• Metalcore mainstays Killswitch Engage was born in 1999 out of the ashes of two prominent Massachusetts metalcore bands-bassist Mike D'Antonio from Overcast (which also included future Shadows Fall vocalist Brian Fair) and guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz (who switched to drums) and guitarist Joel Stroetzel from Aftershock, as well as vocalist Jesse Leach from Nothing Stays Gold. (outburn.com)
  • Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage acted as producer. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although he didn't know it at the time, "new level" has proved an accurate description and the album, which was produced by Adam Dutkiewicz (Killswitch Engage, Times Of Grace), recently made a landmark debut in the top 10 of the US charts, shifting 32,000 copies in it's first week. (musicradar.com)
  • This past week, the side project created by Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and ex-KSE singer Jesse Leach, released a new video for the song "Live In Love. (metalinsider.net)
  • interviewed Killswitch Engage 's guitarist and producer, Adam Dutkiewicz who stated they have been working on new songs for a while. (metalinjection.net)
  • We Were this close to pulling a fast one on killswitch engage's hirsute axe duo Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroetzel. (guitars-lesson.com)
  • As co-founders of Killswitch Engage, guitarist/backing vocalist Adam Dutkiewicz, guitarist Joel Stroetzel, bassist Mike D'Antonio, and lead vocalist Jesse Leach (who returned four years ago after a decade-long absence) together with longtime drummer Justin Foley continue to make trend-resistant, timeless heavy music that feeds the soul, touches the heart, and strengthens the mind. (radiowastelandrecords.com)
  • KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz recently told PureGrainAudio.com about the lyrical themes covered on the band's next album: "Honesty, [there aren't] too many concepts or themes yet. (metalwarehouse.nl)
  • Leach appeared on KILLSWITCH 's self-titled debut and sophomore album, "Alive Or Just Breathing" , before exiting the band. (blabbermouth.net)
  • While 2002 Roadrunner debut Alive Or Just Breathing firmly put Killswitch Engage on the map, it was its follow-up two years later that not only elevated the band to heady new heights, but confirmed that metalcore had finally become the biggest thing in heavy music following the implosion of nu metal . (loudersound.com)
  • Karakter Kuat vokalis lama Jesse Leach yang cabut tahun 2002 lalu akhirnya kembali lagi dalam formasi band bentukannya ini sejak 2012 lalu, sehingga Killswitch Engage lebih mencoba nostalgia dengan dasyatnya album Faforite gw " Alive or Just Breathing " atau " Killswitch Engage " kembali dihadirkan dengan sentuhan karakter dasyat album " As Daylight Dies ", sehingga pembawaan materi ini adalah enerjik dan menghentak disetiap Aransemen struktur lagunya. (lostinchaos.com)
  • This has resulted in surprisingly effective and revelatory shifts in approach (Poison the Well, to a much lesser extent As I Lay Dying), somewhat endearing adherences to a tried-and-true formula (Killswitch Engage), and the kind of crap that reminds you as to why metalcore stopped being interesting to begin with (almost literally every other metalcore band I didn't mention). (metalsucks.net)
  • For a good metalcore band (or at least since metalcore became more about Swedish death metal riffs and Meshuggah-lite breakdowns), the clean singing is the part your grin and bear, waiting for the band to swing back in and decimate you (of course, a great metalcore band makes clean singing a valuable part of the package). (metalsucks.net)
  • The likes of Agnostic Front and Integrity had toyed with the trick beforehand, while everyone from Cave In, Snapcase and Shai Hulud to Botch, Hatebreed and Poison The Well would add new strokes to the sound as the 90s progressed, but Firestorm is where metalcore firmly established itself as a subgenre with serious legs. (loudersound.com)
  • Few could have predicted that the scrappy, emo-trimmed mess of a band responsible for This Is What the Edge of Your Seat Was Made For would end up sending metalcore supernova, but that's exactly what Bring Me The Horizon did with their fourth studio album. (loudersound.com)
