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(1999 – present)

Killswitch Engage is a metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, USA.

Their sound mixes crushing riffs, double bass drum patterns, furious screaming-growling vocals and a dash of melodic elements. Their music is heavily influenced by the hardcore music scene. A key feature of the band’s sound is the use of complex palm muting, single-note and power chord riffs featuring dual-guitar harmonies, often punctuated with pinch harmonic squeals.

Following the demise of his band Overcast in 1998, bassist Mike D’Antonio trawled the underground Massachusetts hardcore and heavy metal scene in search of a line-up for a new band. In 1999, D’Antonio met Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroetzel, Aftershock’s guitarists. Dutkiewicz became the drummer, while Stroetzel remained on guitar. The trio searched for a vocalist and eventually hired Jesse Leach, formerly of Corrin and Nothing Stays Gold. The now four member band took the name of “Killswitch Engage”, a name proposed by D’Antonio after watching an episode of the FOX television program “The X-Files” entitled “Kill Switch” by writer William Gibson after meeting Seattle industrial band Kill Switch…Klick.

While on tour with In Flames, the record label Ferret took notice of Killswitch Engage’s aggressive live show. The band then signed with the record label and began recording their debut album.

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The End of Heartache
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1	My Curse	4,668
2	The End of Heartache	3,451
3	The Arms of Sorrow	2,831
4	Rose of Sharyn full track	2,735
5	My Last Serenade	2,454
6	When Darkness Falls	2,098
7	This Is Absolution	2,085
8	Starting Over	1,948
9	A Bid Farewell	1,748
10	Holy Diver	1,711
11	Daylight Dies	1,706
12	Unbroken	1,653
12	Eye of the Storm	1,653
14	Breathe Life	1,641
15	For You	1,622

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sawyerR_ wrote:
14 minutes ago

UNBROKEN !

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OuT-Law wrote:
48 minutes ago

KSE is the BEST metalcore ever, anyone disagree GO FUCK YOURSELF.

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Phazix wrote:
12 hours ago

u mad

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adaile01 wrote:
15 hours ago

first off, who cares what genre people put them under? no one will ever agree on it...second, everyone who "hates" KSE...seriously...do you have no recognition of music? Not only do you get heavy music and screaming, but you get the best singing voice in metalcore with Howard. He is by far the best metal singer today and perhaps of history. All these lame asses who say KSE isnt good are stuck at home bitches who I would gladly beat the fuck out of anyday. Do a fucking tour in Afghanistan and tell me KSE doesn't make it all seem right. They made it fun for me. So fuck all of you who dislike KSE since your "favorite" band sounds 10,000 times worse.

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iPowers wrote:
yesterday evening

why the fuck are they labeled as Melodic Death metal and rock. *sigh* people really need to learn their genres before they tag things.

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BlGBAWS wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Uggggggggggh.

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kRoffeh wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Well IMO metalcore is not emo. To me emo is Hawthorne heights, Jimmy eat world, Alkaline Trio etc

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norris6969 wrote:
Friday evening

vvv nup

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Tezza_Larks wrote:
Friday evening

Eventhough Adam D is always complaning about emo kids (funny shit) Aren't KSE like a teensy teensy bitt metalcoree emo? Yes i do suck cocks and yes i am gay for the fan boys who are going to tell me off soon.

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SaynotoKlaus wrote:
Friday afternoon

Yesterday was the first time i heard a song from these guys and i already love them...

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I_am_Vengeance wrote:
Friday morning

Alive or Just Breathing is one of the very few metalcore albums worth owning

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danilu89 wrote:
Thursday evening

the best

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Diego_mtcr wrote:
Wednesday evening

This is my last sereenaaade (8) the concert in chile awweesome !!!

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Breedumb wrote:
Wednesday evening

i love these guys :]

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BubonicCraig wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

After all this time I'm still very disappointed with the new release. Here's to hoping that the next album is of better quality [2]

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inhumanPUMPKIN wrote:
Tuesday evening

alive or just breathing > as daylight dies... it has some pretty decent songs like my curse and the bonus tracks aren't half bad either but most of the songs just sound too similar somehow

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IggyIronz wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

New CD.... meh... AOJB & ADD fucking rock though!

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Demon-Lover wrote:
Monday evening

The new album is excellent, but I the most love "As Daylight Dies". :) Best regards 4 all.

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bleedthesky212 wrote:
Monday morning

Goddamn I hate their new album. As long as its been out, I still can't even finish listening to it. It's sickening. Killswitch was my favorite band for years but now I almost hate them. And really, who uses the self-titled name for 2 albums???

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slickthief wrote:
last week

killer shite!

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