Abraxas

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) One of the most expressive prog bands of the Polish scene, ABRAXAS is active since 1985. Their main influences are Marillion and Van der Graaf Generator (VDGG), and sometimes with a gothic rock influence. The keyboard work and vocals (mainly in Polish) are the band's trademarks. One of their CDs has an English vocals version. After their first album was released in 1996, "Centurie" was recorded two years later, as well as under the name "Prophecies" with lyrics in English.

1) One of the most expressive prog bands of the Polish scene, ABRAXAS is active since 1985. Their main influences are Marillion and Van der Graaf Generator (VDGG), and sometimes with a gothic rock influence. The keyboard work and vocals (mainly in Polish) are the band's trademarks. One of their CDs has an English vocals version. After their first album was released in 1996, "Centurie" was recorded two years later, as well as under the name "Prophecies" with lyrics in English.

The band was established the 29 Oct. in 1987. Lassa & Lukasz Swiech lead the band at that time. ABRAXAS came from a story by H. Hessenamed "Demian" in which a specific dualism appeared between the good and the evil that pervade each other, this is called ABRAXAS and is turned out to be the major caracteristic of the band. With gusto atmospheres, unusual beats, controversial songwriting, impressive arrangements and with dominated harmony, here is the major features of the ABRAXAS music.

At the end of the 80's, the polish scene was marked by the Punk Rock waves. Although ABRAXAS received prestigious awards, their music wasn't been treated seriously. At that time, they gave important concerts supporting bands like ZIYO and RESERWAT and they also had hope in the recording of their music because their fans and popularity had grow. But the band deep crisis made them split and they wouldn't perform for a period of two years.

In 1991, somebody who cherished and enjoyed their music made the band restart with Adam and Lukasz. They were helped by Krysztof Pacholski(keyboards), Mikolaj Matyska (drums), Rafal Ratajczak (bass) and Radek Kaminski (guitar). They gave two majestic concerts in Bydgoszcz at the break of March and April 1992, in the Hall of Youth Palace and the Beanus Club. Gathered was an amazing number of people who saw this mysterious band. They also performed at the Festival in Wegorzewo and a live concert for the PIK Radio before splitting for the second time. This successful period ended up with a witty live concert and radio apparances even after they had split and with Radek's injuries in a car accident. Sometimes misfortune can turn in a better way...

Then the band went to Gniezno where they met the musicians of AYLOE which shared the same passion for music. This move turned out to be the third revival of the band. They are now with a completely new line-up than the one in '95 and '96. Their most important period, they started to work on their first album and performed their first show in a progressive festival in Warsaw and were acclaimed as a stars.

In 1996 ABRAXAS' first album saw the light on the Ars Mundi label and was warmly reviewed. We have to admit that the band performed lots of concerts along with many stars such as Fish, Arena, Colin Bass, Porcupine Tree, Robert Plant and JYMMY PAGE in the Spodek Arena, Katowice. In 1998 their released their second album, searching for a new sound owing to the sigificative contribution of Szymon Brzezinski, which became the best album of the year for the listeners of the Polish Radio 3 music station. At the same time, Szymon and Marcin started to collaborate with Colin Bass (CAMEL) who decided to produced their solo album, which resulted in a European tour. In 1999, the third ABRAXAS album "99" saw the light. They have now 5 albums,
"Century" and "Prophecies" is the same album, the later being the English version, and a live album in 2000 recorded during a Polish Radio concert on January 3/29, 2000.
See also Swiech, Lukasz solo album.


2) AbraXas is a five-piece, metalcore / melo / groove / thrash - metal band from Pune, India formed in November 2008. It rose from the ashes of 'Rigor Mortis', which was formed in November 2007 and from which AbraXas derived its 3 founding members.

AbraXas, the term, is derived from the Egyptian words 'abrak' and 'sax', meaning ?the honorable and hallowed word,? or ?the word is adorable?. It is a reference to both God and Satan as a single, unified deity in the Gnostic faith. Apparently, it is also the name of Santana's second album released in 1970 and is the name of the symbolic godhead in the novel 'Demian' by Hermann Hesse.

Sonically, AbraXas is mesh of genres molten together to create a sound that is damagingly aggressive, intense, caressing and original at the same time.

The foundation for the formation of AbraXas was laid by Kenneth Mascarenhas in February 2007 when he witnessed Saurav Chopra and Karan Pote's performance in the Campus Rock Idols qualifiers and got them to jam with him working towards a nu-metal/metalcore sound in Rigor Mortis. Abhimanyu Singh Negi joined the band in November 2007 as lead guitarist after seeing an ad for a guitarist who could play Lamb of God. Rigor Mortis carried on as a four-piece for the next 9 months playing gigs and competitions in Pune and ended up with numerous achievements as a result of their electrifying live performances and compositions.

Vinay Joseph from UAE joined in August 2008 and thus completed the lineup, making it a twin-lead 5 piece metal outfit. Four months from then, the final (and present) lineup came to form when Saurav Chopra left the band and was, in a spate of true luck, replaced by the prodigal Naman Sachdev, 18 years old at the time, resulting in a set of members that exists as AbraXas today - the one that went on win the National Finals of Campus Rock Idols 2009, opening for heavy metal giants IRON MAIDEN, merely 2 months after their formation.

http://www.reverbnation.com/abraxasindia

3) ABRAXAS (death metal) formed in May 2009 and was created by mastermind Makoto Mizoguchi (Pyrexia, Ex-Internal Suffering and Ex-Hate Eternal). Intent on playing brutal and crushing old school Death Metal, Makoto recruited Mike Hrubovcak on Vocals (Monstrosity, Vile, etc) and Lance Wright on drums (Vile, Quinta Essentia, etc).

In June/July 2009 a 4 song promo CD was recorded, which will soon be released as an official EP on Relapse Records entitled "Wretched Existence".

A full length album is currently in the works, which promises to be even more crushing! Be prepared for the new upcoming onslaught from ABRAXAS!

http://www.myspace.com/officialabraxas

4) Abraxas is a Turkish heavy metal band.

5) Abraxas is a Czech rock band.
Abraxas is a Czech rock band founded from a small Prague band Abraam in February 1976. The band leader is guitarist and writer Slávek Janda (brother of Petr Janda from band Olympic).This band recorded famous album Box in 1980 which was one of the best czech rock album in 80?s.Group played progressive rock mostly in clubs,?cause they was taken as a undergroud band against communist regime.

6) Abraxas is an American black metal band.

7) Abraxas is a British thrash metal band.

8) Abraxas was a Mexican heavy metal band.

9) Abraxas is an American indie rock band from Red Hill, PA.

10) Abraxas was a Spanish punk rock band.

11) AbRAXAS was the dark ritual pre-Endura project of Stephen Pennick & Christopher Walton.

12) Abraxas is a French rap band with a recording titled "B?te curieuse".

13) Abraxas is a Carlos Santana tribute band based in Reno, NV/Salt Lake City, UT

14) Abraxas was a German power metal band.