Comments on: Killswitch Engage – Killswitch Engage

By: fightingmike

fightingmike — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:01:15 +0000

I love “Alive…”, liked parts of “End of…” and hated “Daylight…”. I was pretty much over this band completely, but i decided to check this out and i am really digging it. Granted, it has tons of catchy melodic choruses and somewhat simple riffs and progressions, but something about this record hooks me. The production is MASSIVE! Brendan Obrien has been on of me favorite producers since the early 90′s Soundgarden and STP records and he has done a number here with KSE. The guitar tones are thick and chunky, the drums are huge, and the vocals are layered way more than any of their past records and that is what puts this over the top. The choruses are epic and the songwriting is just better than the past two records. It definitely isnt as aggressive, but the sound of this record us really heavy. This is what a major label mainstream metal record should sound like. This might set the bar for metal production in the way that “The Black Album” and “Slaughter of the Soul” did in the past. I thought this might be the nail in the coffin for KSE, but this should let them stick around a little longer.

By: AARONIUS

AARONIUS — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:40:07 +0000

This one is actually much better than the last two albums. I think it’s ultimately heavier too.

The guitar tone Adam and Joel have on this one is fantastic. Still very clean but very heavy sounding too.

I like it. Howard sounds great.

By: Reignman35

Reignman35 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:53:27 +0000

I enjoyed this one… and I’m like you Erik, I thought it was gay as fuck that this is their SECOND self titled album. Come on… put half a damn thought into things for yourself and the genre.

By: Facial La Fleur

Facial La Fleur — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:44:09 +0000

I’m a big fan of Alive Or Just Breathing and The End Of Heartache but to this day I haven’t been able to get into As Daylight Days. It sounds like this one might be alright for me. Good job, Erik, being fair and honest and giving it a good review when you could have just as well bashed it because you just don’t like them.

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:22:57 +0000

Alive or Just Breathing was probably my favorite album that year (and yes that counts all the other black/death releases).

End of Heartache was glossier but still had some fine tracks – but I wrote the band off when the second single was a special version of the title track, minus the screamed vox.

I will have to check this out though, nice to hear that after As Daylight Dies they’re not completely out of steam.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:59:55 +0000

I liked Alive or just breathing, and some of the End of Heartache- So I asked my Friend what he thought of the new album, since we both like some of their older stuff, and we both hated As Daylight Dies. He said it was by far the worst killswitch album. the music waas subpar, the lyrics were all love songs(or lack thereof) Terrible News. bring back Aftershock

By: Shawn Pelata

Shawn Pelata — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:38:48 +0000

My son loves this album…he thinks it’s “softer” than their other albums, though…

By: shane

shane — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:03:13 +0000

Really started a lot of my extreme listening with this band years ago. They were great. Shame they just don’t cut it anymore. They leaned to far to the “bubblegum-core” over the years. They should have went more death.