Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany9th August 2023
Killswitch Engage - European 2023 Tour - Special Guests: Heretoir & Bosk
Embedded between their upcoming summer festival appearances, the Metalcore pioneers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE manage to squeeze in a few club gigs. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE are considered uncompromising and influential protagonists of modern Heavy Metal. Between grounding and Grammy nominations, the US quintet combines hardness and melody like no other band. 2016 saw the release of their seventh album ‘Incarnate’, their most successful work worldwide, which for the first time cracked the top ten of the album charts not only in their home country, but also in Germany, England, Austria, Switzerland and many other countries. The successor album ‘Atonement’ has been announced for August 16, 2019.
In 1999, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE was founded in the US state of Massachusetts. The band already caused a sensation with their self-titled debut, before their final breakthrough came with the 2002 album ‘Alive Or Just Breathing’. Today, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE are the driving force of the modern Heavy Metal scene in the USA and are officially considered the founders of Metalcore. The CD ‘The End of Heartache’, released in 2004, reached number 21 on the Billboard charts. A little later they even received a Grammy nomination. With their fourth album ‘As Daylight Dies’, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE reached another peak of their creativity two years later. Rarely has the mélange of hardness and melody been put to music so intensively. The album stayed in the American charts for 22 weeks.
At the beginning of work on their sixth album, ‘Disarm the Descent’ (2013), a drastic change occurred: Howard Jones, frontman of the band since 2002, announced his departure for health reasons. After testing numerous new shouters, the remaining members recalled Jesse Leach, who had presided over them for the first three years of their career. Already the first concerts in the old line-up were euphorically received. With the re-entry of Leach, the band returned to their musical roots, which was also proven by their latest album ‘Incarnate’: It came out so oppressive, powerful and mighty, as if a young, fresh band was at work here, which had to get rid of all its anger.
At their concerts it becomes apparent what additionally distinguishes KILLSWITCH ENGAGE besides their mixture of brute pressure, compositional density, and rousing melodies: An enormous grounding as well as great closeness to their fans. This will be proven once again during their three German shows between August 8 and Aug 16.
Additional Concert Info
Doors: 19:00
Start: 20:00
Tickets: are available from 45.15 euros (plus charges pre-sale) via Eventim
Info: https://prime-entertainment.de/veranstaltung/killswitch-engage
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