Kublai Khan is an American

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/ metalcore band from

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. The group formed in the summer of 2009 and has released four albums.

Career

Kublai Khan self-released their first EP, ''Youth War'', in 2010. In February 2014, Kublai Khan signed to

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. On April 29, 2014, the band released their debut full-length album titled ''Balancing Survival and Happiness''. The album was listed in

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's "The Best Albums of 2014 so far" list. On November 27, 2015, Kublai Khan released their second album titled ''New Strength''. In July 2017, Kublai Khan signed to Rise Records, and on September 29, 2017, they released their third full-length album titled ''Nomad''. In 2019, the band released their fourth full-length album ''Absolute'', gathering critical acclaim across the genre for the crushing vocals of the bands vocalist Matthew Honeycutt, the winning heavy riff formula and powerful lyrical themes. In February 2022, the band announced the upcoming release of their new EP ''Lowest Form of Animal'', which was later released on April 1, 2022.

Musical style and lyrics

Kublai Khan play a style of metalcore reminiscent of the early 1990s metallic hardcore scene (

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, All Out War,

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). The band employs heavy, slow breakdowns, heavily downtuned guitars and raspy vocals. They also touch on socially conscious issues such as racism ("Color Code", "No Kin"),

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, violent police profiling/ police brutality ("True Fear"), organized religion ("B.C."), depression ("Belligerent"),

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("The Hammer"), and

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/ the sex trade ("Swan Song").

Band members

*Matt Honeycutt – vocals *Nolan Ashley – guitar/vocals *Eric English – bass/vocals *Isaac Lamb – drums *Jayson Braffett – touring guitar

Discography

Studio albums

*''Balancing Survival and Happiness'' (2014,

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) *''New Strength'' (2015, Artery) *''Nomad'' (2017,

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) *''Absolute'' (2019, Rise)

EPs

*''Youth War'' (2010, self-released) *''Lowest Form of Animal'' (2022, Rise)

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