Killswitch Engage

Formed in 1999

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Fri Oct 30 Auckland, New Zealand · PowerstationKillswitch Engage @ The Powerstation · with Sylosis Tickets
Sat Oct 31 Auckland, New Zealand · Powerstationwith Sylosis Tickets
Sun Nov 1 Wellington, New Zealand · meow NUIwith Sylosis Tickets
Tue Nov 3 Brisbane, Australia · The Fortitude Music Hallwith Sylosis Tickets
Thu Nov 5 Callaghan, Australia · Bar On The Hill Tickets
Fri Nov 6 Newtown, Australia · Enmore Theatrewith Sylosis Tickets
Sat Nov 7 Towradgi, Australia · Waves Wollongongwith Sylosis Tickets
Mon Nov 9 Melbourne, Australia · Forum Melbournewith Sylosis Tickets
Tue Nov 10 Melbourne, Australia · Forum Melbournewith Sylosis Tickets
Thu Nov 12 Adelaide, Australia · Hindley Street Music Hallwith Sylosis, Killswitch Tickets
Sat Nov 14 Fremantle, Australia · Metropolis Fremantle Night Club Tickets
Tue Nov 17 Honolulu, United States · The Republik Tickets
Sat May 29 Leeds, United Kingdom · Temple Newsamwith The Used, Simple Plan, We the Kings, Four Year Strong, Trophy Eyes Tickets
Sun May 30 Hatfield, United Kingdom · Hatfield Parkwith The Used, Simple Plan, We the Kings, The Front Bottoms, Four Year Strong, RedHook, Trophy Eyes, The Interrupters Tickets
Sat Jun 12 Nickelsdorf, Austria · Pannonia Fields IIwith Bullet for My Valentine, The Interrupters Tickets

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Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist Jesse Leach, guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz, bassist Mike D'Antonio, and drummer Justin Foley. Howard Jones was the band's lead vocalist from 2002 to 2012.

Leach was the band's founding vocalist but left after two albums. He was replaced by Jones, and 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 by the RIAA for over 500,000 shipments in the United States. The title track was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2005 for Best Metal Performance. The band's fourth album, As Daylight Dies, was certified platinum in the US and spawned the platinum-selling single "My Curse". In 2014 they were dubbed the greatest metalcore band of all time by both OC Weekly and Ultimate Guitar.

Jones departed in 2012 and Leach returned to his founding position. Disarm the Descent (2013), the band's first album since Leach's return, went top 10 in the US and featured the Grammy-nominated single "In Due Time". They garnered a third nomination for "Unleashed" in 2020. In addition Killswitch Engage has won multiple Boston Music Awards and Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. The band's ninth album, This Consequence, was released on February 21, 2025.

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Killswitch Engage est un groupe américain de metalcore, originaire de Westfield, dans le Massachusetts. Précurseur du genre de par son ancienneté, le style musical du groupe possède également des influences de death metal mélodique. Formé après la dissolution des groupes Overcast et Aftershock en 1999, Killswitch Engage est composé du chanteur Jesse Leach, du bassiste Mike D'Antonio, des guitaristes Joel Stroetzel et Adam Dutkiewicz, et du batteur Justin Foley. Le groupe signe un contrat avec le label Roadrunner Records, et compte, en 2022, un total de huit albums studio et un DVD.

Killswitch Engage est connu grâce à leur album sorti en 2004, The End of Heartache, qui atteint la 21e place Billboard 200, et est certifié d'or en décembre 2007 pour plus de 500 000 ventes aux États-Unis. La chanson The End of Heartache est nommée aux Grammy en 2005, et un DVD live intitulé (Set This) World Ablaze est sorti en 2005. Killswitch Engage participe à de nombreux festivals comme Wacken Open Air, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Ozzfest, Download Festival, Rock on the Range, Mayhem Festival, Greenfield Festival et Soundwave. Le groupe fait paraître son cinquième album studio, Killswitch Engage, le 30 juin 2009. Le dernier album studio en date s'intitule Disarm the Descent, paru le 2 avril 2013, soit le premier depuis le retour de Jesse Leach. En 2016, le groupe publie un nouvel album intitulé Incarnate. Beaucoup plus tard, le groupe sort l'labum This Consequence.

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