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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Blistering Black / Death / Thrash Metal / Punk from Houston.
X, Y, Z is a progressive death/thrash metal project from Rosice, Czech Republic, formed in the late 1990s from the ashes of defunct band Monastery. Masterminded by multi-instrumentalist Igor Mores, who has played in bands like Hypnos and Forgotten Silence, the project blends drone, jazz, and extreme metal into experimental compositions across releases like "UnCommon Space" and "The Right Way of..."
Relentless Thrash Metal (early); Speed / Heavy Metal (later) from San Antonio.
XAge is a thrash metal and hardcore band from the Vysocina Region of the Czech Republic, active since 2017. They fuse the aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk intensity, delivering fast and furious crossover that hits with relentless energy.
Xelas is a melodic death/thrash metal band from London, England, formed in 2011. They combine the melodic sensibilities of Scandinavian death metal with thrash metal ferocity, delivering technically proficient yet accessible extreme metal from one of Europe's largest music capitals.
Xenith is a melodic death/thrash metal band from the United Kingdom, formed in 2011. They combine melodic death metal hooks with thrash metal intensity, creating aggressive yet accessible compositions that bridge the gap between extreme metal subgenres.
Xenocide is a death/thrash metal and grindcore band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2011. They deliver a relentless fusion of death metal brutality, thrash metal velocity, and grindcore chaos, representing the extreme end of Ireland's metal underground.
Xenotrone is a technical thrash metal band from Dnipro, Ukraine, founded by Kostyantyn Roskosenko. Known for blending genres ranging from jazz to death metal, their releases including "Into the Void" and "Tower of Madness" feature a collaboration with Kelly Shaefer, bringing fresh and innovative compositions to Ukraine's emerging metal scene.
Xiom is a progressive death/thrash metal band from Chemnitz, Germany, formed in 2021. They weave together progressive structures, death metal heaviness, and thrash metal aggression into technically complex compositions that push beyond conventional genre boundaries.
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