Killswitch Engage

Merging crushing, classic, heavy guitar licks with soaring melodious choruses, Killswitch Engage has banged the heads and touched the hearts of rockers the world over with its signature brand of emotionally charged metalcore. Rising to fame with 2002’s Alive or Just Breathing and 2004’s seminal The End of Heartache, this quintet out of Westfield, Massachusetts, has managed to bring an enlightened and catchy edge to the often inaccessible world of hard rock and heavy metal, swiftly becoming a leading act amidst the New Wave of American Heavy Metal movement along with bands like God Forbid and Hatebreed. Killswitch Engage has toured with everyone from Slayer to The Used, performing for crowds of 80,000 at massive live stages like the infamous Wacken Open Air Festival. With the recent departure of vocalist Howard Jones and the reacquisition of original singer Jesse Leach, the band has returned to its roots, and looks ready to destroy stages and wow its fanbase all over again.