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Zazozora is a doom metal band from Ockelbo, Sweden, formed in 2020. They craft slow, heavy doom metal from the forested heart of northern Sweden.
Zbor is a doom metal band from Ivanić-Grad, Croatia, formed in 2016. They deliver crushing, slow-paced doom metal rooted in the heavy, oppressive tradition of the genre.
Zdechły Anioł, whose name means "Dead Angel" in Polish, is a black/death metal band from Silesia, Poland, formed in 2025. They deliver savage blackened death metal from one of Poland's most prolific metal-producing regions.
Zdrada Iskariota is a black metal band from Kraków, Poland, formed in 2023. Their name, meaning "Judas' Betrayal" in Polish, sets the tone for their dark, treacherous black metal sound.
Zealot is a melodic death metal band from Riihimäki, Finland, formed in 2010. They channel the Finnish tradition of melodic extreme metal, balancing ferocity and melody in a style pioneered by the country's legendary death metal scene.
Zealot Cult is a death metal band from Limerick, Ireland, formed in 2010. Their releases include the self-titled album, "Karmenian Crypt," and "Spiritual Sickness," establishing them as a formidable presence in the Irish extreme metal underground.
Zebadiah Crowe is an experimental black metal band from Hertfordshire, England, formed in 2013 and self-described as "a demented construct of filth and slithering oscillatory's." Their releases, including "Omak k'aah" (2013), "ZOOL" (2019), and "LychMilk" (2021), blend black metal with industrial and grindcore elements.
Zebrahead formed in Orange County in 1996 and built a long-running career by fusing pop punk, rap rock, ska-punk energy, and alternative-metal bite. The band's early records, including Waste of Mind and Playmate of the Year, captured a late-1990s moment when punk hooks and hip-hop cadence were colliding across rock radio. MFZB became a defining album, with "Rescue Me," "Into You," and "Falling Apart" sharpening the mix of Ali Tabatabaee's rapped vocals, melodic singing, fast guitar parts, and huge choruses. Broadcast to the World, Phoenix, Get Nice!, Call Your Friends, Brain Invaders, and later EPs kept the band especially active internationally, where their high-energy live approach found a durable audience. Zebrahead fit punk and metal-adjacent scope because their sound regularly crosses pop punk, rapcore, and hard alternative rock. Their best songs are built for motion: quick drums, bright hooks, shouted tradeoffs, and enough guitar crunch to avoid feeling lightweight. Zebrahead's identity is deliberately restless, turning genre collision into a reliable engine rather than a passing gimmick.
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.
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