Coming Home

Coming Home is a 2024 work on which Axxis sounds the brightness of the melodic hard rock it has cultivated over long years, with a relaxed, mature expression. Widely, openly opening choruses, soaring, powerful singing and the guitar’s sure drive are fully in vigor, and a positive, warm heat that powerfully pushes the listener forward firmly fills the whole. A record showing that, even as veterans, its creative drive has not dimmed in the least. The “homecoming” its title suggests by no means means merely returning to the past. While reaffirming the band’s own sure songcraft, by carefully building the songs purely with the current, mature feel, it splendidly unites familiar accessibility and a sure freshness. A sure ease cultivated over a long career can be felt throughout. A truly Axxis-like record whose warm, bright, positive-energy-filled style powerfully lifts the listener’s mood. Rather than merely chasing flashy technique, it lets you listen carefully with the beauty of rich melody and its openness. An engaging, open record that again powerfully showed the mature appeal of the veteran Axxis — a record showing the band’s vigor.