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Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage Audio CD

A fair review of the Killswitch Engage "Killswitch Engage" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Killswitch Engage reviews here, or go back to the Killswitch Engage tabs.

Killswitch Engage Band: Killswitch Engage
Title: Killswitch Engage
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Release Date: 2007-12-15
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Temples from the Within 2: Vide Nfra 3: Irreversal 4: Rusted Embrace 5: Prelude 6: Soilborn 7: Numb Sickened Eyes 8: In the Unblind 9: One Last Sunset - Adam Dutkiewicz

JDL over HJ
Both this debut and Alive or just breathin are better than the rest. I still think Jesse David Leech is the better fit for KSE over Howard Jones. just IMO.


good but not great debut
As such, I don't the luxury of comparing to their later work, so this review is focused only on this disc. I've heard the buzz around this band and I start with the debut - currently the only one I own.
Point being, I enter into the newer metal world with some trepidation, because YouTube samples are usually so poor in sound quality you can't tell what's going anyway. Not to mention all the bands look alike and move exactly alike on stage, and that sucks.
"Killswitch Engage" first struck me as somewhat bland, in the world of Shadows Fall, Meshuggah or other heavies out there. My main complaint would be the lack of lead guitar, but that in itself isn't too big a deal, since one of my favorite bands, Fear Factory, has only one solo on all its recorded output.
What we do get though is positive lyrics, which is good, and plenty of attitude, which makes up for technical profiency, which, I am to understand, improves with latter releases. The coyote yelps do little for me, but the riffs grow on you, and as an overall piece, we get a picture of a band that has lots of promise and room to grow. I look forward to checking out their newer stuff.


I MISS THIS STUFF!
Forget their new stuff i agree too i can't stand howard's emo crap stick it with jesse. Along with alive or just breathing,this is the best album they ever done the heaviest stuff from them is here and of course their masterpiece alive or just breathing is also must have. If you like heavy metal and by heavy metal i mean HEAVY metal that's brutal this has heavy stuff influences from death metal(i just love his death growls)and brutal fast metalcore JUST GET IT!.


heavier kse
Yeah since jesse left they haven't been that good anymore end of the heartache was a cool album but the newest stuff is kinda weak,howard is not that good of a singer jesse was wayyyy better. Man,comparing kse in their early days to now i just gotta say they were way heavier and better. Get this one is pure heavy metal unlike their new stuff this is something you can actually rock to GET IT THEY WON'T BE HEAVY LIKE THIS ANYMORE!.


THE BEST OF THE BEST
This album in my opinion is Killswitch's best by FAR. The guy at the bottom knows his stuff. I can't stand the new new singer's emo winey crap. If you want a pure, brutal, unrelenting, totally kick a** METAL album pick this up. Irreversal, Temple From the Within, Soilborn. . . every song is great. And the best metal vocalist ever, period. If you can't stand the new Killswitch like me and want to hear straight up kick a** metal then pick this one up.


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