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Zebu is a southern metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2015. They deliver heavy, groove-laden metal infused with southern rock attitude, carving out a distinctive niche in the Greek heavy music scene.
Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander is a crossover/thrash metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2016. Named after the character from Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth fantasy series, they deliver fast, riff-driven crossover thrash.
Zeit der Dunkelheit is an atmospheric black metal band from London, formed in 2024, that combines black metal with medieval folk instrumentation including bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, and recorders. Their releases "Die Letzten Tage" and "Das Ende Der Zeit" feature German-language lyrics exploring dark medieval themes.
Zeit Geist is a grindcore band from Turin, Italy, formed in 2021. They deliver rapid-fire blasts of grinding intensity from the heart of northern Italy's extreme music scene.
Formed in Seattle, Washington in 1992, Zeke built their reputation on an unrelenting fusion of hardcore punk speed, Motörhead-rooted rock and roll, and the hot rod and motorcycle culture of the American Pacific Northwest. After early releases on Scooch Pooch Records, they signed with Epitaph and released Kicked in the Teeth (1997), and later moved to Relapse Records for 'Til the Livin' End (2004) and the long-awaited Hellbender (2017), their first studio album in thirteen years. Often cited as godfathers of speed rock, they remain a benchmark for the collision of punk velocity and hard rock directness.
Zel Agganor is a one-man symphonic black metal project from York, England, established in 2016. The debut EP "Rise of the Black Star" (2017) features narrated vocals alongside growls telling a fantasy narrative about a religious cult, drawing frequent comparisons to Bal-Sagoth.
Zelerath is a raw black metal band from Scotland, formed in 2017. They craft lo-fi, unrelenting black metal that channels the bleakness of the Scottish landscape through harsh, stripped-down compositions.
Zematary is a heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2019. They deliver straight-ahead traditional heavy metal from one of the genre's most important cities.
Zemial is a legendary one-man black metal project from Athens, Greece, helmed by multi-instrumentalist Vorskaath since the early 1990s. Their extensive catalog, from "In Monumentum" (2006) through "The Repairer of Reputations" (2025), spans raw black-thrash, epic heavy metal, progressive rock, and avant-garde art music.
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