  • Releasing a demo in 1999, followed by their self-titled debut full-length album the following year, Killswitch Engage received interest from Roadrunner Records and soon signed a recording contract with the storied music label. (outburn.com)
  • Other than the band's 2000 debut self-titled LP, which came out through Ferret , all of KILLSWITCH 's recorded output so far has been issued through Roadrunner Records . (blabbermouth.net)
  • Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE are continuing to record their next album for a tentative early 2016 release via Roadrunner Records . (metalwarehouse.nl)
  • Green shoots were showing with the arrival of bands like Lamb of God and Killswitch Engage. (knotfest.com)
  • In a brand new interview with Finland's Kaaos TV , KILLSWITCH ENGAGE bassist Mike D'Antonio stated about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's new disc (see video below): "Unfortunately, [singer Jesse Leach 's recent] throat surgery put a little cramp in the production of the record. (blabbermouth.net)
  • As for how Leach is doing a month after undergoing vocal cord surgery, D'Antonio said: "He's doing very well. (blabbermouth.net)
  • The follow-up to 2016's "Incarnate" will mark KILLSWITCH ENGAGE 's third full-length effort since the return of Leach , who rejoined the group in 2012. (blabbermouth.net)
  • Leach mentioned in a previous interview that the long gap between albums was mostly due to Killswitch Engage trying to avoid repeating themselves musically. (metalinjection.net)
  • The album features guest spots from guitarist Jason Richardson, as well as Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage, JT Cavey of ERRA, and Spencer Chamberlain of Underoath. (idioteq.com)
  • Death Below boasts guest appearances from ABR allies Jesse Leach (Killswitch Engage), Spencer Chamberlain (Underoath), Jason Richardson (All That Remains), and JT Cavey (ERRA). (idioteq.com)
  • Killswitch Engage's Jesse Leach adds, "Killswitch Engage, and our appropriately named High Seas Crew, are stoked to be a part of this event, and to play alongside some killer bands! (noisecreep.com)
  • Last month, Leach teased that work on Killswitch Engage's follow-up to 2019's Atonement is underway, and " There's some bangers on there already . (themusic.com.au)
  • and the at times eccentric bugging of the eyes singer Jesse Leach would do made them all the more entertaining. (ontourmonthly.com)
  • Before they left, we pinned down their affable guitarist Adam D for an attempt at a few serious questions… What's the hardest part about making the new album? (roadrunnerrecords.co.uk)
  • Metal-core,Thrash metal, Speed metal band created by guitarist Matt Heafey. (urbandictionary.com)
  • In January and February 2008, the band went on a US tour alongside Killswitch Engage, the Dillinger Escape Plan and Every Time I Die. (wikipedia.org)
  • Mike also confirmed that former KILLSWITCH ENGAGE singer Howard Jones will make an appearance on the band's upcoming effort. (blabbermouth.net)
  • The new single's visual highlights the band's lively stage presence, drawing fans in, making for a striking pairing between the track and the video. (insaneblog.net)
  • On the band's 2005 debut, Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count , the group didn't necessarily reinvent the post-hardcore wheel but instead put forth a record that offered infectious pop moments for those immune to screamo/hardcore's charm ('Emily'), as well as Herculean shows of force that teetered on multiple genres at once ('Note To Self. (popdust.com)
  • In a new post on the band's Facebook page, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE writes: "It's been a while but have no fear we are making some real progress on the new album! (metalwarehouse.nl)
  • A KILLSWITCH ENGAGE concert film shot on October 31, 2014 at The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts will be included on the band's next DVD release. (metalwarehouse.nl)
  • A new destruction-based mode, "Showtime", also makes its debut in Burnout Paradise. (steam-games.org)
  • The singer's Ryan Leslie-produced debut single, "Me & U," eurpted in Europe before it made its way to U.S. airwaves via Cassie's MySpace page. (artisannews.com)
