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Producer Brian Wayy is the mastermind behind Xcultures, an ethnic fusion project designed to meld a variety of world music samples with ethereal ambient synths and contemporary electronic beats

Venezuelan heavy metal band Xendra started playing under the name of “Iron Clad,” “Shadows in the Night” and “Lemuria” before using its mystical name

Founded in 1994 by guitarist Coert Zwart, bassist Dennis Van Driel, and drummer Ciro Palma, Dutch death metal band Xenomorph had themselves a nice run within underground tape-trading circles thanks to a couple of popular demos, 1994’s Carnificated Dreams and 1995’s Passion Dance, so much so that both were eventually compiled for CD release by the Teutonic Existence label in 1996

Although they surely qualify as one of England’s most successful thrash metal bands, Lancashire’s hapless Xentrix ultimately came to epitomize all of Great Britain’s relatively insignificant contributions to speed metal — as compared to the genre’s utterly dominating American bands

One of many groups lumped (perhaps unfairly) into the New Wave of British Heavy Metal phenomenon, London, England’s Xero were formed in 1979 by singer Moon Williams (already a solo artist with some experience on the local pub scene), guitarist Bill Liesegang, bassist Boon Gould, and drummer Barry Fitzgerald

Xhol Caravan Biography, Photos, Pictures

The short-lived Xhol Caravan was one of the earliest underground Krautrock groups, and their unique fusion of jazz and rock was a precursor to the direction that Embryo, Out of Focus, Missus Beastly, Thirst Moon, Ikarus, Kraan, Vita Nova, Manju and countless other German groups would take in the 1970s

The Portland, OR-based band X-Angels play a mature, solid brand of roots rock bolstered by accomplished, veteran musicianship During the ’90s, the group became known as a formidable bar band on the Portland scene

Xinlisupreme Biography, Photos, Pictures

With blizzards of guitar noise, urgent beats, and looped electronics, Oita, Japan’s Xinlisupreme (pronounced zinly supreme) recast My Bloody Valentine, Suicide, and Aphex Twin in a strange genre-assaulting sound that is at times gentle, at times violent, but always unique

One of the select few to have music featured in a Volkswagen commercial, Xiren — a name derived from Greek mythology and Celtic lore — is both the name of the pop/rock band and its frontman

Taking their name from the 1998 Chinese film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl, post-punk throwbacks Xiu Xiu were formed in San Jose, CA, by Cory McCullough, Yvonne Chen (publisher of the indie zine Zum), Lauren Andrews, and Jamie Stewart