Killswitch Engage – New audio interview available!

Killswitch Engage – New audio interview available!

Metal Express Radio's U.K. correspondent Mick Burgess recently conducted an interview with Killswitch Engage members Adam Dutkiewicz (guitar) and Howard Jones (vocals).

Next up for Killswitch will be an eight-week U.S. headline tour, their first in support of their new self-titled album. Joining them for this run will be The Devil Wears Prada and Dark Tranquility. The tour kicks off on February 4 in Boston, Massachusetts.

The 13-minute chat is now available for streaming at:
http://www.metalexpressradio.com/interviews/Killswitch_Engaged_Interview2.m3u

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Killswitch Engage: Second Behind-the-scenes clip from south American tour posted online!

Killswitch Engage: Second Behind-the-scenes clip from south American tour posted online!

In late October 2009, Massachusetts metallers Killswitch Engage embarked on their first-ever tour of South America. With stops in Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Chile and Colombia, the quintet played in front of hungry crowds who were eager to get a rare glimpse of the band in these countries. The trip was documented and Roadrunner Records is releasing a new short clip every Monday over a six-week period. The clips range from behind-the-scenes footage on the tour bus and backstage, interacting with fans, exploring new places, experimenting with fine dining and of course some typical Killswitch Engage shenanigans.

The first clip can be viewed below for those who didn’t see it…



And here’s the second clip…

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Tour dates for Killswitch Engage, Devildriver and Munity Within!

- Here are the coming up tour dates -

Killswitch Engage – tour dates:
With --> Dark Tranquillity and The Devil wears Prada

02 – 04 – 2010 à Boston, MA - House of Blues
02 – 05 -2010 à Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
02 – 06 – 2010 à Norfolk, VA – NorVa
02 – 08 – 2010 à Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
02 – 10 – 2010 à Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
02 – 11 – 2010 à Charlotte, NC - Amos' Southend
02 – 12 – 2010 à Baltimore, MD – Sonar
02 – 13 – 2010 à Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
02 – 14 – 2010 à Chicago, IL - House of Blues
02 – 15 – 2010 à Chicago, IL - House of Blues
02 – 17 – 2010 à Fargo, ND – Venue
02 – 18 – 2010 à Loop Station, MN - First Avenue
02 – 19 – 2010 à Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
02 – 20 – 2010 à Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
02 – 21 – 2010 à Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room at Murat Center
02 – 23 – 2010 à Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
02 – 24 – 2010 à Austin, TX - Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater
02 – 25 – 2010 à Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
02 – 26 – 2010 à Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
02 – 27 – 2010 à Corpus Christi, TX - Concrete Street Amphitheatre
03 – 01 – 2010 à Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
03 – 03 – 2010 à Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
03 – 05 – 2010 à Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
03 – 06 – 2010 à Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre
03 – 07 – 2010 à San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
03 – 09 – 2010 à Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
03 – 10 – 2010 à Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
03 – 12 – 2010 à Magna, UT - The Great Salt Air
03 – 13 – 2010 à Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
03 – 14 – 2010 à Kansas City, MO - The Midland Theatre by AMC
03 – 15 – 2010 à St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
03 – 16 – 2010 à Nashville, TN - Rocket Town
03 – 18 – 2010 à New York, NY - The Fillmore New York At Irving Plaza
03 – 19 – 2010 à New York, NY - The Fillmore New York At Irving Plaza