  • The amphitheater, which was originally scheduled to be unveiled during Summerfest 2020, will now make its debut for the Foo Fighters show on July 30, ahead of Summerfest, which was moved back to September. (biztimes.com)
  • Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE are in the process of signing a new record deal. (blabbermouth.net)
  • Killswitch Engage's In Due Time has plenty of diversity that will whet your chops in the rhythm department. (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • From the viral strength of DragonForce's Sam Totman chugging a beer while Herman Li shreds, through Killswitch Engage's Adam. (dragonforce.com)
  • Get the album: https://umg.lnk.to/FundM A German/Swedish industrial metal super-duo formed around the talents of Rammstein vocalist Till Lindemann and Hypocrisy/PAIN multi-instrumentalist Peter Tägtgren, Lindemann came to fruition in 2015 after the two longtime friends made good on a 2013 promise to one day collaborate musically. (insaneblog.net)
  • Musically they have made some small changes, mostly including more "classic rock" elements, at times sounding slightly easier to approach and not so punk. (indiefferential.com)
  • Sleepwave is headed by the former screaming vocalist of Underoath, Spencer Chamberlain, who is one of the singers that made a huge impact on my teenage years. (zrockr.com)
  • To our family, friends and fans: We have decided to continue on without Howard Jones as the singer of Killswitch Engage. (twilight-magazin.de)
  • He has left big shoes to fill, so we certainly have our work cut out for us to find the next singer of Killswitch, something we plan on making priority #1 going forward. (twilight-magazin.de)
  • R&B singer Cassie has successfully made the transition from model to singer. (artisannews.com)
  • Parkway Drive and Killswitch Engage have announced a massive co-headline tour, dubbed "Collapse the World. (insaneblog.net)
  • This co-headlining tour with Killswitch Engage is a landmark for Parkway Drive in North America,"said Parkway Drive's frontman Winston McCall. (insaneblog.net)
  • While a new Slipknot album is good news for everyone, Corey doesn't necessarily need to worry about making ends meet - according to a recent study by live event site Pollstar, Slipknot's 2021 'Knotfest Roadshow' tour with Killswitch Engage, FEVER 333, and Code Orange was one of the most lucrative tours this year . (wearethepit.com)
  • Bringing the cream of all of Roadrunner's lineup back to celebrate the label's 25th anniversary, an all-new album was created with four "team captains" from Machine Head, Fear Factory, Trivium, and Slipknot. (thetartan.org)
  • They're trying to be the next Metallica, all the while ripping off Shadows Fall , Killswitch Engage and In Flames. (urbandictionary.com)
  • On its eighth studio album, Atonement -released through their new label Metal Blade Records-Killswitch Engage continues its latest chapter. (outburn.com)
  • Asked about a possible release date for KILLSWITCH ENGAGE 's new album, Mike said: "We were really hoping to get something out by this [ IRON MAIDEN ] tour, or at least have this tour be the build-up to the record - maybe release it afterwards - but it just didn't work out that way. (blabbermouth.net)
  • Well, let's continue with your vocalist Kasper then, you entered the band one week before the release of your second album. (metalrage.com)
  • If the stars align correctly, and the moon is in our favor, it might finally be time to say that we are one step closer to having a new Killswitch Engage album. (metalinjection.net)
  • Thursday has always toed the line between screamo, hardcore and emo but on Full Collapse , the band, who were at times criticized for taking themselves too seriously , threw caution to the wind and made an album rank with emo melodrama but stuffed with crunchy guitars and curdling screams. (popdust.com)
  • Kinard discussed how the album is a conceptual piece of work, as well as the nerves that come with the expectations of a band releasing a second album. (noisecreep.com)
  • Watering The Well' was one of the singles and at first I was quite disappointed with it but now it has become one of my favorite tracks of the album. (indiefferential.com)
  • But oh man, 'Light The Torch' just sounds so good with theis sophomore album! (indiefferential.com)
