Like a deadly, grizzled beast that lurks in the shadows, KEN Mode emerges every few years with a new record, tearing off limbs as it goes, before skulking back into its pit. With September 23rd seeing the release of Null, on Artoffact Records — the band’s eagerly anticipated follow-up to 2018’s Loved — founder and singer/guitarist Jesse Matthewson talks about the new record and what keeps the KEN Mode fires burning. Continue reading
Acclaimed Noise band KEN Mode have booked new tour dates in North American tour this spring. The trek will kick off on May 21 in Regina, SK and will conclude on June 3 in Denver, CO. The band is also performing at several big festivals, JUNOfest, Manitoba Metal Fest, Modified Ghost Festival, and Northwest Terror Fest. KEN Mode is still supporting their 2018 release Loved, out now via Season of Mist. Continue reading
Canadian metallic hardcore-influenced noise rock band KEN Mode are back with a new album, Loved (Season of Mist), but there’s no love to be found on it. Contrary to the name, the Winnipeg, Manitoba band’s seventh album is a solid slab of slow churning, nihilist hardcore that sounds like it could self-destruct at any minute.Continue reading
Award-winning sludge metal band KEN Mode have shared a new video and track from their forthcoming new album Loved, coming later this summer via Season of Mist. Check out the new clip for ‘Feathers & Lips’, directed by Christopher Mills. Continue reading
KEN mode has shared a new video and song for ‘Does’t Feel Pain Like He Should’, the first taste of new music from the band. Their new album Loved will be out August 31st from Season of Mist (New Damage in Canada). KEN Mode has been one of the heavist and most consistent bands for nearly 20 years so take in all of the awesomeness of this video now: