Kublai Khan is an American

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band from

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. The group formed in the summer of 2009, and they have released five albums and two EPs.

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 ''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 ''New Strength''. In July 2017, Kublai Khan signed to Rise Records, and on September 29, 2017, they released their third full-length album ''Nomad''. In 2019, the band released their fourth full-length album ''Absolute''. The band released their EP ''Lowest Form of Animal'' released on April 1, 2022. On September 20, 2024, the band released their fifth album ''Exhibition of Prowess''.

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 (sometimes 7-string guitars tuned to drop G#) and raspy vocals. They also touch on socially conscious issues such as racism ("Color Code", "No Kin"),

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, violent police profiling or brutality ("True Fear"),

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("B.C."), depression ("Belligerent"),

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("The Hammer"), and

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/ the sex trade ("Swan Song").

Band members

Current members * Matt Honeycutt – vocals *Eric English – bass, vocals *Isaac Lamb – drums *Nicholas Adams — guitar Session/touring musicians *Tom Reyes – guitar (2013) *Jayson Braffett – guitar (2017–2019) *Andy Marsh – guitar (2023) *Sean Delander – bass (2023) *Randy LeBoeuf – guitar (2024)Former members *Eric Waldrum – guitar *BJ Ownby – bass *Nolan Ashley – 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) *''Exhibition of Prowess'' (2024, Rise)

EPs

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

Singles

* "The Hammer" (2017) * "Belligerent" (2017) * "Self-Destruct" (2019) * "The Truest Love" (2019) * "Resentment" (2021) * "Swan Song (feat.

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)" (2022) * "Loyal to None" (2022) * "Taipan" (2022) * "Theory of Mind" (2023) * "Low Tech" (2024) * "Supreme Ruler" (2024)

As featured artist

* "Another Nail for Your Coffin" (

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feat. Kublai Khan TX & Malevolence) (2024)

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