  • Roping in Terry Date to produce and beefing up their hooks to stadium-sized proportions, Bring Me created an album that would be as influential to the next generation of heavy bands as The End Of Heartache was almost a decade earlier. (loudersound.com)
  • According to D'Antonio , KILLSWITCH , which is currently supporting IRON MAIDEN on a European tour, recorded the basic instrumental tracks for all 22 songs. (blabbermouth.net)
  • Killswitch Engage faced a terrifying incident on the road while heading to In Flames ' Dalhalla Brinner festival in Rättvik, Sweden when an elk crashed into their tour bus. (themusic.com.au)
  • Well, the kind of little children that like crushingly heavy riffs and stomach pummelling bass. (musicradar.com)
  • The merging of scything, metallic riffs with brutal hardcore breakdowns seemed like a match made in heaven as it began to infiltrate the 90s punk scene. (loudersound.com)
  • For Tim Prog Rock has been the fire that made him start playing drums. (planetmosh.com)
  • The fact that we're here with Architects… we've grown up with them, so it makes it even sweeter to see them doing so well. (kerrang.com)
  • Michael comes from the more modern side of metal like Killswitch Engage, Northlane, Architects, Thy Art Is Murder. (planetmosh.com)
  • Well, our first record was really similar to other bands like Fear Factory and we liked it but it wasn't too original. (metalrage.com)
  • We have a really good relationship with Howard. (outburn.com)
  • KILLSWITCH ENGAGE werden ab sofort ohne Sänger Howard Jones weitermachen. (twilight-magazin.de)
  • Howard is a part of our family and always will be, and we wish him well. (twilight-magazin.de)
  • Is it true you only got Howard to 'sing' in killswitch because Sebastian bach said be would rather get his head cut off? (guitars-lesson.com)
  • A sense of eleventh hour panic has set in, and the guys who once had it made on Victory, Prosthetic, Metal Blade, and the like now have to fight for their place, pulling out all the stops to do so. (metalsucks.net)
  • We created a pop sound which is played in a metal way. (metalrage.com)
  • That curly-haired, monkey-looking Metallica bitch sold his right to play metal years ago, and all of his solos on the good records suck anyways. (guitars-lesson.com)
  • That'd be a good start for me to see some old metal. (guitars-lesson.com)
  • There a pretty good band, even if it is different from the old days, I still consider it Metal. (urbandictionary.com)
  • The twist was to make its subject a heavy metal band. (knotfest.com)
  • It not only introduced the world to Slipknots distinct sound, but it also introduced the world to Ozzfest, which is now a well-known heavy metal festival that brings together some of the worlds most famous musicians. (alignment-tools.eu)
  • Venue: Oakland, CA Fox Theater This tour, in addition to Killswitch Engage, Crown the Empire, and Ice Nine Kills, will not disappoint metal fans. (alignment-tools.eu)
  • Okay, I know enough with the reissues, but if you like the new generation of American metal, the story of Killswitch Engage is a good one. (thetartan.org)
  • But we really wanted to make sure that we could do this tour and do it the right way and not have him limp through it. (blabbermouth.net)
  • So it's inevitable that tour will have good days and bad days. (noisecreep.com)
  • Spending much of their career on the road, Killswitch Engage have enjoyed premium slots on major U.S. tours, including OzzFest, Warped Tour, Taste of Chaos, Rockstar Energy Mayhem Fest, Music As a Weapon, and Trespass America, as well as countless international festivals around the globe. (radiowastelandrecords.com)
  • We're just gonna take it slow and make sure Jesse 's happy and records appropriately. (blabbermouth.net)
  • He created Metalocaplyse alongside Tommy Blacha for Adult Swim and it first aired in August 2006. (knotfest.com)
  • The first ever was by French artist Jean-Michel Jarre in Paris in 1979, which created the Guinness Book entry. (alignment-tools.eu)
  • Needless to say, after two songs I apologized to them, and we made our way back to the Hard Rock Café Stage to catch the rest of Volumes. (zrockr.com)
  • The (very) distant industrial vibes bring certain color to their songs making everything a bit more massive. (indiefferential.com)
  • I don't have any other side projects, except for having a few solo gigs using my loop station and acoustic guitar covering well known songs. (thirdseason.no)
