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Massachusetts, United States (1999 – present)

Killswitch Engage are a band from Westfield, Massachusetts, United States.

Formed in 1999 after the disbandment of Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage’s current lineup consists of vocalist Jesse Leach, bassist Mike D’Antonio, guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz, and drummer Justin Foley. The band’s membership has changed in the decade since its founding as illness, changes in life-situation, and new interests have drawn the men in different directions. The band has released five studio albums and one DVD.

Killswitch Engage rose to fame with its 2004 release The End of Heartache, which peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200, and was certified gold in December 2007 for over 500,000 shipments in the United States. The title track, “The End of Heartache”, was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2005, and a live DVD titled (Set This) World Ablaze was released in 2005. Killswitch Engage has performed at festivals such as Wacken Open Air, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Ozzfest, Download Festival, Rock on the Range, Rock Am Ring, Mayhem Festival, and the Australian Soundwave Festival. The band has sold over one-million records in the United States alone and have been widely reffered to as “one of the founders of metalcore.”

Killswitch Engage formed when the two metalcore bands, Overcast and Aftershock disbanded during the late 1990s. Following the disbandment of Overcast in 1998, bassist Mike D’Antonio jammed with Aftershock guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz.
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  • Alexander_boo

    Новый альбом мне запили!

    5 hours ago
  • gantzwill

    muito boa

    11 hours ago
  • Sergio934

    крутая группа пацаны

    Saturday evening
  • versionfiv

    you may find yourself gradually getting into metalcore (at least the more melodic death metal styled stuff like this band) after listening to this band enough. i know i did as a teenager.

    Friday evening
  • kouta55

    yeah, not a metalcore fan but this band is not bad at all

    Friday afternoon
  • mynameisjoehann

    not into metalcore really but these guys are okay I guess

    Wednesday evening
  • Apophasist

    my favourite song by the metalcore band Killswitch Engage is Life to Lifeless off the (Set this) World ablaze album because that is the album it is on. I am looking forward to seeing them live, because I think it would be really good to experience live music of this quality. If anyone else has seen them perform live recently, I wouldn't mind hearing from you to find out what i should expect when i see them.

    Wednesday evening
  • Ondskapet

    Well, that is really your oppinion, howard was in the band 10 years while leach was only the singer for 3 years before he left, alot more people got to know the band during the howard era, so i'm totally understanding why so many people are taking him leaving hard. Now you're probably automatically assuming that i don't like jesse or someshit, i think both are fine, but the recent self-titled record was really lacking so some change seems fitting.

    Wednesday afternoon
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