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Ten years. That's how long it took Jesse Leach, the arresting voice of one of the millenium's most influential American metal albums "Alive Or Just Breathing," [2002] to rejoin his brothers in Massachusetts powerhouse Killswitch Engage. Less than one week after the official announcement on Monday, February 6, I visited the cozy Easy Street Nightclu... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

In case you're wondering, I was lying when I said I was having a wisdom tooth removed by an oral surgeon. In fact, I simply traveled to Spain, where I had the tooth knocked out by a pizza boomerang. Here's some other shit we did this week: We debuted new music by Terrorizer and Seas [...]

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After a decade apart, Jesse Leach has rejoined Killswitch Engage ., the band he helped form in 1999. The news comes on the heels of the departure of Howard Jones who joined the band in 2002 and left in January . The band made this statement: After much deliberation and careful consideration, we are pleased to announce that Jesse Leach has rejoined Killswitch Engage. Our job was to find the best person to fill Howard's shoes: a decision based on talent and not familiarity. Truth be told, Jesse blew us away in auditions. The [...]

As was previously announced, Killswitch Engage has reunited with former vocalist Jesse Leach. The band has now issued the following official statement: "Killlswitch Engage are pleased to announce that they have filled the singer vacancy in the band and they have done so with a familiar face: original vocalist Jesse Leach. "Leach sang on the b... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Dear Killswitch Engage, I was very happy to hear that Jesse Leach has re-joined the band. I don't mean to be disrespectful to Howard Jones. I think HJ is a great vocalist and a great performer, and I love The End of Heartache. But I don't think it's any secret that you fellas needed some [...]

We already knew Killswitch Engage have gotten back together with original vocalist Jesse Leach after the band posted a new promo photo with their returning frontman on their site. Today, we get a press release from their label that reveals that Leach actually had to audition for his position. Here is the unedited press release: ...

Awww look at Killswitch Engage. They just look so happy, all smiles and...hey, is that Jesse Leach?! There it is, everyone. Former KSE frontman Jesse Leach has rejoined the band after the departure of Howard Jones who replaced Leach back in 2002 . The band posted the above picture at their official website . So far there's no other news about the reunion of Leach and KSE but we should still expect a brand new album from the band later this year. You can check out all their upcoming [...]

:: Taylor Hawkins ( Foo Fighters ), Brann Dailor ( Mastodon ), Navene Koperweis ( Animals as Leaders ) and tons more have been nominated in the Modern Drummers Readers' Poll . :: Jesse Leach is back in Killswitch Engage . :: Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade makes Fred Armisen's playlist at the LA Times. :: VEVO not paying indie labels ? Gee, who would have thought? :: Every song from every Super Bowl Commercial .

We can't say this is shocking news, but Jesse Leach is back as vocalist for Killswitch Engage. Former vocalist Howard Jones announced he was "over it" a few weeks ago, and speculation ran rampant as to who would replace him. Today, if you hit the main page of KillswitchEngage.com, you will see the above photo ...

Have you checked out KillswitchEngage.com today? We're not sure how long it's been there, but as of the time this article is being published there's a splash screen up with a photo of the band - including original lead singer Jesse Leach. While the band has yet to release a statement via their website, Facebook [...]

Well, he is if the new Killswitch Engage website is anything to go by. That's where we got that above picture from , after all. It also comes as a surprise to absolutely no-one, given the ever-decreasing levels of denial coming from Mr Leach in recent days. Still, it'll be interesting to see what direction Killswitch Engage now take with their new...err....old....err current vocalist.

If that combo makes you scratch your head and go "zuh?" then you certainly wouldn't be the only one, but there you have it: three of the most vocal personalities from Cannibal Corpse, Killswitch Engage and The Black Dahlia Murder are apparently teaming up for a new project. The news comes straight from Corpsegrinder's mouth, [...]

Remember, last summer when there was a little blip about Killswtich Engage's Adam D. forming a supergroup with Cannibal Corpse vocalist, George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher and Black Dahlia Murder drummmer Shannon Lucas. It wasn't officially confirmed, it just seemed like something a few friends were working on. Well, we can tell you, in full confidence, it's ...

It's hard to keep a secret in these Internet-crazy times. If I were Jesse Leach and I had a really big secret to keep - like whether or not I was about to re-join Killswitch Engage after Howard Jones' departure - I'd probably just avoid giving interviews to the press altogether to make sure what [...]

Photo by Jeff Chan Those poor metalcore Massholes in Unearth have been without a drummer since parting ways with Derek Kerswill back in 2010 - although, to their credit, they did make the best of a bad situation, recruiting Killswitch Engage/Blood Has Been Shed skinsman Justin Foley to sit in on last year's Darkness in the [...]

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Killswitch Engage Title TBC Roadrunner Records Winter 2012 What they're saying: 2012 was supposed to see the return of Killswitch Engage...but recent events have seen the band throw our expectations, predictions, and Howard Jones' career right out the window. A new Killswitch album has been in the demo stages since [...]

Yesterday we ran a very silly post in which we hypothesized about possible new vocalists for Killswitch Engage, except that the majority of candidates we named are not realistic possibilites (more on that in a second). I know that there are people who were bummed that we didn't consider more realistic potentialities, but there was a [...]