03 – 21- 2010 à Wallingford, CT - The Dome

Devildriver – tour dates:
With --> Suffocartion + Goathore and Thy Will Be Done

01 – 13 – 2010 à Vancouver, Canada - Rickshaw Theatre
01 – 15 – 2010 à Grand Junction, CO - Mesa Theatre
01 – 16 – 2010 à Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
01 – 18 – 2010 à Maplewood, MN - The Rock
01 – 19 – 2010 à Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
01 – 20 – 2010 à Chicago, IL - House of Blues
01 – 21 – 2010 à Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls01 – 22 – 2010 à Flint, MI - The Machine Shop
01 – 23 – 2010 à Columbus, OH - Al Rosa
01 – 24 – 2010 à Covington, KY - Mad Hatter Club
01 – 25 – 2010 à Springfield, VA – Jaxx
01 – 26 – 2010 à Norfolk, VA – NorVa
01 – 27 – 2010 à Philadelphia, PA – Polaris
01 – 28 – 2010 à New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
01 – 29 – 2010 à Worcester, MA - The Palladium
01 – 30 – 2010 à Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
01 – 31 – 2010 à Farmingdale, NY - Crazy Donkey
02 – 01 – 2010 à Montreal, Canada - Club Soda
02 – 02 – 2010 à Toronto, Canada - Opera House
02 – 04 – 2010 à Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
02 – 05 – 2010 à Orlando, FL - Club Firestone
02 – 06 – 2010 à Fort Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
02 – 08 – 2010 à Austin, TX - Emo's
02 – 10 – 2010 à Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
02 – 11 – 2010 à Tucson, AZ - The Rock

02 – 12 – 2010 à West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues

Mutiny Within – Tour dates:
With --> Arsis + Exodus and Arch Enemy

01 – 20 – 2010 à Towson, MD - Recher Theatre
01 – 21 – 2010 à Philadelphia, PA - Theater of Living Arts
01 – 22 – 2010 à New York, NY - Nokia Theatre
01 – 23 – 2010 à Worcester, MA - The Palladium
01 – 25 – 2010 à Montreal, Canada – Club Soda (to Le Medley before but the location has been taken down!)
01 – 26 – 2010 à Quebec City, Canada – Imperial
01 – 27 – 2010 à Toronto, Canada - Phoenix Concert Theatre
01 – 29 – 2010 à Chicago, IL - House of Blues
01 – 30 – 2010 à Maplewood, MN - The Rock
01 – 31 – 2010 à Winnipeg, Canada - Garrick Centre
02 – 02 – 2010 à Calgary, Canada - MacEwan Hall
02 – 03 – 2010 à Edmonton, Canada - Edmonton Events Centre
02 – 05 – 2010 à Vancouver, Canada - Commodore Ballroom
02 – 06 – 2010 à Seattle, WA – Showbox
02 – 08 – 2010 à San Francisco, CA - Regency Center @ The Grand Ballroom
02 – 09 – 2010 à West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues

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Killswitch Engage – interview on Uranium!

Killswitch Engage – interview on Uranium!

"Uranium", which is exclusively available on Fuse On Demand, recently conducted an interview with Massachusetts metallers Killswitch Engage about making music videos, their latest self-titled album and Slayer.

The full interview is available all January long only on Fuse on Demand.

Watch a clip of the episode below.



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Killswitch Engage interviewed on Bruce Dickenson’s radio show!

Killswitch Engage interviewed on Bruce Dickenson’s radio show!

Massachusetts metallers Killswitch Engage were Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson's guest on this past Friday's (January 8) edition of Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show".

You can now listen to the program for the next five days at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/b0072kzb/console

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Killswitch Engage: New video interview with Joel Stroetzel!

Killswitch Engage: New video interview with Joel Stroetzel!

Guitarist Joel Stroetzel of Massachusetts metallers Killswitch Engage was interviewed by Peter Bailey of the Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom-based "Metalheadz" radio show on December 2, 2009 in Manchester during the "Taste Of Chaos" tour.

Killswitch Engage has contributed a previously unreleased song to the digital extended play (EP) soundtrack for the highly anticipated PlayStation3 (PS3) exclusive videogame "God of War III". The EP, titled "God of War: Blood & Metal", will be released in March via Roadrunner Records as a part of the "God of War III Ultimate Edition", and will also feature four other previously unreleased songs from Roadrunner artists — Trivium, Dream Theater, Opeth and Taking Dawn.

You can now watch the chat below…

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Killswitch Engage interview with Adam Dutkiewicz!

