XYKOGEN

“An aural assault that was far from expected… A band to keep an eye on” - Londonist

“…rammed full of big beat electro outpourings: massively inspiring and totally toe-tapping…turn the bugger up, it’s fearsome when maxed out!” – Toxic Pete

Xykogen is a London based techno-industrial band, established in 2004 by Amon Zero. The full lineup formed at the beginning of 2006, with the release of the Mutate and Survive EP. Xykogen live is Amon Zero (vox, programming), Kaida (synths), Mog Warbeast (vox, drums) the Reverend Eris (vox), and Max Rael (guitars, electronica).

Amon was formerly the vocalist of UK cyberpunk/coldwave band Arkam Asylum. The Reverend Eris was a co-founder of Wasp Factory Recordings and occasional member of The Chaos Engine. Max Rael is a founder-member of industrial punk mavericks History Of Guns, whose highly acclaimed album Acedia is out now.

The word “xykogen” is a term coined by the band’s founder Amon Zero in 2004, meaning any process that influences minds.

Xykogen have performed at several key electro/industrial festivals in the UK including the Whitby Gothic Weekend, headlined the Carnival of Souls, and been linked to the emerging UK Futurepunk scene since playing at and headlining genre-defining events Futurepunk 23 and Back to The Futurepunk (London, November 2006 & 2007) and the Amalgamation Festival (Leeds, December 2007).

A series of hit-and-run download releases on Wasp Factory Recordings and Line Out Records have paved the way for the band’s commercial debut album Terminology on Line Out Records, produced by Scott DeathBoy. We hope you enjoy their not-quite-right fusion of industrial and dance musicks.