Darxon is a heavy metal band manifested during 1983 in Dortmund, Germany. The group signed with Wishbone Records for the 1984 debut album Killed in Action, recorded as a quartet comprising vocalist Massimo DeMatteis, guitarist Markus Szart, bassist Peter Schmidt and drummer Dominik Hulshorst. These sessions were produced by Ferdinand Kother at the Tonstudio Cooperative GmbH in Bochum.