Lord Spikeheart (KE) + Emil Palme (DK) at ALICE

Kenyanske Lord Spikeheart leverer et kompromisløst og fysisk liveshow, hvor death metal-growls, rap og klubmusik mødes i et højenergisk frontalsammenstød. Som den ene del af dennu hedengangne ekstremmetal-duo Duma leverede han en af de heftigste koncerter i ALICEs historie i 2022. Nu indtager Lord Spikeheart vores koncertsal til marts med en koncert, der rammer lige dele moshpit og dansegulv.

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Lord Spikeheart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT8PpmqfiYc
NB: Koncerten er stående
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I det seneste årti har den kenyanske vokalist, sangskriver og producer Martin Kanja – bedre kendt som Lord Spikeheart – markeret sig som en af de mest markante stemmer i afrikansk ekstremmusik. Mange vil kende ham som den ene halvdel af de Nairobi-baserede metalhoveder i nu hedengangne Duma, men under eget navn har Lord Spikeheart skabt et endnu mere radikalt og personligt udtryk. Hans musik forener death metal-growls, skærende skrig og rap i en højenergisk hybrid, der rammer lige dele moshpit og dansegulv. Lord Spikeheart sprænger med andre ord rammerne for, hvad metal, rap og klubmusik kan være i 2026.
Debutalbummet “The Adept”, udgivet på hans eget label HAEKALU, blev mødt af massiv international anerkendelse og blev af The Guardian udnævnt til et af Top 10 Global Albums i 2024. Albummet blev rost for sin frygtløse, grænsebrydende vision af medier som Pitchfork, BBC Radio, The Quietus og Resident Advisor og cementerede Lord Spikeheart som en kunstner, der åbner nye veje for ekstrem og eksperimenterende musik – fra Østafrika til verdens scener. I 2025 fulgte EP’en “REIGN”, hvor industrielle teksturer, death metal, grindcore, afrikanske rytmetraditioner og klubenergi smelter sammen i et intenst og sammenhængende udtryk. Vi kan ikke vente til Lord Spikeheart indtager ALICE til marts!

Emil Palme:
Den eksperimenterende guitarist Emil Palme åbner aftenen for Lord Spikeheart. Med guitaren som ritualredskab – spillet med hjemmelavede buer af sten – fremkalder Palme hypnotiske mønstre i grænselandet mellem komposition og improvisation. Hans musik trækker på skandinavisk folklore, doom og neoklassiske klange og føles både urgammel og nutidig på samme tid. Det aktuelle album “Death by angel” er et mørkt requiem inspireret af mytologiske forestillinger om dødsenglen som ledsager mellem verdener. Her mødes dissonans og skønhed i langsomme bevægelser, der peger mod både undergang og forløsning. En melankolsk, andenverdslig åbning, der sætter scenen for en aften, hvor intensitet og transformation er i centrum!

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In English:
Kenyan artist Lord Spikeheart delivers a relentless and physical live show where death metal growls, rap and club music collide in a high-energy frontal impact. As one half of the now-defunct extreme metal duo Duma, he delivered one of the most ferocious concerts in ALICE’s history back in 2022. This March, Lord Spikeheart returns to take over our concert hall with a show that hits the moshpit and the dancefloor in equal measure.
Over the past decade, Kenyan vocalist, songwriter and producer Martin Kanja – better known as Lord Spikeheart – has emerged as one of the most striking voices in African extreme music. Many will recognize him as one half of the Nairobi-based metal force Duma, now disbanded, but under his solo moniker Lord Spikeheart has developed an even more radical and personal expression. His music fuses death metal growls, piercing screams and rap into a high-energy hybrid that speaks equally to the moshpit and the dancefloor. In other words, Lord Spikeheart pushes the boundaries of what metal, rap and club music can be in 2026.
His debut album “The Adept”, released on his own label HAEKALU, was met with widespread international acclaim and was named one of The Guardian’s Top 10 Global Albums of 2024. The album was praised for its fearless, boundary-pushing vision by outlets such as Pitchfork, BBC Radio, The Quietus and Resident Advisor, cementing Lord Spikeheart as an artist opening new pathways for extreme and experimental music – from East Africa to stages around the world. In 2025, he followed up with the EP “REIGN”, where industrial textures, death metal, grindcore, African rhythmic traditions and club energy merge into an intense and cohesive sound. We can’t wait for Lord Spikeheart to take over ALICE this March!

Emil Palme:
The experimental guitarist Emil Palme opens the evening for Lord Spikeheart. Using the guitar as a ritual instrument – played with self-made bows of stone – Palme conjures hypnotic patterns in the hazy borderland between composition and improvisation. His music draws on Scandinavian folklore, doom and neo-classical textures, feeling both ancient and strikingly contemporary at the same time. His latest album Death by angel is a dark requiem inspired by mythological ideas of the angel of death as a guide between worlds. Here, dissonance and beauty meet in slow-moving passages that gesture toward both collapse and redemption. A melancholic, otherworldly opening that sets the stage for an evening centered on intensity and transformation.