Axxis - Back To The Kingdom (2000)

Axxis' sixth studio album, and their first in three years, is not one of their better efforts, being a collection of rather bland, almost AOR-styled hard rock. In the middle is where it works best, with the highlight, "White Lights", and the self-defending "Why Not ?!", while the concluding track is a cover of Steam's rousing "Na, Na, Hey, Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye", which I've also heard sung by Bananarama and accapella group The Nylons (I know these two, especially the latter, better than I do the original), and Axxis do it justice.
But Back To The Kingdom is just not a terribly inspiring listen overall, and Bernhard Weiß's nasally vocals still grate on me.

**1/2