Kyshera
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom | Established. Jan 01, 2005 | INDIE
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What we witnessed was one of the best live acts I believe I've ever seen. They are powerful, tight & brilliant musicians. Add to that, the fact that James' voice is phenomenal & I didn't know how to show my admiration for the band. I'd been listening to the album Paradigm but the live renditions of Lust, The Servant & Coalition were crushingly amazing pieces of Rock genius - in fact, I could say that about the whole set. This was music that had been well considered & was making a statement. I loved them. - Plugged In Magazine
“…with an air of malevolence; owning the stage before a chord had been struck, they thrashed and crunched with the look of a rabid dog. Kyshera brought the ruckus.” - SouthSonic Magazine
“Kyshera simply take hold of the stage with a refreshing ability to infect the crowd with energy and vigour. So much passion and energy here that their gigs are a real spectacle. Topped off with playing the best original, emotive and thought provoking music you’re likely to hear makes Kyshera not only a must see band, but a band to seriously look out for in the future.” - Border's Magazine
“No f***ing about, they just tore through a set chocked full of hefty riffs,
fantastic, searing vocals and a rhythm section that seemed determined to club my head in!” - Venue Magazine
"Get your Konic on!" - Classic Rock Magazine
“An overdose of ideas when even at its quietest, guitarist / singer / mastermind
James Kennedy is more exciting than 90% of bands today” - Shout4Music
“They're certainly not striving to be the next All Time Low! A welcome break from the norm.
7/10 - Rock Sound Magazine
“Like drinking 20 red bulls in 10 minutes,
a big musical head rush, for the mind, body and spirit” - Flavour magazine London
“The warped genius...‘Terrorists’ is a seriously warped slice of white noise that’ll leave you exhausted by its sheer musical breadth. ‘Made In China’ is a little easier on the ear but still a mind-bogglingly entertaining listen. Keep an eye out for Kennedy in future, he’s a man going places.”
BBC Radio 1 - BBC Radio 1
"...sometimes I feel that there really is only enough room for one Mars Volta. But I might be proved wrong by Kyshera from Newport. They too are an amazing band, but they have that UK edge that could stand them apart from their American counterparts. And I can't believe it's just three people making that noise. Awesome!"
Rhythm Magazine - Rhythm Magazine
Discography
Paradigm - 2010
Made In China - 2012
CiRCLE - 2015
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Defining some bands is hard. Defining Kyshera is impossible. "Yet for once, a band who's declaration that they're revolutionary innovators might just be right!", agree's Classic Rock Magazine. Instead of trying to squeeze into an existing musical scene, Kyshera simply invented their own. A scene with no limits and no rules. So they invented the term 'Konic' to mean 'Anything which is otherwise indefinable and defies categorisation' and that is how you define this band.
With "Complex compositions & schizophrenic riffing" (Rock Sound) to "incendiary adrenaline fuelled stadia straddling epicness" (VPMExpress), Kyshera prove that intelligent, alternative music doesn't have to be unmelodic or elitist. On a Kyshera album, you will hear the influence of Frank Zappa with Soundgarden, Aphex Twin with Jeff Buckley or Mars Volta with Rage against the Machine and at a Kyshera live show you will witness a relentless barrage of energy; honed from the hundreds of stages the band has graced on both sides of the Atlantic.
The bands' "flawless set of intense music" (Cashbox Magazine, Canada) and non-stop roller coaster of a live show has made them a notorious favourite on the live scene; a band that is "NOT to be missed" (UP Magazine, The Netherlands).
Kyshera's 'Konic' ethos also extends to a broader lifestyle that the band promote, where the alternative to the mainstream, in all forms (art, information, fashion etc) is celebrated and Kyshera encourage their fans, known as 'iKons', to be unique to themselves & to challenge established norms. Kyshera think that words are important too. Whilst lyrics have become neglected in modern Rock, a Kyshera song can take you on a lyrical whirlwind of important, current issues involving Politics, Religion and Society etc. all delivered with their trademark tunefulness & alternative rhythmic assault - a mix that led BBC Radio 1 to declare the band "Warped Genius!".
Kyshera are a unique force in modern Rock, always unpredictable, always innovative, always exciting and never anything other than themselves. The response to manufactured, shallow, style over content blandness has arrived.
This is a Movement. Join the Resistance.
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