CITY OF CAESARS, 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 Sven, the rythm guitarist, is Regius 7 with eye- catching Flamed Maple top in transparent graphite finish. The axe is equipped with one DiMarzio D-Sonic pickup. To expand tonal possibilities, we also installed Graph Tech piezo saddles with Mayo piezo preamp. In addition to the perfect looks Ebony fretboard was decorated with disquieting Mantis inlay.

"Playing Mayones, is much like making love to a beautiful woman... you turn the right knobs, put your jack in the input, beat it about and make it roar and scream until the neighbours come knocking!" describes his impresions Sven - "You won't forget playing a Mayones easily. To me, it really is the perfect match. It looks and feels firm, yet very accessible in any possible way. They're joyfully lightweight, and have an excellent balance. The neck is a dream; very lean and elegant and with the curves on that body, you can go anywhere. Plus, she's a looker as well."

"The details are beautiful, as well as the wood that's on top of the body, just to name 2 things that immediately stand out very clearly. Everything's keenly manufactured, paying much attention to the details you have always dreamt of . On top of that, they sound simply amazing! Juicy, yet crystal clear, and very tight in the lower regions. So, honestly, there is not a single turnoff I could think of :-)"

Axamenta is preparing to record the follow-up of "EVER-ARCH-I-TECH-TURE" so get yourselves ready for there will be no mercy...

Before we can see and hear the results, check out the other musician's profiles in our May-players Gallery and visit Axamenta websites for more pictures and information about the band:

Official Axamenta website: www.axamenta.com
Official Axamenta MySpace profile: www.myspace.com/axamenta