With a hat tip to the Stuck In The Past hardcore blog, the music of Daytona Beach, Florida hardcore band AXIS has gaining some new attention. With a decidedly mid-to-late 90s sound and noted influences from bands like BURIED ALIVE, TURMOIL, and INDECISION, among others, the group’s new four song EP Rites of Passage is a handful of mosh, guitar crunch and vocal howl. The EP is only around 12 minutes, but it definitely packs a punch.