Brutalist futurism meets ancestral fire.
Forged in Nairobi’s underground and tempered by global chaos, Lord Spikeheart isn’t here to entertain — he’s here to rupture the system from within.
A singular force in global extreme music, Martin Kanja aka Lord Spikeheart channels death metal growls, scorched-earth rap, and African rhythmic codes into something feral, ecstatic and entirely his own. With The Adept (HAEKALU Records), he didn’t just drop a debut — he detonated a scene, earning praise from The Guardian (Best Global Albums 2024), Pitchfork, Resident Advisor, The Quietus, and more.
His latest EP REIGN (Sept 2025) pushes harder: industrial throb meets grindcore velocity, traditional percussion crashes into club sonics. Featuring Iggor Cavalera (Sepultura), Brodinski and Togolese heavyweights Arka’n Asrafakor, it’s a brutalist cocktail of cross-cultural fire. This is music forged in the noise of collapse — but driven by something deeply alive.
Live, Lord Spikeheart is pure combustion: sweat, screams, circle pits and a collective exorcism that leaves no one untouched. Raw, confrontational and unflinchingly physical, his performances blur rave and ritual, pit and prophecy.
RIYL: Duma, Iggor Cavalera, Backxwash, Brodinski, Moor Mother, Liturgy, ZULI, Afro-grindcore, Industrial metal fusion, Extreme vocal performance, Diasporic sonic aggression, Club-noise ritualism, Pharmakon, Kim Gordon, Einstürzende Neubauten, Dis Fig
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