XONOR was founded in 2020 by frontman Donagh Ramseyer and former guitarist Luc Burtscher, former drummer Tobias Glarner and bass player Luca Ramsauer. Swiss thrash metal outfit XONOR emerged against the background of the pandemic after its founding members met through an internet message board. While none of them had ever been in a band before, they quickly united around the opportunity they saw to establish themselves as pioneers of a new breed of Swiss metal