botton_black_p.JPG (2565 byte) WE ARE A BAND OF THE FIRST WAY OF 1980'S ITALIAN METAL...AND WE PLAYING LOUD AGAIN..!

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botton_black_p.JPG (2565 byte)NEWS
botton_black_p.JPG (2565 byte)BIOGRAPHY
botton_black_p.JPG (2565 byte)DISCOGRAPHY
botton_black_p.JPG (2565 byte)LYRICS
botton_black_p.JPG (2565 byte)PHOTO GALLERY
botton_black_p.JPG (2565 byte)LINKS
botton_black_p.JPG (2565 byte)FAN CLUB
botton_black_p.JPG (2565 byte)GADGETS
botton_black_p.JPG (2565 byte)GUESTBOOK
botton_black_p.JPG (2565 byte)CONTACT
X-HERO ON E-BAY
X-HERO TOUR

THE GREAT ENCYCLOPEDIA ORDER CLICK HERE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEWS

 

(NEWS May 2006) After a great concerts in Italy and in Slovenja (ex Yugoslavja) with Dark Ages,Heat and Bud Tribe...you can see the foto gallery...here in Slovenja  ,and here in Bologna...

X-HERO "SUPER ROCK"Tour 2006:

Saturday Evening !! - 27 MAY "T.N.T." Belvedere di  Tezze sul Brenta (Vicenza) + more

Event management: Ass.Artisti No Limits http://artistinolimits.nlz.it
 

> Friday 02 June "80's Italian Metal Legion Attack" AXE HERO + GUNFIRE + SWORDS + XIPE + More,Grancona(Vi)

> Saturday 03 June "Castle bikers meeting" Grancona (Vicenza) + MRPIG + WILDESTIER
> Saturday 24 June "Biker Fest" in Maribor (SLOVENIA)

Event management: Ass.Artisti No Limits http://artistinolimits.nlz.it


* DEMOING OF NEW STUFF

Starting july we plan to enter in the studio for recording our new CD featuring tracks written lately. We like to define our sound as "Super Rock" owing to the facts we play a strong mixing of Hard Rock and Fusion with heavy hints of funk. In a short word, force, energy and technical skills cooperate to create an unique sound!. The recording-sessions will take place at Vision Studios.
 

(NEWS January 2006) The band announce problems for the reissue of debut Cd ...stay tune ! ...the original Cd "X-Hero"sold in E-Bay to 109 euros click here ...

-Another great live gigs of X-Hero with other cult metal bands like Swords and Xipe in Venice and Brendola (Vicenza) all sold out! you can see the photo gallery HERE  

(NEWS October 2005) great success for our heroes in the second edition of "80s Italian metal legion festival" see PHOTO PREVIEW

(June 2005)

 OUT NOW ! X-HERO reissue (SteelHeart Memories Records),GREAT remastered, FANTASTIC artwork (full colour 16 pages booklet with band's photos).A melodic yet powerful and varied sound that any Melodic Metal fan will have to love! ,Including two bonus tracks!!!

Order NOW ! click here

 

(June,2005) live gig confirmed in a "bikers fest" 02 July in Gazzuolo (Mantova) Italy with other cult metal heroes Dark Ages.

(May,2005)The special rewiew of the "X Hero" band in a great  Encyclopaedia Metallum site ...click here

and in a japanese fan site 80s Kusare Metal ...click here

January.2005) The album "X-Hero" on vinyl and on Cd are a collector s items which brings its a seller about 200 Us dollars and now we will  re-issuing on Cd in 2005.Mirko DeFox announce it will be digitally remastered with a bonus tracks and new artwork (16 color pages booklet)..other news very soon !

