I know that Öxxö Xööx are an experimental metal band from Dieppe, France, and that their second full-length, Nämïdäë, came out in late May (it gets a vinyl release this month). But I’ve deliberately refrained from digging any further. Rather than learn the sort of mundane biographical details that might humanize these otherworldly musicians—what other groups they’ve played in, what they do at their day jobs—I’ve chosen to preserve, as best I can, the feeling of baffled wonderment I had when I first discovered them a few months ago. And I’ll try to share.
- Courtesy the band’s Facebook page
- Keyboardist, backup vocalist, and live guitarist Rïcïnn (aka Laure Le Prunenec), the torso of drummer Isarnos (aka Thomas Jacquelin), and mastermind and front man Öxxö Xööx (aka Laurent Lunoir)
