Mick Kenney

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Mick Kenney
Anaal Nathrakh, Mick ,,Irrumator" Kenney at Party.San Metal Open Air 2013.jpg
Kenney performing with Anaal Nathrakh in 2013
Background information
Birth nameMichael Kenney
Also known as
  • Migg
  • Kordhell
Born (1980-01-18) 18 January 1980 (age 44)
Birmingham, England
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, record producer
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • bass guitar
  • drums
  • keyboards
Years active1998–present
Labels Black 17 Media

Michael "Mick" Kenney (born 18 January 1980) is a British musician and record producer. He gained popularity as the lead guitarist of the extreme metal band Anaal Nathrakh. He now releases a variety of music, including drift phonk, music under the name Kordhell.

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Career

Kenney studied Illustration at the University of Birmingham. [1]

He is a founding member of the extreme metal act Anaal Nathrakh where he started out as the lead guitarist and is now playing all the instruments. They have released a total of eleven albums since being formed in 1998.

He operates Necrodeath Studios [2] since 1999, a small recording studio situated near the centre of Birmingham, England.

He relocated to Orange County, California, in 2007. There, he founded the clothing label Misanthropy Clothing [3] in 2013. [1]

In 2020 he formed the black metal band Make Them Die Slowly [4] [5] together with fellow musician Duncan Wilkins. They both operate under stage names. Mick Kenney as Officer R. Kordhell and Duncan Wilkins as The Void. [6] The band was formed as a celebration of vintage gore films.

Besides those two bands he also plays in several other bands of different genres and produces music for different artists.

He also co-runs Feto Records with Shane Embury of Napalm Death fame. Feto Records have released albums by Mistress, Monkeys Are Machine Guns, Lock Up, Fukpig, Cripple Bastards, Anaal Nathrakh, and Ramesses, among others.

In 2021, Kenney started releasing drift phonk music under the stage name Kordhell.

His first album, Beat Tape 1, managed to give Kordhell some visibility, but his first true success was with his songs "Live Another Day" and Murder in My Mind, which charted in Austria, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, [7] [8] [9] and is still his biggest song to date.

His success in drift phonk made him one of the pioneers of this new wave of music that quickly exploded on social media, such as TikTok.

In early 2023, his style shifted towards Brazilian Funk, a genre which was explosively growing on TikTok at the time.

Discography

Anaal Nathrakh

Kordhell

Albums

  • Beat Tape 1 (2021)
  • Beat Tape 2 (2021)
  • PSYCHX with Scarlxrd (2022)
  • A MILLION WAYS TO MURDER (2023)
  • Beat Tape 3 (Remixes) (2024)
  • MUSIC FOR THE FUNERAL with DJ Paul (2024)

EPs

  • Phonkageddon (2021)
  • Beat Tape 3 (2024)

Charted singles

Charted singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
AUT
[10]
CAN
[11]
IRE
[12]
SWE
[13]
UK
[14]
"Murder in My Mind" [15] 20225693769283Non-album single

Other singles

  • "9mm" (2021)
  • "Killers from the Northside" (2021)
  • "Glock to Your Head" featuring DeadJxhn (2021)
  • "Memphis Doom" (2021)
  • "SSN-571" featuring XO1 (2021)
  • "Live Another Day" (2021)
  • "To Hell and Back" featuring Raizhell and fkbambam (2022)
  • "Scopin" (2022)
  • "Zep Tepi" (2022)
  • "Unholy" featuring Dxrk (2022)
  • "Dead on Arrival" featuring Kute (2022)
  • "Go Hard or Get Gone" featuring DJ Paul (2022)
  • "Fatality" (2022)
  • "WTF?!" featuring Sadfriendd (2022)
  • "I Am the King" remix featuring L19U1D (2022)
  • "One Shot, One Kill" featuring Sinizter (2022)
  • "ТАЙМАУТ" remix featuring Nikitata (2022)
  • "Land of Fire" (2022)
  • "Misa Misa!" (featuring Corpse and Scarlxrd (2022)
  • "Miss Me?" featuring Scarlxrd (2022)
  • "Like Yxu Wxuld Knxw (Autumn Trees)" featuring Corpse and Scarlxrd (2022)
  • "9 in My Hand" (Fast and Furious: Drift Tape/Phonk Vol 1) (2022)
  • "Murder Plot" (2022)
  • "Hellraiser" (Fast and Furious: Drift Tape/Phonk Vol 1) (2022)
  • "DAT PHONK" (2023)
  • "Vuk Vuk" featuring Dragon Boys (2023)
  • "Shoot To Kill" (2023)
  • "HOMICIDE" (2023)
  • “Bad Man (kordhell remix)”” featuring Disturbed (2023)
  • “lost” featuring Mupp and Leah Julia (2023)
  • “BALLE BALLE” featuring RVDENT (2023)
  • “HEAVEN” featuring yatashigang (2024)
  • ”SANTINHA” featuring Bibi Babydoll (2024)
  • “Fuku” featuring ZWE1HVNDXR (2024)
  • “Glitch Krush” (2024)
  • “Revolution” (2024)
  • “FICA DE 4” featuring DJ FKU (2024)
  • “XEREQUINHA VAI” (2024)
  • “JUNBI” featuring anar (2024)
  • “K-SLIDE” featuring 2KE and 808iluli (2024)
  • “VYSE” featuring valorant (2024)

Make Them Die Slowly

Albums

Singles

Mistress

Additional projects

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