"Song-Sy-Song"-Special zum Ansur-Album "Axiome"
by Torstein J. Nipe
(Guitars & Effects/ Programming)
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Earth Erasure:
This was the first song made after the first demo was recorded; I think I made a preproduction of it in the summer ’04. It was meant to be swift and relentless, a real kick-in-the-face opener. Lyrically, the song is about an EMP-bomb which blasts the earth back to the stone-age, so this song needed to be brutal. It’s a little thrashy and black metallic with march-like middle parts, and a not too show-off solo.
Post-Apocalyptic Wastelands:
This is basically a Stian-made song, except for a few parts that came to in the studio. The song with most “hit”-potential because of its length (plus it’s more representable for the rest of the album than “Earth Erasure”). Very untraditional riffs, transitions and time signatures all the way through. The lyrics are describing the post-apocalyptic scenario from the view of the attacker. There’s also a video for this one.
Interloper:
This song I pieced together for quite some time, and it’s my album favourite when it comes to song arrangements. This is also the only song that has something resembling to a chorus (although it appears only twice in 9 minutes). The lyrics are about an expedition recovering an ancient crash site in the desert. Cool song to play live.
Desert Messiah:
Most of the parts in this song was made by Stian, and we pieced it together entirely in the studio. This is the most weirdly arranged song on “Axiom”, a lot of parts/riffs which never repeats, tricky transitions (all over the most experimental song). It’s played a lot differently live, the most complex song for sure. The song is mainly about a character that reveals a connection between his species and all religion. Also the only song on the album that wasn’t preproduced.
Sowers of Discord:
I made a preproduction of this one shortly after “Earth Erasure” was made. Very good live song, the most heavy and energetic song on the album. A lot more primitive riffs than the rest of the songs, and a Pink Floyd-ish guitar break towards the end. The lyrics are about these attackers’ attempt to spread propaganda and infiltrate the remaining civilisation.
The Axiom Depicted:
The last one made before the recording started. Longest track (11 minutes), a lot of tempo changes and different parts. The most progressive and melodic song on the album, though it has some of the trickiest time signatures and guitar riffs. The climbing tempo part after the first verses is very sick and intense, cool to play live. There was another solo part in the song at first, but we changed it to a chilled out acoustic part with a solo duel. There’s two places in “The Axiom Depicted” that repeats parts from other songs actually, a clean guitar riff which is originally from “Interloper”, and the song ends in the same rhythm that “Earth Erasure” starts.
The lyrics are a dialogue between the alien propaganda-spreader and the “desert messiah” which reveals the truth that is referred to as the axiom.