  • I take part in composing songs as well. (thirdseason.no)
  • It's really kind of funny because you can actually point out the good songs on here. (lostinchaos.com)
  • He's doing really well, his new band [ LIGHT THE TORCH ] is awesome, so we couldn't be happier for him. (blabbermouth.net)
  • But the craptastic element casts a long shadow over the good parts, and leaves one wondering whether a band like Evergreen Terrace can ever truly make it out of the mall and into maturity. (metalsucks.net)
  • After a chance encounter with The Devil Himself, the band made a deal for multi-dimensional superstardom backed by the power of darkness. (metalinsider.net)
  • It was Oli's band who took Sam's on their first big tours, and both talk with smiles and enthusiasm of those early days of a decade or so ago, when both were first making a splash in a British rock scene that was a fertile breeding ground, turning contemporaries like You Me At Six , Bullet For My Valentine and Gallows into stars. (kerrang.com)
  • I've always said: you need more than one good band to keep a scene alive. (kerrang.com)
  • We'd got so big it was like, 'Why are you not doing anything on this band who are doing really well? (kerrang.com)
  • I wasn't a part of the band during the writing process and that made it even harder. (metalrage.com)
  • After 'Killswitch Engage' he released music with 'Devil I Know' but I never really got into the band for some reason. (indiefferential.com)
  • A legendary band for a legendary venue," said Don Smiley, president and chief executive officer of Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. "What a great way to open our new building. (biztimes.com)
  • Every band member wears a mask during their set, which causes facial discomfort and makes Bucketheads cranial protection look like a luxury item. (alignment-tools.eu)
  • Turning up the bass, layering in thick but hyper-polished electronica and making far more of frontman Noah Sebastian's impressive croon, The Death Of Peace Of Mind may have had little in common with metalcore's roots, but it felt state of the art and a serious statement of intent for a band who suddenly looked set for bigger things. (loudersound.com)
  • 4. Listen to good music! (wow-pro.com)
  • Metalrage.com is a non-profit website created and maintained by a small group of music lovers from the Netherlands (and some other territories). (metalrage.com)
  • Whether making memorable moments, pushing the envelope with explicit imagery, cinematic technology, or just telling the gripping tale of well-thought-out storylines, music videos have always been a beacon of expression, which is why we took a look at the killer videos in Roadrunner's long history to find ten of our most unforgettable. (dragonforce.com)
  • You've seen our universal choices for numbers 10 - 6, and now as we reveal our top 5, we get some insight from our Head of Video Promotions/ veteran employee Elias Chios as well as our artists on the cinematic excellence, groundbreaking creativity and overall bad-ass entertainment of these music videos. (dragonforce.com)
  • is the fact that the guys can all pull this pummeling music off live and make it sound like it does on the record -- while diving off amps, spinning off risers and headbanging like the dickens. (noisecreep.com)
  • We doubt any of you watched the MTV Video Music Awards last night (unless you're girlfriend made you watch, in which case, dump that broad), because we sure as hell didn't. (noisecreep.com)
  • About time those robbers got what was coming to them, long live the SMS Killswitch! (bestofviral.com)
  • The next time you have a party, make sure you play this to ensure everyone has an entertaining time. (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • If I had free time, I'd probably do something stupid, like build a pirate ship from beef jerky. (roadrunnerrecords.co.uk)
  • We've always been about having a good time at our live shows, so this seems perfect. (noisecreep.com)
  • I had a really good corporate job at HP and a wife at home, and I just wasn't ready to jump into everything full-time. (moderndrummer.com)
  • Even though the stages are so spread apart, it's a fun time making the journey. (zrockr.com)
  • With time to spare we made it to the Findlay Chevrolet stage to catch all of Suffokate's set. (zrockr.com)
