it would already be a God's gift, but on top of that the guitar is simply breathtaking. All details are meticulously implemented to achieve a product that is much more then the sum of its components. It's like having a Van Gogh hanging around your neck. And understanding the Mayones' spirit I'm pretty sure one of the guitarbuilders also has a chopped-off ear, just to make the guitars a little bit more exclusive..."

In 2008 it turned out that after several line-up changes and totally different view on their music and style, the band decided to close AXAMENTA chapter and begin the new era... Before their new opus will see the day of light visit www.hecamefromthesun.com and check what they're up to this time...