Heaven the Axe---Sex Chugs and Rock and Roll

Heaven The Axe from Australia. Featuring the female vocal stylings of a past Metal Maiden of the Month Phoebe Pinnock and a hard rocking metal band around her. Hard charging party metal would be a good explanation for starters. This is the debut cd of this Aussie band. The cd starts off with my favourite ENEMY with its heavy riffs and Phoebe's disitinctive melodic yet heavy clean vocals. Two of the other more heavier tunes would be GET YOUR DEVIL TO DO IT and SO NIRVANA which starts with a sound bite of what sounds like my grandma driving down to the local store for her pack of smokes. (..no my grandma never smoked but it still sounds like that) With the tracks MASOCHIST and GLUE we have a more melodic style with the more sing along chorus. The cd ends (sorta) with a power rocking ballad UNCONDITIONAL LOVE which is Phoebe's song which she wrote about her Mom when Phoebe was in a troubled time in her life. (read more in her Metal Maiden interview) Then there is a hidden track at number 8 but you need to be patient for the song to start and its a short little piece featuring Phoeble on guitar and cello. Overall its a good rocking debut and makes one excited about what could be in the future for the band.