Amon was formerly the vocalist of UK cyberpunk band Arkam Asylum. The Reverend Eris was a co-founder of Wasp Factory Recordings and occasional member of The Chaos Engine. Max Rael is a founder-member of History Of Guns. The word "xykogen" is a term coined by the band's founder, Amon Zero, meaning any process which influences minds.
Xykogen have performed at several key electro/industrial festivals in the UK including the Whitby Gothic Weekend, headlined the Carnival of Souls, and been linked to the emerging UK FuturePunk scene since playing at and headlining genre defining events Futurepunk23 and Back to the FuturePunk in London (November 2006 & 2007) and the Amalgamation festival in Leeds (December 2007). A series of hit and run download releases on Wasp Factory Recordings and Line Out Records have paved the way for the band's commercial debut album - TERMINOLOGY - on Line Out Records.
"An aural assault that was far from expected... A band to keep an eye on"
- Londonist
"The announcement of a new age commencing for cyberpunk"
- Heathen Harvest
"Musical schizophrenia... the more you hear the more you draw near"
- Mick Mercer
"Musical Heaven!!"
- Toxic Pete
Discography:
4 Minute Warning (Demo, 2004)
Mutate And Survive EP (2005)
The Death And Resurrection Show (2006)
Now That's What I Call FuturePunk! (Compilation, 2006)
Terminology EP (2007)
An Die Freude EP (2007)
Terminology (2008)
Musica Universalis (2009)
Endzeit Bunkertracks Act V (Compilation, 2010)
free downloads at http://www.xykogen.com
