Zadkiel (Jap) Primitive speed/thrash with lots of black metal overtones, very Motörhead/Venom-influenced.
Zadkiel - CD - 1986/2006 Discography compilation. Includes the 'Hell's Bomber' '86 EP, the '86 'Highway-Z' flexi, and another track (possibly unreleased?)
Zafira (Chile, doom/death)
Embalmed - CD - 2003
Zandelle (US) **Early stuff is more traditional-styled heavy metal, later is power metal
Shadows of Reality - CD - 1998 Gothic Knights cover.
Zandelle - CD - 1996
Zara (Fra, speed metal)
Demo I - 1985
The Thing - demo - 1985
Zarathustra (Ger, black metal)
Dogma Antichrist - CD - 2000
Zargof (Bra, black metal)
Departure for the Cosmic Twilight - CD - 2004
Zarpa (Spain, heavy metal)
El yunque contra el martillo - CD (with 3 bonus) - 2007 Bonuses include 2 live tracks.
Las Puertas del Tiempo - CD - 2012
Zatokrev (Swi)
Zatokrev - CD - 2004/2005
Zaxas (US, power metal)
Zaxas - CD - 1995
Zed Yago (Ger)
...From the Twilight Zone - 2CD - 2002 Best of including tracks from the Zed Yago 'From Over Yonder' and 'Pilgrimage' albums and the first Velvet Viper album.
Also includes 2 '85 demo tracks, 3 live London '89 tracks, and a live Munich '89 track.
Zeitgeist (US, progressive/heavy metal)
The Eyes of Time - CD - 1995 Includes 3 tracks from their 1993 tape.
Zeke (US)
Death Alley - CD - 2001
'Til the Livin' End - CD - 2004
Zele (Bosnia, hard rock/heavy metal) See also: Divlje Jagode Zele is Divlje Jagode's guitarist. Apparently Divlje Jagode had problems with their label so it was released under this name. Seems a bit more commercial/slicker than DJ stuff.
Magic Love - CD (remaster) - 1993
Zemial (Gre, black metal) See also the 'Hellas Salutes the Vikings' Bathory tribute.
Face of the Conqueror/Necrolatry - CD - 2006 CD reissue of the 2003 'Face of the Conqueror' mLP and the 2000 'Necrolatry' mLP. 'Necrolatry' stuff is from 1997.
For the Glory of UR - CD - 1996 '95 tracks plus two tracks from the 'Sleeping...' EP.
Sleeping Under Tartarus (Torched Rec. version) - EP - 1992
Zephyr, The (Mex, thrash with black/death elements)
Impure & Divine - CD - 1998
Zephyrous (Gre, black metal)
Entrance and Wandering on the Seven Zones - CD - 1995 CD press of the '94 demo.
Zero (Spa, heavy metal)
En La Batalla - LP - 1985
Zero-G (S. Korea, heavy/speed metal, heavy metal/hard rock)
Exciting Game - LP - 1990
E. Z Come E. Z Go - CD - 1992
Zero Hour (US, progressive metal)
A Fragile Mind - CD - 2005
Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond - CD - 2006
Zerstörer (Ger, black metal)
Declaration of War - CD - 2009
Zeus (Spa, heavy metal)
Dama de Hierro b/w Buscando Acción - EP - 1983
Zhelezny PotokSee listing for Jelezny Potok.
Zi Factor (Indonesia, metalcore)
Kill Paradigm - CD - 2007
Zifir (Tur, black metal)
You Must Come with Us - CD - 2007
Znöwhite (US, speed metal)
All Hail to Thee - EP - 1984
All Hail to Thee/Kick 'Em When They're Down - CD - 1998
All Hail to Thee/Kick 'Em When They're Down/Live Suicide - CD - 2007
Kick 'Em When They're Down - EP - 1985
Live Suicide - live mLP - 1986
Zodiac (Japan-Kyoto, heavy metal)
Borken Dream - demo - 1984
Zodiac (Japan-Okinawa, heavy metal/hard rock)
First - CD - 1990
Zoetrope (US, speed metal, speed/thrash)
A Life Of Crime - CD - 1987
Amnesty - CD (with 8 bonus) - 1985/1999
Metal Log Vol. 1 - demo - 1983
Mind Over Splatter - CD - 1993 Now thrash. Megadeth cover.
Zoltar (Bra, death metal)
Into the Dephts to Burn - CD - 2002
Zombie (US, thrash) See also: Warbringer
Split with Sacrificial Blood - CD - 2006 Their side is the 'First Bite' '06 demo minus the extra track.
Zombie Death Stench (US)
Here I Die...Zombified - CD - 2007 Blue Öyster Cult cover.
The Redeadening - CD - 2010
Zoofilia (Arg, death metal, death/thrash)
Zoofilia - CD - 1999
Zoroaster (US, doom)
Zoroaster - CD (with 1 bonus) - 2005/2006 CD reissue of the 2005 demo with the unlisted live bonus 'Heavy Heart.'
Zwartplaag (Neth, black metal)
Haatstorm - CD - 2010
Zyklon (Nor)
Aeon - CD - 2003
Zyklon-B (Nor, black metal)
Blood Must Be Shed (reissue) - mCD (with one bonus) - 1995/2004 Includes the remix from the Mayhem split EP as a bonustrack.
