Members:James Williams •
Brian Dixon •
David Crocker •
Corbett Tucker
• Jesse Gallegos •
Matthew Bowers The Epiphany, the debut CD from the symphonic metal band X Opus, is a celestial blend
of enigmatic lyrical threads and layered neoclassical metal.
Tracks such as “Terrified”, “Forsaken” “On Top of the World”, “Pharaohs of Lies”
and “In the Heavens” are haunting yet radiant musical vignettes, imbued with the power
of spiritual transformation.
While traces of Hendrix, Symphony X and J.S. Bach can be detected throughout the 10-
track CD, X Opus has shaped a dense musical landscape pockmarked by major plateaus
and minor gullies. The combination of doomy chord changes, bombastic compositional
grandness, the flavor of Middle Eastern scales, and lyrical themes, based on the
redemptive nature of faith, is enough to send chills up and down your spine.
“You always hear about the healing powers of music,” says guitarist, multi-
instrumentalist and X Opus leader James Williams. “The Epiphany CD really sums up
many of the trials and tribulations of my life and even my own belief system. Really, it’s
the record I’ve waited my life to make.”
Williams composed the music and played and/or programmed all of the instruments
heard on The Epiphany. Dallas-Fort Worth area singers Brian Dixon and David Crocker
provide the operatic and classic metal vibrato. (Think Halford, Dio, Tate and LaBrie.)
It’s no accident that the extreme emotional component of this music has moved so many
who’ve heard it. The Epiphany is more than just good headbanging entertainment -- it’s a
senses-stimulating symphonic metal experience for the ages.
“The Epiphany CD took about two years to finish,” boasts Williams. “I wrote 25
compositions for the CD and I picked the ones that I thought were the most appropriate
thematically. I’m really very proud of this entire collection of tunes.”
EPIPHANY
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Release Date: May 31, 2011
1) TERRIFIED
2) ON TOP OF THE WORLD
3) PHARAOHS OF LIES
4) I’LL FIND THE TRUTH
5) IN THE HEAVENS
6) THE EPIPHANY (OPUS BENEDICTUS INTERLUDE)
7) I WILL FLY
8) FORSAKEN (REQUIEM OF THE FORSAKEN)
9) ANGELS OF WAR
10) NEVER FORGOTTEN
Members: James Williams •
Brian Dixon •
David Crocker •
Corbett Tucker
• Jesse Gallegos •
Matthew Bowers
The Epiphany, the debut CD from the symphonic metal band X Opus, is a celestial blend
of enigmatic lyrical threads and layered neoclassical metal.
Tracks such as “Terrified”, “Forsaken” “On Top of the World”, “Pharaohs of Lies”
and “In the Heavens” are haunting yet radiant musical vignettes, imbued with the power
of spiritual transformation. 
EPIPHANY