Killswitch Engage interview with Adam Dutkiewicz!

The Toronto Sun has posted an interview done by phone with KSE’s guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz. The title of the article is: “Engaging personality: Metal guitarist's self-deprecating humour a switch from the norm”…interesting!

Here’s few parts of it…

Toronto Sun: The band seems to get a lot of flak from metal purists for not being heavy enough.

Adam: “Yeah, there's metal fans that just want ripping guitar parts all the time and complete aggression. And I can't speak for the band, but I like having different elements in our material. I listen to all styles of music. Not just metal. So all the metalheads who say I'm not a real metalhead, well, maybe I'm not. But everyone's got their own thing, man. You won't catch me calling down anyone.”

Toronto Sun: How's your back? I understand you've had a chronic problem.

Adam: “Yeah, I've had several surgeries. I had disc herniations in 2007 -- pretty terrible extreme ones where I lost sensation below the waist actually. I couldn't walk. It was terrifying. I pretty much wrote off the band. I was pretty wrecked for half a year, maybe a little more. It was a pretty lengthy recovery. But lately I've been feeling very good. And now I wear a back brace onstage just to keep the lumbar stable.”

To read the entire article, go at:
http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/music/2009/08/31/10683716-sun.html

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Killswitch Engage: Mike D’Antonio new interview!

Killswitch Engage: Mike D’Antonio new interview!

Puregrainaudio.com interviewed Killswitch Engage’s bassist Mike D'Antonio.

Here’s a little part of it…

Puregrainaudio: You’re currently on tour throughout North America. How has everything been going so far?

Mike: Oh it’s going well, this is the first week of the tour, we’re touring with Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Bullet for my Valentine, Trivium’s on the bill, All That Remains, Cannibal Corpse, a lot of good bands, it’s a fun summer, hot as balls though.

To read the entire interview go at:
http://www.puregrainaudio.com/interviews/killswitch-engage7

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Killswitch Engage: New Video Interview With Joel Stroetzel available!

Killswitch Engage: New Video Interview With Joel Stroetzel available!

Metal Til Death conducted an interview with guitarist Joel Stroetzel of Massachusetts metallers Killswitch Engage on August 9, 2009 at the Bristow Virginia stop of this year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival.

Watch the chat below…

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Killswitch Engage: The Return contest!

Killswitch Engage: The Return contest!

"The Return" Contest will begin on June 30, 2009 at 12:00 am EST and will end on July 14, 2009 at 12:00 pm PST. Entrants must enter the required information and answer the multiple choice questions.

Note: All answers can be found inside the booklet of Killswitch Engage's latest album, Killswitch Engage. If you answer all three questions correctly, you'll be officially entered into the contest and therefore eligible to win any of the prizes listed here.

Winners will be randomly selected and notified by July 20, 2009 via the supplied contact information.

You must be 13 years old to enter.

For the official rules and regulations go at:
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/KSE_The_Return_Giveaway_Rules.pdf

To see all the prizes go at:
http://www.takethisoath.com/thereturn/

And to participate go at:
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/freeshit/contest.aspx?contestID=27

GOOD LUCK!

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Killswitch Engage: Interview with Mike D at Download Festival!

Killswitch Engage: Interview with Mike D at Download Festival!

It's time for the installment from behind the scenes at Download with Killswitch Engage!!!

Roadrunner Records UK hung with the guys for a lil in their dressing room and chatted to Mike D about what they have been up to since they were last in the UK.

RR also discover how far Adam D runs!

Check it out now!



Killswitch Engage are about to head out in the USA on this years Mayhem tour for the summer.

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Killswitch Engage videos interviews!

Killswitch Engage videos interviews!

Killswitch Engage put together four video clips that document their most recent tours, Mayhem and Music As A Weapon, and include some details about the making of the upcoming new album.

Check them out right now!

