Zyclone Visions of Impending Death EP
Despite some etymological digging the origin of their name, ZYCLONE remains shrouded in mystery to me. A reworking of the name “Zyklon B”? An easy way to end up close to ZYGOME and ZYGOTE on one’s record shelf? An inability to spell “cyclone” properly? Who knows. If the linguistics are foggy, the power of the band is not: ZYCLONE absolutely delivers. In fact, this might be one of the strongest käng-inspired EPs of 2025, although probably more by way of Japan (to be understood as aesthetics rather than geography) rather than a direct flight to Stockholm, as the distortion is higher than with your usual Scandicore act but still below the last floor of the fuzz building (a.k.a. Osaka). I love the sound of the drums here, and the overall drumming, in fact. A band like K.O.S. (or even FRAMTID) is definitely not miles away, but ZYCLONE has more ANTI CIMEX in their beefy recipe. The six minutes of music on this EP offer exactly what you expect from a good band of this genre—my one (very) minor criticism would be the use of the binary tupa-tupa beat in the song “Visions of Impeding Death,” because I don’t think it quite fits here. As I said, very minor. The members are apparently spread out in North America, but I’m told they are also involved in bands like PSYCH WAR, ELECTRIKA, and AUTOMATED EXECUTION. This EP was released on General Speech, an always reliable label when it comes to quality raw, noisy hardcore.