Another direction change, but this one is radical. Matters Of Survival
is a concept album on the drug subject. The first song Ecstasy
(We Fly Till We Die...) is setting up the tone of this album. Not such
a bad one actually, but the problem is that's no longer Axxis music
(too groovy), the more time passes the more they're getting underground
but normally it's the opposite that happens... That album is probably
the bands fatal mistake. From there Axxis was not anticipated like before
as a good German melodic heavy metal... So good songs like Ecstasy
or C'est La Vie which I consider one of Axxis best songs are
in this album, and the song writing is very original, some new stuff
nicely realized. In the end the message behind the lyrics is good and
noble, but somehow Axxis are on the verge of a fall...