ADX is a French heavy metal band active since 1982, with several break-ups and reformations. Taking its name from an abbreviation for mild steel in metallurgy, in reference to its melodic style, the band then included Didier Bouchard (drums) and Philippe Grelaud (vocals), the only remaining original members, Hervé Tasson and Pascal Collobert (guitars) and Frédéric Dechilly (bass). After a first EP entitled Le Fléau de Dieu (1984), the album Éxécution released a year later on Devil's Records was acclaimed by the specialized press, and enabled the band to sign with the Sydney Productions label for the follow-ups La Terreur (1986) and Suprématie (1987), which were acclaimed beyond French borders. Following a series of concerts with international groups, ADX signed with German label Noise Records for the album Weird Visions (1991), produced by Ralf Kraus. The band, which had been united until then, split up for the first time after this commercial failure. In 1997, with the reissue of their first album, ADX reformed and recorded the album Resurrection (1998), accompanied by the compilation In Memorium. A further break followed, with the release of the live album VIII Sentence (2001), before a return in 2006 with new musicians for a series of concerts and festivals, followed by the signing of Sam Bernett's label, Bernett Records, under which the albums Division Blindée (2008) and Terreurs (2010) were released, sparking renewed interest in one of the veteran bands of the French metal scene. The independent label XIII Bis Records took over with the album Immortel (2011), accompanied by a concert DVD, while the following Ultimatum (2014), released on the Verycords label, served as the subject of a tour that visited France, Belgium, Germany and Canada. Although the band's line-up is constantly changing, it celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new tour in 2015 and records its 10th studio album Non Serviam (2016), followed four years later by Bestial (2020), then Étranges Visions (2021) and L'Empire du Crépuscule (2024).
