Darxon

Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia Heavy Metal band manifested during 1983. The group signed with Wishbone Records for the 1984 debut album 'Killed In action', recorded as a quartet comprising vocalist Massimo DeMatteis, guitarist Markus Szart, bassist Peter Schmidt and drummer Dominik Hulshorst. These sessions were produced by Ferdinand Kother at the Tonstudio Cooperative GmbH in Bochum. A four track EP, 'Tokyo', followed up in 1985 with a 7" vinyl single, 'Holding On', arriving in 1986.

For the 1987 'No Thrills' album, on new label Rockport Records, DARXON underwent a major line-up change. New members were guitarist Wolfgang Böhm and Michael Habestadt, bassist Thomas Smeczynski and drummer Ingo Pluss. Supporting this opus, DARXON supported ZED YAGO on German dates in 1988. That year the band featured a completely new cast of musicians backing Böhm with singer Klaus Lemm, guitarist Jens Frank, former HOLY MOSES and HEALER bassist Jochen Fünders and ex-HOLY MOSES and HEALER drummer Herbert Dreger. This version of the band collapsed in 1989, after which Jochen Fünders joined VENICE.