#xitan

XITAN. The one-man HELLDUSTRIAL project.

What made you get into metal and eventually start/join a band?

I got into Metal when i met an ex-girlfriend in my 20’s. The only music close to Metal listened to at that time was Queen and The Offspring. However, after my she lent me some tapes by Rammstein, Guano Apes and H.I.M I never looked back. During my 20’s I joined quite a lot of bands, mostly Classic Rock whilst also Djing at local Metal Clubs.

How was your very first live appearance?

My first Live appearance as XITAN, was simply amazing. I was supporting the band Covenant, and I put up quite a show, which the crowd really enjoyed. I of course performed many times in the past with my ex bands, including a performance with Chris Boldendhal from Grave Digger at Wacken Open Air 2011. And so I built up lots of experience and confidence on stage which led me to the flawless first Live performance as XITAN.

What about your latest release? The main idea and what’s different about it?

My latest release was a Cover track from the Band GHOST entitled Square Hammer. In truth I gave this track the usual XITAN treatment turning an Occult Rock Song into Electronic Metal a style my fans have dubbed as HELLDUSTRIAL, just like my previous original releases.

Where do you see yourself/band 5 years from now?

I don’t like the question where do you see yourself, I rather prefer, where do I want to be? I want to have at least 2 releases under my belt, hope to Tour in the EU and the US. The real dream is to quite my day job and dedicate my life to Music. 

I don’t really believe it is possible to be honest, but the dream is strong and working hard for it. In truth I never believed I would even make this far, with 3 single releases, 2 lyric videos, 13K fans on Facebook and growing, around 150 x 5 star reviews and comments on FB from real actual fans, soon reaching 10K on IG, working towards 1K subs on YouTube, performing before Covenant, selling my own merch. All this in under 1 year, whilst being an Indie Artist, using my own money to fund this project. So in the end, I might not believe about making it, but I sure will work my ass off for it to happen.

Are you more popular in your city/country or abroad?

I am much more popular abroad.

What do you think of today’s music industry?

What can I say, today it’s much easier and cheaper to make music, but because of this it’s much harder to stand out. It’s much harder to get signed with a good label, but to be honest I don’t really see the worth in getting signed anyways.

But I am always hearing lots of bands saying that there is no money in this, so is this really an industry? I have made very few money off streaming, merch and digital sales, does not even start to pay off the money spent of this project. But I keep on hoping and working to make it. In the end I did this project for myself, because it was always my dream to have a music project of my own.

Anything else you want to say

XITAN - The one-man act not to be missed.

Hailing from the Island of Malta, Xitan is a self-taught Producer, Vocalist, Synth player, Pianist, and Audio Engineer.  Inspired by Bands, Dj/Producers and Artists, such as Queen, Ghost B.C, Behemoth, Dimmu Borgir, Rotting Christ, Moonspell, Armin Van Buren, Suicide Commando, and Dawn of Ashes amongst many others, Xitan always wanted to create his favourite Music, which as you might have guessed from his inspiration, is mainly Mainstream Trance, Underground Rock and Blackened Industrial Metal. Undecided on which style he would proceed with, considering the fact that he always liked to work alone and never had any luck nor time for bands, he started experimenting in his Digital Audio Workstation. His experiment eventually led to the creation of a track which combined and beautifully fused, Trance Synths, Synth Basslines, Electronic Drums, Heavy Metal Guitars and Acoustic Drums. Being an Atheist and finding his inspiration in the Occult, Xitan decided that his act would be a Demonic and Theatrical, so he started writing lyrics based on Demon stories such as Satan and Lilith.

TRACK/S RELEASES

Xitan eventually released his first Track Satana in June 2017,  followed by Lilith in December 2017. Both tracks received great reviews by fans and Dj’s alike who spun the tracks at Clubs in the U.S and Europe, and also on Radio shows such as Communion After Darkhosted by DJ Mark Paradise (The Castle), DJ Bryant Griffin(of the band Ien Oblique), DJ Maus and DJ Tom Gold (Resident DJ at The Castle). Dark Indulgence hosted by Dj Scott Durand, Bloodlit Radio hosted by Kevin Frias, The Den of iniquities hosted by Freddy W Cook , A Walk on the Dark Side hosted by A Walk on the Dark Side with Onyx and Raven and Ghost Wave Radio hosted by Steve Thomas-Green. Special thanks also to the DJs and Presenters who are playing the Tracks in Clubs DJ Wicked Goth, Hades Events, DJ Toty - Rock/Metal.

MERCHXitan released his own merch just before releasing the Track Lilith, designed by talented Graphic Artist  Red Head Designs, The Devil’s Merch can be purchased both from the Online US Store and EU Store

LIVE DEBUT

Xitan made his Live Debut in February 2018 supporting Covenant,  fusing a Live Vocal and a Dj Style performance. His Theatrical performance made a hit with the crowd and was later congratulated backstage by EBM Veteran Eskil Simonsson and the rest of the band from Covenant, who enjoyed the show alongside the crowd gathered for this Live Infernal Ritual.

PLANS

Remixes and Cover Tracks are planned for release during 2018, including a Remix by Kristof Bathory from Dawn of Ashes and Bornless Fire. The first Remix by Ruined Conflict  was released in February 2018.

Xitan is now busy composing new Blasphemies hoping for an Album release in late 2018 and planning to Tour in 2019. In the meantime, he continues to gather momentum growing his YouTube Channel and gaining thousands of followers on social media both on Facebook and Instagram.

I’d play the “name that computer” game with what’s picture here, but most of these have their name’s up front and easy to read.