Balázs Pándi
Balázs Pándi is a Hungarian drummer. He has worked and toured with various acts from all around the world including Venetian Snares, Otto von Schirach, To Live and Shave in L.A., The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble and Zu. He also played drums for the Blood of Heroes project.
Since 2009 he has frequently played drums live with Merzbow, and they have released three live records together. They headlined the experimental stage at the Scion Rock Fest in Tampa, Florida in 2012. More recently, he and Merzbow have performed as a trio with Mats Gustafsson. They released Cuts in 2013 on RareNoise. For the follow-up Cuts of Guilt, Cuts Deeper, they were joined by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.
Balázs started an electronica-metal-breakcore project with Bong-Ra called Wormskull in 2010. Most recently he joined the Italian experimental instrumental band Zu. His current projects include Italian doom band Obake, Metallic Taste of Blood, and Slobber Pup. From 2012 he started to play solo shows on selected festivals under his own name.
Discography
;With Marshall Allen, Danny Ray Thompson, Jamie Saft, Trevor Dunn and Roswell Rudd- 2019 – Ceremonial Healing
- 2012 – A Hint Traumatized
- 2017 – Demon Core
- 2019 – Demoncore 1
- 2017 – Darkness Comes in Two's
- 2010 – Live at Fluc Wanne, Vienna, 2010/05/18
- 2011 – Ducks: Live in NYC
- 2012 – Katowice
- 2016 – Live at FAC251
- 2016 – An Untroublesome Defencelessness
- 2019 – Become the Discovered, Not the Discoverer
- 2013 – Cuts
- 2015 – Live in Tabačka 13/04/12
- 2015 – Cuts of Guilt, Cuts Deeper
- 2012 – Metallic Taste of Blood
- 2011 – Obake
- 2014 – Mutations
- 2013 – One
- 2019 – Lee Ranaldo / Jim Jarmusch / Marc Urselli / Balazs Pandi
- 2013 – Black Aces
- 2015 – Pole Axe
- 2014 – Red Hill
- 2009 – Diffusion de la rue de la Double Identité
- 2009 – Spezial: Gedankengefüge
- 2009 – Discoteca Festival
- 2011 — The Honey Fox in Hare's Longing
- 2012 — Disunion Strips
- 2016 – Strength & Power
- 2014 – Tar & Feathers
- 2018 – Infinite Vice
- 2019 – Terreng
- 2011 – Sound of Hell
| Year | Artist | Title | Label |
| 2007 | Venetian Snares | Pink + Green | Planet Mu |
| 2008 | Last Step | 1961 | Planet Mu |
| 2010 | The Blood of Heroes | The Blood of Heroes | Ohm Resistance |
| 2011 | Submerged | Before Fire I Was Against Other People | Ohm Resistance |
| 2011 | Enduser | Even Weight | Ad Noiseam |
| 2011 | Imaginary Forces | Uppstigande | Ad Noiseam |
| 2012 | The Blood of Heroes | The Waking Nightmare | Ohm Resistance |
| 2012 | Loops Haunt | Zenith | Black Acre |
| 2013 | To Live and Shave in L.A. | The Grief That Shrieked to Multiply | Monotype |
| 2013 | Highness | Hold | Magic Bullet |
| 2013 | Les Rhinocéros | Les Rhinocéros II | Tzadik |
| 2014 | Loops Haunt | Exits | Black Acre |