AVAILABLE ON VINYL! Attaxe were founded in 1985 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, by singer Juan Ricardo. They released several demos in the late 80s that made it to the top of many college radio playlists, including ‘Out of The Storm’ in 1986 and ‘Metal Messiah’ in 1987. In 1988 a side project demo called ‘Zyclone’ was released featuring guitarist Gregg Perry and in 1989 Attaxe released ‘Are You Ready?’ which got a lot of radio airplay. In 1990 Attaxe appeared with ‘Pedal To The Metal’ on the compilation ‘Heavy Artillery’, which is still popular today. Attaxe disbanded in 1990 when singer Juan Ricardo joined Torment, a band that famously changed its name to Ritual. In 1993 they recorded the album ‘Trials Of Torment’ for Massacre Records, which also established Juan Ricardo as the perfect US metal singer in Europe. After years of being asked for demo recordings, Juan released a compilation that included the demos entitled ‘Attaxe - 20 Years the Hard Way’ in 2006. Attaxe officially reformed in 2019 and signed with Pure Steel Records, reissuing ‘20 Years the Hard Way’ in 2020. Their first album Attaxe - Braving The Tempest will be released on 30 August 2024 on Golden Core/ZYX. Juan Ricardo is one of the few truly typical US metal singers. He is currently still active at Wretch and was previously with Blind Cross, Sunless Sky, Arena, Chemikill and Stryker, among others. ATTAXE already have some confirmed gigs in Europe! Juan Ricardo - vocals, Chris Westfall - guitar, Ray Hitchcock - bass, Drew Sodee - drums
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