Killswitch Engage’s self-titled debut is rightly seen as a major steppingstone in the then-burgeoning subgenre of metalcore (itself a style that sits within the larger spectrum of NWOAHM that rose to ...

Years before the 1999 formation of Killswitch Engage, numerous Swedish bands had already mixed melodic death metal with a blend of harsh and tuneful vocals. But it took the release of Killswitch’s ...

Back in November, just as Killswitch Engage unleashed barnstorming single Forever Aligned, its creators lifted the lid to Kerrang! on the record it heralded. Their ninth album, it soon became clear, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Throughout the last two decades, Killswitch Engage have ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Killswitch Engage’s This Consequence debuts on six U.K. charts, ...

Maybe it’s because the current state of metalcore feels has drifted so much farther from metal (or ‘core, for that matter), but questioning the heavy metal ...