XEN were formed in the late 70's in Cleveland, Ohio and were a super talented gathering of great musicians, delivering high quality hard rock with fantasy lyrics combining the finest elements of URIAH HEEP, STYX and other great bands of the time.
The band consisted of:
Justo Saborit – Guitar
Vickie Verlie – Keyboards
Bill Steere – Percussions
Roger Smith – Bass Guitar
Barry Kwasny - Vocals
Vickie Verlie was also the keyboard player of another cult band from Ohio, VALKYRIE, who were an all girl band playing hard rock / heavy metal. The reissue features all 12 songs the band recorded and comes with remastered sound, booklet with lyrics of the songs, band story and great 80's photos.
A great album loaded with epic themed hard rock, combining the 70's sound with the early 80's magic of bands like ASHBURY, DARKSTARR, ASIA (from South Dakota), LEGEND etc.
TRACK LISTING:
1. End And Beyond
2. The Golden Emblem
3. Synthetic Need
4. Uugh
5. Ice Cream Man
6. Tripping
7. Bio Sphere
8. Joker
9. Dwendle
10. My Mistake
11. Xen
12. Beauty Of Life