Killswitch Engage has released a live performance video of an acoustic version of the song "We Carry On." The track was recorded while the members were in quarantine. The original appears on the band's 2016-released album "Incarnate." Watch and listen below. As guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz says in the intro of the video, the band had planned to perform this song during the now-postponed... Continue Reading →
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Killswitch Engage has released "Atonement II B-Sides For Charity," of which 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the COVID-19 Relief Fund for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. The release includes six songs from the recording sessions for KsE's 2019-released and Grammy-nominated album "Atonement," out now via Metal Blade Records. It is exclusively available on Bandcamp for a week as of May 1. It then... Continue Reading →
Killswitch Engage has announced that Light the Torch will serve as the opening act on its upcoming spring 2020 headline tour. As fans are well aware, Light the Torch features frontman Howard Jones, who served as KsE's singer from 2002 through 2012. "We are excited to bring out Light the Torch, first of all, because they are a killer... Continue Reading →
Killswitch Engage has released a video for the song "The Signal Fire" from its new album "Atonement" (read Live Metal's review), out now via Metal Blade Records. Current and former KsE singers Jesse Leach and Howard Jones trade vocals in this performance clip. Watch the video, directed by the band's longtime collaborator Ian McFarland (The... Continue Reading →
Review by Greg Maki-----The story of Killswitch Engage is remarkable and unique: Record subgenre-defining album (2002’s “Alive or Just Breathing”); replace vocalist after his sudden departure; achieve even greater success, flying the flag of metalcore while peers quietly fade away; replace second vocalist with first vocalist; continue busting out heavy, catchy, impassioned tunes; do it... Continue Reading →
Earth Rocker Festival. Photos by Greg Maki.
Killswitch Engage has released the new song "I am Broken Too," from its upcoming eighth album, "Atonement," due Aug. 16 on Metal Blade Records. Listen to the track and watch the lyric video, which features vocalist Jesse Leach's handwritten lyrics, below. The album is available for pre-order here. Killswitch Engage previously shared the new single... Continue Reading →
Killswitch Engage will release its eighth album, "Atonement," on Aug. 16 via Metal Blade Records. The album is available for pre-order here. The band also has shared "Unleashed," the first song from the new album. Watch the visualizer for the track below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm-sI1EB8BA "'Unleashed' is about inner passion and rage coming up to the surface," singer Jesse Leach said. "We... Continue Reading →
Fresh off its summer European tour with Iron Maiden, Killswitch Engage has announced the rescheduled dates from its spring 2018 tour. The band was forced to postpone a handful of dates in late April and early May due to singer Jesse Leach undergoing vocal cord surgery. The band will play make up shows in the four markets (Sayreville, Poughkeepsie,... Continue Reading →
