Career
Axel began playing at around 11 years of age with piano lessons, and went on to eventually acquire a Bachelor of Arts in musical sciences. In his early career he played in many small-time bands and cover bands, before he was invited to play keyboards on tour with. His career began to gather momentum when he was brought into the power metal supergroup, shortly after the recordings for their debut album were completed.
In 2005 Axel also joined, the side project of his bandmate Uli Kusch, and he performed as a guest musician on "s 2007 album United Abominations.
On 2010 album Time to Be King, Axel had a major contribution being one of the main three songwriters along with guitarist Roland Grapow and singer Jørn Lande.