(November 04) very great other reviews and live report ,pubblished in a magazines and web-zines ...click here

(august 23 .2004) it's on line the new july 22's photo gallery in Domegliara(Vr) with X-HERO and friends (The Black,Spitfire...)  you see here

(july 29.2004)Great success for the X-HERO live show in the 80'S ITALIAN METAL LEGION ATTACK FESTIVAL ,important back to the glory days in open air  "Valpolicella metal fest"  all photos in the gallery you see here

X HERO IN THE 80 ITALIAN METAL LEGION FESTIVAL 2004

(july 30.2004) it's on line the official site of the  "80'S ITALIAN METAL LEGION ATTACK FESTIVAL" all bands,news,photo gallery ,mp3...italianmetal.nlz.it

(june 2004) The new bass player of the X HERO  is Villy Gardellin ,good vicenza's musician , great live experience with other local bands  ,he will play in  Domegliara at july 22 in the open air " 80's Italian Metal Legion Attack" 

(Giugno 2004) the official bill of the " 80's Italian Metal Legion Attack" festival in Domegliara (Verona) with the leggendary bands of  80's italian way of metal ,do you remember ? Dark Quarterer,Spitfire,Gunfire,Exile,Crying Steel,Dark Ages and guests...!!!

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(May 2004)  The special rewiew of the "X Hero" album in many collectors site in the German  metalpage and in the enciclopedic site

 Rockdetector ...ah!! the value for collectors of this lp is 150 euro ...

(April 2004) Mirko and his wife Roberta were invited to the official presentation of the new Whiteskull 's album "The XIII Skull"  , Saturday together to friends and with good music, an expensive greeting and compliments to Toni and Alex for the excelent welcome and to Sandro of Metal Hammer for the friendship. 

(April 2004)  six remastered old songs than Mirko put on Cd master of which three absolutely unpublished and three itself on the debut album with different arrangiaments, lyrics and titles. 

The tracks list : 1/Watchin in your eyes 2/Sunset warrior 3/Come on  4/Feel the fear 5/Goin down 6/Livin in the shadow.

(March 2004) march 05 , Mirko, Davide and Dave Moby Laperni were at the great concert of the mythical guitarist former Scorpions and Ufo... mr. Michael Shenker, an very great appointment  and unforgettable, occasion to meet old friends and musicians of the old and new generation. .MICHAEL SCHENKER LIVE

(March 2004)In the page "Memorabilia"were introduced some sound clips in Mp3 from the first album of the band dated 1987.

botton_red_p.JPG (2624 byte)(August 2003) Mirko DeFox and friends writing now a new songs for X-Hero promo Cd.

 

 

MIRKO DEFOX LIVE AL BIKES AND ROSES 2003

 

 

botton_red_p.JPG (2624 byte)(July 2003)The Heroes play at "Bikes and roses Festival 2003" and the tracks list is : "Don't stop the game"-"Time enough for love"-"In the city of love"-"Hey you"-"Feeling the fear"-"Shout to the sky"-"The war is up"-"Pig dine".

 

 

DAVID JOHANSEN LIVE AL BIKES AND ROSES 2003

 

 

 

 

botton_red_p.JPG (2624 byte) (July 2003)  The new millennium X-Hero will play a gig at  5 July 2003 to open air "3°Bikes and Roses" toghether other two bands ( Dark Ages e Paris Band ) glorious '80 italian metal.

 

 

 

 

ROBERTO BENNA LIVE AL BIKES AND ROSES 2003

 

 

botton_red_p.JPG (2624 byte)(Maggio 03)X-HERO reunion ! Mirko DeFox call the heroes for reformed and arrived David Johansen at the drums , Eros The Alien at bass and the guitar(X)hero the fantastic Roberto Benna.

 

 

EROS THE ALIEN LIVE AL BIKES AND ROSES 2003

 

botton_red_p.JPG (2624 byte)(Febbraio 2003)Mirko DeFox enter in a Vision recording studios of Jake Paris for remaster the second X-Hero album recorded in  Rome in 1989 and never publish ,Many labels interest this album in particolary the italian Andromeda relics .

 

 

 

 

 

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