Axe Murder Boyz are an American hip hop duo from Denver, Colorado, United States, best known as representatives of the horrorcore and gangsta rap subgenres.
Their rap personae is loosely based on characters in the 2000 Bill Paxton horror movie Frailty, a film about two young brothers forced to become "demon Slayers" and participate in the brutal killings of evil creatures from hell living here on earth who look like normal people.
In 2008, the duo released their twelfth album titled Gods Hand through Canonize and Psychopathic subsidiary Hatchet House.
[4] In 2010, Bonez Dubb and Otis appeared in the Psychopathic film Big Money Rustlas and released their thirteenth album, an EP titled Body In A Hole before leaving Hatchet House in early 2011.
After Body In A Hole EP was released, AMB left Hatchet House in early 2011 due to Young Wicked having personal problems.
In the February 28, 2014, edition of the Hatchet Herald it was announced AMB's fifteenth album The Garcia Brothers would be released on March 25, 2014, and would include guest features from Insane Clown Posse, Anybody Killa and Big Hoodoo.
Otis was featured on Psychopathic's new supergroup The Killjoy Club's (Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, DJ Paul, Crunchy Black & Koopsta Knicca) debut album Reindeer Games on nearly every track, unofficially making him a member of the group.
In the booklet for The Marvelous Missing Link: Lost it was announced that Otis's debut solo album on the label would be released nationwide on September 1, 2015.
In mid/late March he released his third single titled "Mobb Murda" featuring Canonize Productions artist Saint Decay.
On March 31, 2016, the fourth and final single was released titled "You Ain't Real" featuring Young Lyte and Str8 Jacket.
During the AMB seminar at the 2016 Gathering of the Juggalos it was announced that Young Wicked and Bonez Dubb would be releasing solo albums.
On September 24, 2016, Young Wicked announced that he will be headlining his own Halloween Show in Denver, Colorado on October 31, 2016, and would feature J-Dirty.
The tour is to support Young Wicked's debut solo album Slaughter which was released on September 4, 2015, via solely on Psychopathic Records.
On December 31, 2016, it was announced that Young Wicked has signed to Majik Ninja Entertainment and has 2 new shirts available on Twiztid-Shop, as well as a brand new CD available titled, Vengeance EP, cementing the speculation that he had been let go and had left Psychopathic Records.
On January 4, 2017, via Majik Ninja Entertainment Facebook account it was announced that none of the artists on the label would take part in the March, but would be at the 2017 Juggalo Day Show: Tales From The Lotus Pod.
The show will feature sets from Twiztid, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Boondox, G-Mo Skee, The R.O.C., Lex "The Hex" Master, Gorilla Voltage and Axe Murder Boyz.
With Young Wicked jumping ship and leaving Psychopathic Records to join Majik Ninja Entertainment, it was expected that the album would be released in 2017.