KEN mode – ‘NULL’ [Album Review]

It is hard to fathom that Canadian noise rock group KEN mode has 20-plus years of skin in the game. KEN mode has always been a band constantly (subtly) tweaking and evolving their sound with each of their albums. Standing on the shoulders of each of their previous releases, over two decades of grinding, KEN mode has become a giant in their field. In a musical world full of varying levels of magicians and genres that have become littered in recent years with imposters, it is rare to come across a band that is a Celestial-level Warlock. This is KEN mode in spades. Their alchemy couldn’t be on display more with their latest effort, NULL, out September 23, 2022, on Artoffact Records. Many of the tricks you’ve come to love and enjoy from KEN mode are employed: Waves of punishing riffs, distorti...

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