Clip 1 – Mayhem



Clip 2 – Music As a Weapon Tour



Clip 3 - Constructing "A Light In A Darkened World"



Clip 4 - The Making Of "Reckoning"



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Killswitch Engage interview in Decibel Magazine!

Killswitch Engage interview in Decibel Magazine!

Killswitch Engage's enigmatic frontman Howard Jones opens up about the blood and guts of the upcoming self-titled new album with Decibel.

Here’s a part of the interview…

Decibel: Tell me a little bit about your second self-titled effort. What are you doing differently and why did you decide to self title another record?

Howard Jones: The first self-titled record we put out was really an EP. It had seven or eight songs. It came out on Ferret. We really tried to make some changes without completely changing everything. We’re not going to be a pop band or anything. We’re also not going to be Necrophagist. We are who we are. We felt the need to push things. The songwriting, the vocal delivery, the lyrics. It was time to push. We really wanted to go as far as we can with what we do. Some people enjoy what we do. Some people don’t like the verse, chorus, verse, chorus thing. That’s called song structure. [Laughs] Considering we went with an outside producer for the first time, it’s like let’s just call it Killswitch Engage. There it is. It’s not a real big deal. We tossed things around. Some things were good. Some weren’t. In the end, it’s just Killswitch Engage.

Decibel: Can we expect another cover along the lines of “Holy Diver”?

Howard Jones: No, no covers this time around. That was a one-time thing. Kerrang! had asked us. Hey, if you would’ve asked us we would’ve done it, but no. [Laughs] The song turned out well in our eyes. Then the label put it on the extended version. The label asked us to do a video, but we said no. We started to get some submissions from people to direct it. Then Adam said, ‘What if I was the princess?’ It’s like, ‘Oh yeah! It’s on now!’ Once that happened we were totally into it. There’s a silly outtake on the album. That’s all I’ll say.

To read the full story go at:
http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=311887

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Vote for Killswitch Engage!

Vote for Killswitch Engage!

Attention, Killswitch Engage fans!

Currently Killswitch Engage are up against Airbourne at FM96 in London…KSE need your vote to win!

Go to:
http://www.fm96.com/home/Default.aspx
and on the right side, down there is a little box, like a poll one.

So go now and VOTE!

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Download festival – interviews and pictures!

Download festival – interviews and pictures!

Check out some of the interview done by Kerrang!, Download website and NME at the Download festival 2009…

Killswitch Engage – Adam interview with Kerrang!:

Killswitch Engage – Howard interview on the Download website:

Dream Theater – Mike Portnoy interview with Kerrang!:

Trivium – Matt interview with NME:

Dragonforce – Vadim interview on the Download website:



The Lowdown – episode 4 with Dragonforce and Devildriver:



The Lowdown - episode 5 with Mike Portnoy:



There’s other episodes of The Lowdown, to check them out go at:

http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/video/index.aspx

Now, here’s some pictures from the event…

- Trivium -

- Matt-

- Corey and Matt -

- Paolo -

- Travis -

- Matt -

To see all Trivium pictures go at:

http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/gallery/index.aspx?title=Trivium

- Killswitch Engage -

- Howard -

- Adam -

- Mike -

- Howard -

- Adam -

For all Killswitch Engage photos go at:

http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/gallery/index.aspx?title=Killswitch%20Engage

- Devildriver -

- Dez -

- Mike and Jon -

- Jeff -

Check all Devildriver pictures at:

http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/gallery/index.aspx?title=Devil%20Driver

- Dragonforce -

- ZP -

- Fred and Herman -

- Herman, Fred and Sam -

- Herman -

- Sam and Vadim -

Watch all of Dragonforce shots at:

http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/gallery/index.aspx?title=DragonForce

- Dream Theater -

- Mike -

- John and John -

- John Petrucci -

- John Myung -

- Jordan -

- James -

- Mike -

You can look at the other Dream Theater pix at:

http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/gallery/index.aspx?title=DreamTheater

For more Devildriver, Dragonforce, Trivium, Dream Theater and Killswitch Engage news go at:

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Killswitch Engage checks in with a video update!

