Death Kneel

Death Kneel is the primary recording alias of Toronto musician Max Klebanoff, also known as drummer for death metal band Tomb Mold. Working across death industrial, harsh noise and murky ambient, Klebanoff builds dense, waterlogged textures from manipulated tape, binaural recording and octatrack processing, moving between abrasive noise and cavernous, tactile drone. Releases include Adaptive Emotional Use, Beyond Manila and 2023's Dawn Simulation on Chondritic Sound, followed by Remembering Well, which drew praise for weaving the project's harsher and more ambient tendencies into a single, intimate whole. Death Kneel performs regularly within Toronto's experimental and noise circuit.