Killswitch Engage will return to the road for a June 2026 U.S. headline tour with support from Machine Head, Iron Reagan and Havok. It will be the band's first U.S. tour since its 2025 Summer of Loud run. The tour kicks off June 3 in Detroit, Michigan, and runs through June 27 in San Francisco, California,... Continue Reading →
By Greg Maki—And just like that, another year has come and gone. And what a year 2025 was for heavy music, led by this summer’s instantly legendary Back to the Beginning concert and Ozzy Osbourne’s passing just a couple weeks later—not unexpected but no less devastating because of that. Those titanic events served to shine... Continue Reading →
Summer of Loud. Photos by Greg Maki.
LIVE PHOTOS: Parkway Drive, Killswitch Engage, Beartooth, I Prevail, The Amity Affliction, The Devil Wears Prada, Alpha Wolf, Dark Divine—Review and photos by Greg Maki—Summer of Loud is the best metalcore tour … ever? No exaggeration there; just look at the bill with its four rotating headliners. While not the first metalcore band, Killswitch Engage... Continue Reading →
Killswitch Engage has shared a music video for "Aftermath" from its 2025 album "This Consequence" (Metal Blade Records; get it here). "'Aftermath' is a song about the realization of a tragic event or a war, and the strength it takes to rebuild and the hindsight of the loss, betrayal, and madness that transpired while going through it all,"... Continue Reading →
Continuing its tradition of covering some of its favorite and most influential tracks featuring members of the original band, Heaven Shall Burn has released "Numbered Days" featuring Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage. Watch the visualizer accompanying the celebration of the friendship between the bands below. "Killswitch Engage are THE metalcore band!" Heaven Shall Burn said. "When we heard 'Numbered... Continue Reading →
Australian metalcore band Parkway Drive has unveiled the new track "Sacred," its first new music since the 2022 album "Darker Still." The song arrives with a music video, directed by Third Eye Visuals, which can be seen below. Vocalist Winston McCall said: "The mission statement for 'Sacred' is pretty damn simple. An anthemic wrecking ball of positive energy.... Continue Reading →
Shadows Fall has released the new song and video "Souls Devoured" ahead of upcoming tour dates with its Massachusetts metal brethren Killswitch Engage. The quintet of vocalist Brian Fair; guitarists Jonathan Donais and Matt Bachand, bassist Paul Romanko and drummer Jason Bittner, who were trailblazers of the New Wave of American Metal scene that dominated the '00s, announced its signing to MNRK Heavy... Continue Reading →
The 2025 Summer of Loud Tour, produced by Sound Talent Group and Live Nation, will feature four rotating headliners: Beartooth, I Prevail, Killswitch Engage and Parkway Drive. Support will come from The Devil Wears Prada, The Amity Affliction and Alpha Wolf. In addition, TX2 will open from June 22 to July 2, Kingdom of Giants... Continue Reading →
Killswitch Engage has shared the video for the song "Collusion" from its new album "This Consequence," released Feb. 21, 2025, via Metal Records. Get it here. "'Collusion' is about the struggle between people in power and the common people," vocalist Jesse Leach said. "It speaks about the propaganda and divisiveness used to keep us in control. It's... Continue Reading →
