Ken Mode

Taking their name from a passage in Henry Rollins' memoir Get in the Van, Juno Award winners KEN mode (short for "Kill Everyone Now") are a Canadian noise rock band hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Led by brothers and core members Jesse and Shane Matthewson, who handle guitar/vocals and drums, respectively, KEN mode emerged in the early aughts with a sound that combines the industrial/noise emissions of Swans with the hardcore-laced attack of Converge. The band rose to the fore of the post-hardcore scene in the 2010s with the acclaimed efforts Venerable and Entrench and contin...