Killswitch Engage checks in with a video update!

It's been way too long since we had some Killswitch Engage activity, frankly, so getting this update into the office was just what the doctor ordered and a nice lil reminder that the guys are hitting UK shores for Download Festival!!!

In the video, the guys talks about their recent US tour with Disturbed- the “Music As A Weapon” tour- and what it's like playing to new crowds when your last tour played to your own fans. They also fill us in about how they keep themselves occupied on the tour bus!

Check it out…

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Killswitch Engage: Check out the video for “Starting Over”!

Killswitch Engage: Check out the video for “Starting Over”!

The video for “Starting Over” has been released online. It’s the first clip to be taken from the band’s self-titled album and you can catch the band on the main stage this Friday (June 12th) at Download!

Killswitch Engage will release their new self-titled effort on June 30th.

Watch the video now!



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Check out clips from the Golden Gods Awards!

Check out clips from the Golden Gods Awards!

Did you miss out on the Revolver Golden Gods Awards this past spring? Well don't worry, because you can watch 2 awesome clips straight from the Black Carpet!! Check out DevilDriver, Trivium and Killswitch Engage as they make their way into the show and answer some questions…

Clip 1 - Trivium talk about how it feels to be at the show and Dez from DevilDriver talks about the upcoming new album.



Clip 2 - Adam D. and the boys from Killswitch Engage cause a ruckus on the Black Carpet!



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Killswitch Engage: Exclusive Metalsucks interview!

Killswitch Engage: Exclusive Metalsucks interview!

MetalSucks.net have posted an exclusive interview with Howard Jones and Mike D'Antonio from Killswitch Engage. Find out the exciting scoop on Mike's beardy hygiene, the songwriting process this time around, having a new producer, and more.

Go read the entire interview at:
http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/06/05/exclusive-interview-axl-and-vince-double-team-killswitch-engages-howard-jones-and-mike-dantonio/

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Scott Ian: “Corey Taylor was in Anthrax!”

Scott Ian: “Corey Taylor was in Anthrax!”

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian reveals to Metal Hammer that Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor was 100% part of Anthrax!

Scott Ian, holding a copy of the new issue of Metal Hammer, has spoken to the Metal Hammer podcast about how Corey Taylor was genuinely going to be a part of Anthrax on his downtime from Slipknot/Stone Sour, prior to new ‘thrax vocalist Dan Nelson joining the band.

“Corey Taylor was in Anthrax!” Ian told us. “We just said “bummer, we don’t have John Bush” but it was pretty cool that we were going to have Corey Taylor on the record and for three months, it was actually happening. It was for real, it was not a joke.”

Check out the new issue of Metal Hammer…it’s kind of a Roadrunner Records issue!

They head to the city of angels, Los Angeles, to speak to metal’s biggest band, literally, Slipknot, and hang with Corey Taylor and the guys to get the inside line on the future of our favorite eight-piece.

They also speak to New England metalcore pioneers Killswitch Engage as they line up to release their brand new album, the self-titled opus, “Killswitch Engage”. Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy also celebrates the release of his latest prog-metal masterpiece, as he tells Hammer. DevilDriver have released one of the albums of the year already and Dez Fafara spills the beans on staying awesome.

Also in the mag: They give Swedish death glam quintet Deathstars a good roasting in the Spanish Inquisition, we tell the story of Trivium’s Matt Heafy and his life so far and Hammer headed – en masse – to North Wales for the first Hammerfest to see and hang out with Opeth, Sepultura, Saxon and loads more.

There are also reviews of new albums from Marilyn Manson, Alestorm, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater and many, many more…so get it now!!!

For more news on Slipknot, Trivium, Killswitch Engage, Dream Theater, Opeth, Devildriver and many more go at:

www.slipknot1.com
www.allhopeisgone.com
www.trivium.org
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