Today in 2006 Killswitch Engage released the album As Daylight Dies Westfield, Massachusetts Metalcore Status:Active Years active: 1999-present Killswitch Engage is a metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, United States. Their sound mixes crushing riffs, double bass drum patterns, furious screaming-growling vocals and a dash of melodic elements. Their music is heavily influenced by the hardcore music scene. A key feature of the bands sound is the use of complex palm muting, single-note and power chord riffs featuring dual-guitar harmonies, often punctuated with pinch harmonic squeals. Following the demise of his band Overcast in 1998, bassist Mike DAntonio trawled the underground Massachusetts hardcore and heavy metal scene in search of a line-up for a new band. In 1999, DAntonio met Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroetzel, Aftershocks guitarists. Dutkiewicz became the drummer, while Stroetzel remained on guitar. The trio searched for a vocalist and eventually hired Jesse Leach, formerly of Corrin and Nothing Stays Gold. The now four member band took the name of Killswitch Engage, a name proposed by DAntonio after watching an episode of the FOX television program The X-Files entitled Kill Switch by writer William Gibson after meeting Seattle industrial band Kill Switch...Klick. While on tour with In Flames, the record label Ferret took notice of Killswitch Engages aggressive live show. The band then signed with the record label and began recording their debut album. This their debut Self-Titled album was sufficient to earn the band a record deal with Roadrunner Records. Soon after their signing to Roadrunner records, the band decided to become a five piece by bringing in former Aftershock drummer, Tom Gomes, whilst guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz formed the now guitar duo. In 2002 they released Alive or Just Breathing, a successful record which greatly increased the bands exposure and placed them on the Billboard Magazine Heatseeker chart. The CMJ New Music Report described the record as more addictive than crack cocaine thats been smothered in nicotine AND drenched with chocolate. Leach left the band in 2002 for personal resons and was replaced by Howard Jones of Blood Has Been Shed on vocals. Leach went on to form the band, Seamless. The new lineup played on the Road Rage tour in the UK and Netherlands in 2002 with 36 Crazyfists and Five Pointe 0, and continued touring throughout the rest of the year. In 2003 the band released the song When Darkness Falls which appeared on the soundtrack to the 2003 horror film Freddy Vs. Jason. The same year they also played the Ozzfest, after which drummer Tom Gomes left the band to live in Los Angeles with his wife and pursue their current band, Something Of A Silhouette. He was replaced by Jones fellow Blood Has Been Shed band member, Justin Foley, who also played in the jazzmetal band Red Tide. Justin first tour with the band was the MTV2 Headbangers Ball tours. The bands third album, and the first to feature Jones on vocals, was The End of Heartache which was released on May 11 2004. The album ultimately went on to sell more than a quarter of a million copies in the U.S. It also debuted on the top 40 of the Australian album charts on May 17, 2004 following a successful tour of that country with Anthrax. In the later half of 2004, the band supported Slayer on their US Jagermusic dates, and headlined shows with From Autumn to Ashes, 18 Visions and 36 Crazyfists. In addition, the track The End of Heartache became the main single for the movie Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and in December 2004 the song was nominated in the Best Metal Performance category for the 47th annual Grammy Awards. In late 2004, The End of Heartache was re-released as a special edition album, with a second disc featuring live performances of Fixation on the Darkness, Life to Lifeless and My Last Serenade accompanied with two bonus tracks, the rerecorded Irreversal, featuring former vocalist Jesse Leach on chorus vocals, and My Life For Yours[track], the Japanese bonus track for the original release. During the summer of 2005, the band returned for another spot on the Ozzfest tour. On November 1, 2005, Alive or Just Breathing was re-released as part of Roadrunner Records 25th anniversary. It was re-released with a second disc that contains [track artist=Killswitch Engage]In The Unblind, When the Balance Is Broken, Numbered Days (Demo Version), Transfiguration (Demo Version of Fixation on the Darkness), Just Barely Breathing (Demo Version), Fixation On The Darkness (With Howard Jones On Vocals), and Aojb Studio Out Takes, as well as the music videos for My Last Serenade, Fixation on the Darkness, and Life to Lifeless. On November 22, 2005, KsE released a live DVD titled (Set This) World Ablaze which had a live concert the band taped during their stop at the Palladium in Worcester, MA on July 25 2005. In addition to the live performance, the DVD also features an hourlong documentary about the band and all of their music videos. As I Lay Dying and Once Beloved also performed at this sold out concert. The band returned to Chicopee, Massachusetts on February 19, 2005, to play an unnanounced show in front of fans from the bands beginning days. The show was an album release party for guitarist Joels brothers band, Once Beloved. On the March 3, 2006 edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown!, Superstar Randy Orton came out to new entrance music performed by the band, titled This Fire. The theme will be featured in the upcoming WWE Wreckless Intent album. The song is now used on a very regular basis by wrestler CM Punk. Their latest album, As Daylight Dies was released on November 21st, 2006.The style is very similar to The End of Heartache, with more melodic rythms and soul crunching double bass. Roadrunner Records Howard Jones – lead vocals Adam Dutkiewicz – lead guitar, vocals Joel Stroetzel – rhythm guitar Mike DAntonio – bass guitar Justin Foley – drums 1. Daylight Dies (4:05) 2. This Is Absolution (3:34) 3. The Arms of Sorrow (3:44) 4. Unbroken (3:08) 5. My Curse (4:04) 6. For You (4:03) 7. Still Beats Your Name (3:19) 8. Eye of the Storm (3:56) 9. Break the Silence (4:32) 10. Desperate Times (4:25) 11. Reject Yourself (4:45) Total Time: 43:39 Bonus tracks: 12. Be One (3:29) (on Japanese release) 12. Let the Bridges Burn (4:27) (on Target stores version) Best Buy stores bonus disc: 01. My Last Serenade (Live) 02. The End of Heartache (Live) 03. When Darkness Falls (Live) Released as a special edition CD/DVD set on 8/28/2007 with the following bonus material: Bonus tracks: 12. Be One (3:31) 13. Let the Bridges Burn (4:29) 14. This Fire (3:10) 15. Holy Diver (Dio cover) (4:10) Bonus DVD: 1. My Curse (Music video and Making of) 2. The Arms of Sorrow (Music video and Making of) 3. Holy Diver (Dio cover) (Music video) As Daylight Dies is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band Killswitch Engage. It was released on November 21, 2006 through Roadrunner Records. It was produced by Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroetzel. The album was released on November 13, 2006 through Roadrunner Records. It peaked at number 32 on the Billboard 200, selling up to 60,000 copies within its first week. It also peaked within the Rock, Hard Rock, and Digital Albums Charts. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on June 30, 2009, which was on the same date of the release of its successor, Killswitch Engage. It has since gone on to sell more than 500,000 copies in the United States alone. The albums first single, My Curse, was released in 2006, and managed to peak at number 21 on the Billboard Rock Songs Chart. The radio edit strips down most of the tracks unclean vocals, replacing them with Howard Jones re-recorded clean vocals. A music video directed by Lex Halaby (who previously directed the live video for A Bid Farewell) premiered on MTV 2s Headbangers Ball on November 3, 2006.[My Curse was included as a playable track in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, and as downloadable content for the video games Rock Band and Rock Band 2. It was also featured on the soundtrack of the video game Burnout Paradise. The albums second single, The Arms of Sorrow, was released in 2007, and peaked at number 30 on the Rock Songs Chart A music video directed by Aggressive premiered on Headbangers Ball on May 1, 2007. A special edition was released on August 28, 2007, including four B-sides and a DVD containing three music videos and behind-the-scenes footage The albums B-side Holy Diver, a cover of Dios first single, was released as the albums third single on August 17, 2007. It peaked at number 12 on the Rock Songs Chart, making it the bands highest charting single. A music video directed by Brian Thompson premiered on the bands official Myspace page on August 1, 2007. The video is a comical re-imagining of the original video by Dio. A music video for the albums fourth single, This Is Absolution, was released in 2008, featuring footage of the band performing the song live, as well as backstage footage. youtube/watch?v=JaEtO0ZPgWU
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