  • Google was one of the first 'good news' crime-fighting stories that came about through new technology available to average citizens, now SMS Kill Switch will hopefully conjour up a few more. (bestofviral.com)
  • Now she's made news by making a dress from donated pubic hair. (wirx.com)
  • One of the coolest things about growing up with Bring Me is that we used to be really jealous of other bands' success and how well they were doing. (kerrang.com)
  • Well, over the years you keep listening to a lot of different bands and we are not trying to duplicate but when I hear something really cool I carry that specific part with me for a new song. (metalrage.com)
  • This venue is built for legendary bands, and we look forward to making some noise this summer, starting with the Foos. (biztimes.com)
  • and while I was more partial to Scabbias' voice and the impressive range and registers she's capable of, frontman Andrea Ferro did a good job of balancing it all out, adding the grit to their tracks. (ontourmonthly.com)
  • The song essentially became the anthem of the year, making Good Charlotte a household name. (musicindustryhowto.com)
  • Normally Killswitch Engage produce albums that are high quality in terms of songwriting, production, performances, and artwork/packaging. (lostinchaos.com)
  • Warning: I just saw Killswitch Engage live a week or so ago so I'm still on a KSE catalog high right now. (rockandrollfables.com)
  • Asked how the KILLSWITCH ENGAGE writing and recording process has changed over the years, Adam said: "We don't really change much with what we do, writing- and recording-wise. (metalwarehouse.nl)
  • But, again, I do believe that it's necessary at our stage in our career to really just kind of get all of our heads together to make sure that this record is gonna be what we all feel is a good representation of who we are right now. (metalinjection.net)
  • Lifeforce make things happen for us! (metalrage.com)
  • We all have those bad days where things aren't going so well or didn't go as we expected, that's life. (planetmosh.com)
  • We wish to inform you that all good things must come to an end. (d0.cx)
  • The song is about choosing who you follow wisely, and not allowing people you've never met to influence the decisions you make in life. (idioteq.com)
  • I know it sounds silly, but listening to the same tracks over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and overand over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and OVER again gets really boring and makes you get bored from the game. (wow-pro.com)
  • The fifth game in the Burnout series, Burnout Paradise makes a dramatic shift from the traditional Burnout formula by moving from a format of set races and closed tracks to Paradise City , an open world with events at nearly every intersection and a unique set of cooperative multiplayer challenges. (steam-games.org)
  • When i see the diversity and the love in this crowd and everyone singing along it makes a grown man cry. (d0.cx)
  • It was a statement that made clear that even though they only got a short 25-minute long set, they were there to make the crowd feel like they were an actual part of something. (ontourmonthly.com)
  • Over 4,000 guests rocked out on board setting a new attendance record for 2023, and ShipRocked 2024 staterooms sold out in an unprecedented three days, well before the lineup was announced. (noisecreep.com)
  • Some of the singles showed up pretty well but there were also few that did not sound super good. (indiefferential.com)
  • There is certain safety and comfort in his sound that creates a special place for me. (indiefferential.com)
  • Some fans were sporting Nothing More shirts and shouting for the San Antonio based group, who has been hitting the festival circuit hard in recent months, along with being a part of tours with Killswitch Engage and Chevelle to name a few. (ontourmonthly.com)
  • The full chart, as created by Pollstar ranks the top 100 tours of 2021 according to their financial success. (wearethepit.com)
  • In every song we make we got a power chord to finish the song with a blast. (metalrage.com)
  • KILLSWITCH ENGAGE has contributed a new song, "Loyalty" , to the mixtape for HBO 's hit fantasy series "Game Of Thrones" . (metalwarehouse.nl)