Entrench (album)

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Entrench
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 19, 2013 (2013-03-19)
Genre Noise rock, sludge metal, post-hardcore
Length46:47
Label Season of Mist
Producer Matt Bayles
KEN mode chronology
Venerable
(2011)
Entrench
(2013)
Success
(2015)
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Entrench is the fifth studio album by the Canadian rock band KEN mode. The album was released on March 19, 2013 through Season of Mist. [8] Producer of this album is Matt Bayles.

Contents

The album was named a longlisted nominee for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize on June 13, 2013. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Counter Culture Complex"3:19
2."No; I'm in Control"3:30
3."Your Heartwarming Story Makes Me Sick"2:43
4."The Terror Pulse"4:51
5."The Promises of God"3:31
6."Romeo Must Never Know"7:16
7."Secret Vasectomy"2:29
8."Figure Your Life Out"5:24
9."Daeodon"4:56
10."Why Don't You Just Quit?"2:58
11."Monomyth"5:50

Personnel

Band

Additional musicians

Artwork and design

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