Killswitch Engage — Adam Dutkiewicz [lead guitar], Joel Stroetzel [rhythm guitar], Mike
D’Antonio [bass], Justin Foley [drums], and Jesse Leach [vocals] — first shook the structure of heavy music upon climbing out of snowy industrialized Western Massachusetts in 2000. A musical outlier, the band pioneered a union of thrashed-out European guitar pyrotechnics, East Coast hardcore spirit, on-stage hijinks, and enlightened lyricism that set the pace for what the turn-of-the-century deemed heavy.
KsE have remained a featured attraction at every major North American and European
festival through the years. The band is celebrating an astonishing, 25-year career as one of the most vital and genre-defining bands of the '00s and continues its incredible legacy by unleashing This Consequence, a masterfully executed record that captures the band's signature sound all the while leveling up on teeth-baring tracks like "Forever Aligned," "I Believe," and "Collusion."
Released: February 2025
Cat: 161233
Label: Metal Blade Records
