Kylesa

Kylesa is an American heavy metal band, originally from Savannah, Georgia, moving between sludge, crust punk and psychedelia. Since the album Time Will Fuse Its Worth, the band is also famous for its two drummers. The band was formed in 2001 with Cobra Kai and The Mugshots, and takes inspiration from the Buddhist term « kilesa mara », denoting a delirious psychic state. Guitarist and singer Phillip Cope, bassist Brian Duke and drummer Christian Depken are former members of the sludge metal band Damad, author of two albums in the 1990s. Philip Cope is described as the « founding father of the metal scene » of Savannah. He got involved in hardcore punk bands in the late 1980s, and collaborated as early as 1992 with bands like Buzzov•en and Neurosis.