Axel F
Crazy Frog

Who am I? Mind your own business! It's written among other things. What I am about to review is an absolute masterpiece, a forerunner of black and viking metal as much as Burzum and Bathory, of Jazz as much as JOHN COLTRANE, of reggae like Bob Marley. In fact, I find that the aforementioned CD has inspired and significantly influenced a large part of the scene including classical music (it seems that Beethoven was inspired by one of the tracks here to compose the famous ninth symphony): you heard correctly, I am talking about Crazy Frog by Axel F (f as in fashion). The cover might mislead you, it might seem like an easy, light album, but it's only by listening and re-listening to it that you will be able to appreciate its true essence; in fact, this is a very difficult CD to assimilate, but I'm sure that each of you, from metalheads to yoyo kids, will find something familiar, something that has been offered to you for years by your idols who, despite their best efforts, cannot reach the talent and class in the composition of this Axel F. And even if they succeeded, their tracks would never have an intensity even remotely comparable to that of Crazy Frog's tracks.

Listen to believe, "Radio Edit," the opener: inhuman and desperate screams that Burzum has always tried to imitate introduce us to a frantic track with an atmosphere that is somehow Iberian (flamenco is, in fact, an incorrect interpretation of F which instead stands for fashion). Then we move on to "Bounce Mix," fast, violent, and brutal where Axel performs in sick and grotesque growls in a song that is nothing but a reflection on the decay of modern society. One can grasp an infinite decadence, a gotterdammerung of the bourgeoisie and imperialism; the main exponents of Death and also, but not only, of communism, and especially Luchino Visconti, were inspired by this track to create their works. "Bounce Mix Instrumental" is an entirely instrumental track where the delicate sound of keyboards caresses the listener's ear, who for a moment is almost carried away by a melancholic saxophone whose sad sound wraps the listener like soft fog, deprived of the surrounding world, allowing them to scrutinize their soul and understand how lonely man is within the universe. Coltrane tried, without succeeding, to evoke similar emotions in the audience by heavily drawing inspiration from this wonderful ballad. Introduced by choruses followed by heavy guitar riffs, with its mephitic rapped growl, "Reservoir Frogs Remix" is a long suite of thirty-eight minutes (the Manowar tried but managed only twenty-eight minutes, but at least they weren't as boring as Dream Theater who, no offense, play music that imitates imitations of this unsurpassable masterpiece) where Viking mixes with Rap and the cheerfulness of Reggae merges with the infinite sadness of Gothic. A track absolutely indescribable, as indescribable is this work of art that Michelangelo himself used as background music while concentrating on capturing the divine perfection of Our Lord God (known to friends as SDN) while depicting Him on the walls of the Sistine Chapel, today the residence of the most eminent Reichsführer of the Vatican Joseph Ratzinger.

Never predictable, never surpassed, always fashion.