Artist: Killswitch Engage

When it comes to music (and other things really), I tend to play devil's advocate. If everyone is shitting on a certain band, for some reason, I become more attracted to that band and seek them out. I don't know what it is about my personality, but I think it stems from the same perspective [...]

Howard Jones , vocalist for Massachusetts metal titans Killswitch Engage , has left the band for unspecified "personal" reasons and has been temporarily replaced on the band's current tour with All That Remains frontman Phil Labonte. Here's what the band has to say: "It became overwhelmingly obvious to all of us around Howard that he is in no condition to be on tour right now and that he needed to get off the road and get himself better. It's a personal matter and while we understand everyone's curiosity and concern for Howard and [...]

Jesse Leach and Howard Jones doing KSE's "My Last Serenade" as part of the Roadrunner United event in December 2005 So last night Killswitch Engage sent out a press release announcing they're going to finish their current tour with All That Remains' Phil LaBonte handling vocal duties for Howard Jones, who had to break out early, [...]

I'm sorry to say it because I love the band so much, but Killswitch Engage should get the blame for spawning a generation - nay, now TWO generations - of shitty, terrible, god awful bands like A Late Night Serenade. Much like the case of Faith No More and rap-metal it's an unfortunate byproduct of [...]

Earlier this week Howard Jones had to drop off of Killswitch Engage's current headlining tour, apparently due to illness. All That Remains' Phil LaBonte has been filling in for Jones - The PRP has been referring to this incarnation of the band as "Philswitch Engage" (cute) - but now MS Suckalo has done some investigative [...]

"Shattering the Skies Above," the new Trivium song the band recorded for the video game God of War III, has found its way onto YouTube, which in this day and age was inevitable, I guess. The song is notable because it marks the recording debut of Trivium's new drummer, Nick Augusto, late of the grindcore [...]

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Killswitch Engage frontman Howard Jones is taking a small break from his band and will be replaced by All That Remains vocalist Phil Labonte. Jones left the band "due to unforeseen circumstances". A statement from the band's management was released regarding Jones's departure: Killswitch Engage vocalist Howard Jones is leaving the band's current headlining tour with The Devil Wears Prada and Dark Tranquility due to unforeseen circumstances. All That Remains vocalist Phil Labonte will be filling in for Jones for a few shows in the interim, until the KsE guys can determine [...]

Howard Jones has had to leave the current Killswitch Engage tour with Dark Tranquility and The Devil Wears Prada due to what the band is calling "unforeseen circumstances." All That Remains frontman Phil LeBonte will be filling in for Jones. While the band hasn't specifically stated why Jones left the tour, LeBonte hinted Jones is ...

We've gotten a number of concerned e-mails since it was announced last night that Howard Jones is sitting out Killswitch Engage's current tour with Dark Tranquillity and The Devil Wears Prada. As far as I can tell, the cause of consternation seems to be the following: That no specific reason was given for Jones' sitting-out the [...]

The fourth installment of Rock On The Range will head back to Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, OH this May 22nd and 23rd with a slew of new, some kinda new, some reborn and some recycled rock acts. Categorize them as you wish, but notable acts this year include festival-first-timers Godsmack, Rob Zombie and Slash (solo). Then there's the grand return of (anti-climactic drum roll please) Limp Bizkit! I guess Limp's new album must be close to hitting the shelves at Hot Topic. Other confirmed acts include Coheed and Cambria, Deftones, Mastodon, [...]

Rather than interview Dark Tranquillity frontman Mikael Stanne ourselves or have the Monkeys whip up a few questions on their typewriters, we figured we'd extend an invitation to our faithful Suckalos. After all, DT's new album We Are the Void drops March 9th so surely there are some burning questions on your mind. Such as: What [...]

Video of Eerie Von (Samhain, Danzig) performing "Lay The Blame" at Generation Records on 1/8.

Killswitch Engage sings the following genre(s): Metalcore More videos from Killswitch Engage : KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: Rose Of Sharyn [...]

Blah blah blah how's did the Taste of Chaos tour go? Blah blah blah let's talk about the new album. Blah blah blah BORING. Rather than go through the same-old same-old during our interview with Justin Foley from Killswitch Engage, we decided to talk about something he wanted to talk about for a change: The [...]

My last blog was fucking hilarious. I mean, really. It was good. No, it was better than good. It was great. Besides some of my blogs that have nothing to do with metal (Susan Boyle) I was able to write something that wasn't serious at all. And again, it was completely hilarious. The best part [...]

Linkin Park are the biggest selling band of this decade, nay, century. That's a statement that really hurts, isn't it. They've sold more records than Metallica, Iron Maiden or even The Beatles. Yes, feel free to weep because there doesn't seem like much to celebrate. Right? WRONG! There really have been some amazing bands, albums and [...]

Killswitch Engage @ Starland Ballroom Killswitch Engage have announced that in 2010 they will be heading out with Dark Tranquillity & The Devil Wears Prada. The dates include a stop at Atlantic City's House of Blues in the begining of the tour as well as two dates at New York City's Irving Plaza at the tours conclusion in Mid-March. Tickets are on-sale now and links can be found below. 2.5.10 @ House [...]

The following tickets are on sale beginning Saturday, December 19th, 2009: Alicia Keys: What: Tour dates for North America When: February - April Tixs: Price varies depending on location Buy: Ticketmaster.com at 10:00 AM EST "Experience Hendrix": What: North American tribute tour featuring Joe Satriani, Jonny Lang, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Aerosmith's [...]

Last week, during one of my daily perusals of this very blog, I came across a rather scathing recounting of Killswitch Engage's self-titled album, which came out earlier this year. This caught me a bit off guard, as I considered it to be one of my favorite albums of the year and a step in [...]