Killswitch Engage: entire new album available for streaming
Killswitch Engage's self-titled fourth album is available for streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page. Due on June 30 via Roadrunner Records, the CD was produced by Brendan O'Brien (Ac/Dc, Rage Against The Machine) and co-produced by guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz. "This album will be the death of me," vocalist Howard Jones recently told RollingStone.com. "There was nothing comfortable about it for any of us," he said of making the record, most of which took place in Atlanta under the watchful eye of superproducer Brendan O'Brien (Bruce Springsteen, Ac/Dc, Pearl Jam), marking the first time Killswitch guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz has stepped aside for an outside producer.
"We're known for being a pretty positive band - we're almost a self-help band," Jones said. "I feel like Tony Robbins or something. We're known for anthems, but this time I really tried to write from a different place. I've got enough to draw on to write some stuff that can be dark. Maybe there's still a hint of positivity in it, but there are some songs on there that are not positive at all."
Festivals2Go.com conducted an interview with Killswitch Engage guitarist Joel Stroetzel at this year's Rock am Ring festival, which was held June 5-7 in Nürburgring, Germany. Watch the chat at this location.
Killswitch Engage will team up with In Flames for a co-headlining tour of Canada in Sepember. Support on the trek will come from Protest The Hero and Between The Buried And Me.
Killswitch Engage will spend the summer touring as a main-stage attraction on the second annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival.