Kublai Khan TX continue to deliver for their dedicated fans.
While Kublai Khan TX may not be regarded in the same vein as Knocked Loose, Speed or Zulu as one of the acts rewriting the blueprint of beatdown hardcore, they’re a clear favourite amongst the scene for a reason.
It’s all about that Texas heat, baby – gutsy breakdowns, earth-shattering 808 drops, and that sweet, sweet, drop #G chug that, in the words of vocalist Matt Honeycutt’s famous pitt-call, makes you wanna “shake yo’ f*ckin’ ass, mama”.
- Label: Rise Records
- Release: Out Now
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So if the Texan beatdown heroes offered up anything outside the norm for album number five, we wouldn’t have just been severely disappointed, we would have been bloody mortified.
Thankfully, their newest addition is exactly what we’d been asking for. As proudly asserted on opener, ‘Supreme Ruler’, “KHAN IS KING”, on Exhibition of Prowess, the Texan juggernauts once again prove why they’re deserving of their crown. In particular, with tracks like ‘Darwinism’, ‘Mud’, and crowd-favourite, ‘Theory Of Mind’, which deliver the group’s trademark intensity through huge, open breakdowns, and a tried and tested ability to create the heaviest tones imaginable, through the use of incredibly slow riffs.
It’s the kind of album that’ll make your speakers grow biceps. Exhibition of Prowess is unbridled, seething anger that doesn’t waste time slowing down to provide anything for the two-steppers–it’s straight beatdown hardcore from start-to-finish, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Khan truly is King.
Exhibition of Prowess by Kublai Khan TX is out now and can be streamed here.
