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 Killswitch EngageKillswitch Engage [2009] Release Date: 2009 06 23 Label: Roadrunner Rating:  |
Westfield, MA-based metalcore kings Killswitch Engage's fifth full-length album (and second eponymous release) was co-produced by Brendan O'Brien (Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Mastodon), resulting in the group's most commercially viable collection of progressive/thrash/emo-metal to date. Where 2006's As Daylight Dies hinted at an accelerated focus on the more melodic aspects of extreme metal, Killswitch Engage cements the notion. After a typically brutal opener that epitomizes the band's penchant for scorching thrash-heavy verses and sweeping, melodious choruses, the quintet spits out the radio-ready "Starting Over." Flanked by dual guitar leads that echo classic Iron Maiden and shot through with a truly great vocal take from lead singer Howard Jones (who sounds remarkably like a classically trained Trent Reznor throughout the album), it's one of the album's finest, though ultimately divisive moments. It sets a significantly different template for the remainder of the record, trading tight machine-gun riffs ("Save Me," "A Light in a Darkened World") for angst-fueled midtempo dirges ("Lost," "This Is Goodbye") that might disappoint fans who feel that the punk-infused slow-burn post-hardcore albums like Alive or Just Breathing and End of Heartache are the barometers for which all future endeavors must be compared. James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Never Again | Dutkiewicz, Jones, Stroezel, Foley, D'Antonio | 3:09 |
| 2 | Starting Over | Stroezel, Foley, D'Antonio, Dutkiewicz, Jones | 3:51 |
| 3 | Forgotten | D'Antonio, Jones, Foley, Dutkiewicz, Stroezel | 3:17 |
| 4 | Reckoning | Foley, Jones, Dutkiewicz, D'Antonio, Stroezel | 2:40 |
| 5 | Return | Foley, Stroezel, Jones, Dutkiewicz, D'Antonio | 4:28 |
| 6 | Light in a Darkened World | D'Antonio, Jones, Stroezel, Dutkiewicz, Foley | 2:50 |
| 7 | Take Me Away | D'Antonio, Dutkiewicz, Foley, Jones, Stroezel | 2:45 |
| 8 | I Would Do Anything | Dutkiewicz, Stroezel, Foley, Jones, D'Antonio | 3:22 |
| 9 | Save Me | Stroezel, Foley, D'Antonio, Jones, Dutkiewicz | 3:46 |
| 10 | Lost | D'Antonio, Jones, Dutkiewicz, Foley, Stroezel | 3:45 |
| 11 | This Is Goodbye | Stroezel, Dutkiewicz, D'Antonio, Foley, Jones | 4:17 |
Other Releases:
| Killswitch Engage [2009] [Special Edition] Release Date: 2009 Label: Roadrunner |
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