Balázs Pándi

Balázs Pándi (born 6 August 1983) is a Hungarian drummer and journalist. 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 (2015), they were joined by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.

Balázs started an electronica-metal-breakcore project with Bong-Ra called Wormskull in 2010 (their first album "Sound of Hell" was released in 2011). Most recently he joined the Italian experimental instrumental band Zu. His current projects include Italian doom band Obake, Metallic Taste of Blood (featuring Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree, Eraldo Bernocchi of Obake and Jamie Saft), and Slobber Pup (Saft, Joe Morris and Trevor Dunn). From 2012 he started to play solo shows on selected festivals under his own name.

From 2013, he worked as a journalist at Hungarian news site Index. After the resignation of the majority of the staff in July 2020, he moved to Telex.

Discography With Marshall Allen, Danny Ray Thompson, Jamie Saft, Trevor Dunn and Roswell Rudd 2019 – Ceremonial Healing (RareNoise)

With Marco Eneidi 2012 – A Hint Traumatized (Karl Schmidt Verlag)

With KK Null 2017 – Demon Core (Ohm Resistance) 2019 – Demoncore 1 (Brain Ticket Death)

With Jason Köhnen 2017 – Darkness Comes in Two's (Svart Lava)

With Merzbow 2010 – Live at Fluc Wanne, Vienna, 2010/05/18 (Dry Lungs) 2011 – Ducks: Live in NYC (Ohm Resistance) 2012 – Katowice (Instant Classic) 2016 – Live at FAC251 (Cold Spring)

With Merzbow and Keiji Haino 2016 – An Untroublesome Defencelessness (RareNoise) 2019 – Become the Discovered, Not the Discoverer (RareNoise)

With Merzbow and Mats Gustafsson 2013 – Cuts (RareNoise) 2015 – Live in Tabačka 13/04/12 (Tabačka)

With Merzbow, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore 2015 – Cuts of Guilt, Cuts Deeper (RareNoise)

With Metallic Taste of Blood 2012 – Metallic Taste of Blood (RareNoise)

With Obake 2011 – Obake (RareNoise) 2014 – Mutations (RareNoise)

With Ivo Perelman and Joe Morris 2013 – One (RareNoise)

With Lee Ranaldo, Jim Jarmusch, Marc Urselli 2019 – Lee Ranaldo / Jim Jarmusch / Marc Urselli / Balazs Pandi (Trost) 2021 – Churning of the Ocean (Trost)

With Slobber Pup 2013 – Black Aces (RareNoise) 2015 – Pole Axe (RareNoise)

With Wadada Leo Smith, Jamie Saft, and Joe Morris 2014 – Red Hill (RareNoise)

With Rope Cosmetology 2009 – Diffusion de la rue de la Double Identité (Karl Schmidt Verlag) 2009 – Spezial: Gedankengefüge (Compound Thought) (Karl Schmidt Verlag) 2009 – Discoteca Festival (Karl Schmidt Verlag) 2011 — The Honey Fox in Hare's Longing (Karl Schmidt Verlag) 2012 — Disunion Strips (Karl Schmidt Verlag)

With Roswell Rudd, Jamie Saft, and Trevor Dunn 2016 – Strength & Power (RareNoise)

With Mikołaj Trzaska and Rafal Mazur 2014 – Tar & Feathers (Gusstaff)

With Jon Wesseltoft 2018 – Infinite Vice (The Tapeworm) 2019 – Terreng (Moving Furniture)

With Wormskull 2011 – Sound of Hell (Ad Noiseam)

Other appearances 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