- The A.X.E. Project
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Name = The A.X.E. Project
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Origin = flagicon|BulgariaMontana ,Bulgaria flagicon|BulgariaSofia ,Bulgaria
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Genre =Gothic metal Symphonic metal
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Years_active = 2001 – present
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Associated_acts =Ciroza Demenzia
URL = [http://theaxeproject.com theaxeproject.com]
Current_members =Stella Tsokeva Georgy Georgiev Rosen Georgiev Kiril Kertev Marin Ivanov Petar Svetlinov
Past_members =Bilyana Cenova Rosen Mehanov Plamena Chelavrova Botyo Pavlov
Notable_instruments =The A.X.E. Project is a
gothic metal band with strongsymphonic metal elements fromBulgaria . [http://gmn-bg.com/?lang=BG&GMNaction=mp3&bgalb=notview Garo's Metal Newsletter] [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=101815 Encyclopedia Metallium] The band has also been labeled assympho gothic metal in many places and by the musicians themselves. [ http://www.live.dsip.net/index.php?showtopic=7936 Red Alert Open Air Festival Discussion]Members
Current
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Stella Tsokeva - vocals
*Georgy Georgiev - vocals, bass
*Rosen Georgiev - guitar
*Kiril Kertev - lead guitar
*Marin Ivanov - keyboards
*Petar Svetlinov - drumsFormer
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Bilyana Cenova - vocals
* Rosen "Jimmy" Mehanov - lead guitar
*Plamena Chelavrova - vocals
*Botyo Pavlov - drums [ [http://axe.digispherium.com/main.php?lang=en&dest=band#Current%20line-up the A.X.E. project Official Site ] ]Band History
Early Years
The band has a long musical history with the projects leading to its creation starting as early as 1991 by the two brothers
Georgy Georgiev andRosen Georgiev . The initial project was calledA.X.E. and was started in Montana,Bulgaria . It underwent a lot of lune-up using session members from a lot of the othermetal and rock bands in the city. [ http://axe.digispherium.com/main.php?lang=en&dest=band#Band%20History Official Band History ]2001-2004
In 2001 the band changed their name from A.X.E. to The A.X.E. Project and recorded their debut album
Stories From A Twilight Realm Pt.I , which was released by the band themselves and marketed trough their website. TheCD features 9 original songs and its radio singleMountain Queen , featuring both male and female vocal performances, received serious radio play in the radio stations from the area, which helped the band establish themselves. [http://axe.digispherium.com/main.php?lang=en&dest=disc Official Discography] The release was supported by a few gigs in the band's hometown. Additionally it received a 7/10 review fromPro-Rock Magazine . [ http://pro-rock.net/reviews Pro-Rock's Official Web Site - Review Section]2005-present
At that point the band was still experiencing a lot of line-up changes so they started looking for a solid line-up that could carry out the recording of their new works. In the beginning of 2006 the band was ready with their next work - the demo
EP Angles Without Wings , which is still not released to the public in order to aid the band in getting a record deal. What followed was getting the band on stage and their first appearance on stage since 2003 came in January 2007 when the band opened up forEvergrey andStonegard in their shows inSofia andPlovdiv . [ [http://www.4livepromotions.com/ 4live promotions Homepage ] ] More live shows and media appearances followed with the band visiting cities likeMontana andVarna [ [http://scenata.com/band/684 Сцената » Изпълнител » The A.X.E. Project ] ] and playing two international open air festivals -BerkRock ,Bulgaria [http://berkrock.dir.bg/ Official BerkRock Page] andRed Alert Open Air ,Ukraine . [http://www.mhm-fest.com/ Official MHM Festival Page] At theirBerkRock appearance the band was direct support forBrazen Abbot . [ http://www.snimka.bg/album.php?album_id=189074 Berkstock Independent Show Review] Until the end of 2007 the band played more club shows mainly inSofia . [ [http://forum.muzikant.org/index.php?showtopic=29651 The A.x.e. Project в "muzikant.org Night 3" - Българският форум за музиканти ] ] [ [http://scenata.com/location/51/p Сцената » България » София » клуб Маската ] ] In January 2008, the female singer of the band, Bilyana Cenova had to quit the band for personal reasons, which left the band searching for a replacement. [http://www.katehizis.com/direct.php?nid=6238 Metal Katehizis News Portal]References
External links
* [http://theaxeproject.com/ Official Web Page]
* [http://myspace.com/theaxeprojectband Official MySpace Page]
* [http://myspace.com/4livepromotions Band Management]
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