As Killswitch Engage and Anthrax destroy stages across the second leg of KillThrax, their massive co-headlining North American tour, we decided to look back at KsE's catalog and ponder the impossible: What is the metalcore band's single greatest song? For all its latent dread, the ripper sounds nothing short of victorious. Between Howard Jones' powerhouse croons, Adam Dutkiewicz's djenty licks and Justin Foley's relentless snare abuse, its instant-classic status — and place on this list — comes as no surprise. The result is a compelling combination of message and melody.
Killswitch Engage's 2002 breakthrough album, Alive or Just Breathing, features what is arguably the group's most famous single, "My Last Serenade." We posed the question to our fans and followers, and you cast your votes on social media using the hashtag #TellRevolver. Killswitch Engage / August Burns Red / Light the Torch - Atonement Tour 2020 … Below are the ranked results. No wonder the song makes it into Killswitch's set list every show, without ever getting old. "This is my curse, the longing," Jones wails, laying the song's amorous skeletons bare. In 1998 when Overcast split, D'Antonio started his Sign up to get the latest from Revolver, straight to your inbox. The album practically defines a generation of metalcore, and this four-minute single set the sonic template for the decade that followed it with its mix of harsh and clean vocals and Swedish melodic-death-metal-inflected guitar work.
A churning reflection on grief and loss, "My Curse" is one of Killswitch Engage's most successful songs to date, cracking the Top 30 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
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Killswitch Engage formed in 1999, in Westfield, Massachusetts, after the disbanding of the two bands Overcast and Aftershock. Hear Machine Head Team With Killswitch... Run the Jewels: The "Fiery and Fun" Vision of "The Forrest Gump of Rap Groups", How Metallica's 'S&M2' Infuses Blackened American Whiskey's Batch 106 and Squindo Guitar, Carcass' 'Heartwork': 10 Things You Didn't Know About 1993 Death-Metal Classic, Manson, Mr. Bungle, Puscifer and More Appear on Covers of New Issue, Hail to the Kings: M. Shadows Interviews Hetfield and Ulrich, How Lamb of God Came Back After Randy Blythe's Arrest and Imprisonment, Florida Death Metal's Gory Rise, Groundbreaking Reign: The Definitive Oral History, Injuries, Pressure, Ciphers: Inside Alice in Chains' 'The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here', Slipknot's '.5: The Gray Chapter': How Death, Trauma Shaped Comeback LP, Drugs, Death, Chaos, Contradiction: Inside Dillinger's 'One of Us Is the Killer', Killswitch Engage: Inside Jesse Leach's Return, Making of 'Disarm the Descent', Killswitch Engage 'Incarnate': Metalcore Rebels Face Dark Side, Fight Inner War. "This is my curse, time/This is my curse, the yearning." "The End of Heartache" is widely regarded as Killswitch Engage's big breakthrough moment, thanks to its inclusion in 2004's zombie blockbuster Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and, later, its Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance. Avenged Sevenfold singer gains audience with Metallica's founding duo in classic story, From Prague's Pankrác Prison to LOG's 'VII: Sturm und Drang', Deicide, Death, Morbid Angel and more tell the story of one of heavy music's most game-changing movements, How Seattle rock giants proved the comeback was real with one of their heaviest records, Corey Taylor: "This album is about making peace with the loss that we've suffered", How Greg Puciato and Ben Weinman's complex relationship has shaped one of heavy music's most insane bands, Leach: "Being in Killswitch today is worlds apart from what it was 10 years ago", Singer Jesse Leach: "This album literally drove me crazy". Running on duel cylinders of pain and perseverance, it stands among the group's most potent displays of catharsis, a eulogy as heartfelt as it is hammering. "This is my curse, the longing," Jones wails, laying the song's amorous skeletons bare.
As Killswitch Engage and Anthrax destroy stages across the second leg of KillThrax, their massive co-headlining North American tour, we decided to look back at KsE's catalog and ponder the impossible: What is the metalcore band's single greatest song? For all its latent dread, the ripper sounds nothing short of victorious. Between Howard Jones' powerhouse croons, Adam Dutkiewicz's djenty licks and Justin Foley's relentless snare abuse, its instant-classic status — and place on this list — comes as no surprise. The result is a compelling combination of message and melody.
Killswitch Engage's 2002 breakthrough album, Alive or Just Breathing, features what is arguably the group's most famous single, "My Last Serenade." We posed the question to our fans and followers, and you cast your votes on social media using the hashtag #TellRevolver. Killswitch Engage / August Burns Red / Light the Torch - Atonement Tour 2020 … Below are the ranked results. No wonder the song makes it into Killswitch's set list every show, without ever getting old. "This is my curse, the longing," Jones wails, laying the song's amorous skeletons bare. In 1998 when Overcast split, D'Antonio started his Sign up to get the latest from Revolver, straight to your inbox. The album practically defines a generation of metalcore, and this four-minute single set the sonic template for the decade that followed it with its mix of harsh and clean vocals and Swedish melodic-death-metal-inflected guitar work.
A churning reflection on grief and loss, "My Curse" is one of Killswitch Engage's most successful songs to date, cracking the Top 30 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
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This form needs Javascript to display, which your browser doesn't support. Find out what song beat out "My Curse" and "Rose of Sharyn", Killswitch Engage's Jesse Leach, San Francisco, California, 2016.
Killswitch Engage formed in 1999, in Westfield, Massachusetts, after the disbanding of the two bands Overcast and Aftershock. Hear Machine Head Team With Killswitch... Run the Jewels: The "Fiery and Fun" Vision of "The Forrest Gump of Rap Groups", How Metallica's 'S&M2' Infuses Blackened American Whiskey's Batch 106 and Squindo Guitar, Carcass' 'Heartwork': 10 Things You Didn't Know About 1993 Death-Metal Classic, Manson, Mr. Bungle, Puscifer and More Appear on Covers of New Issue, Hail to the Kings: M. Shadows Interviews Hetfield and Ulrich, How Lamb of God Came Back After Randy Blythe's Arrest and Imprisonment, Florida Death Metal's Gory Rise, Groundbreaking Reign: The Definitive Oral History, Injuries, Pressure, Ciphers: Inside Alice in Chains' 'The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here', Slipknot's '.5: The Gray Chapter': How Death, Trauma Shaped Comeback LP, Drugs, Death, Chaos, Contradiction: Inside Dillinger's 'One of Us Is the Killer', Killswitch Engage: Inside Jesse Leach's Return, Making of 'Disarm the Descent', Killswitch Engage 'Incarnate': Metalcore Rebels Face Dark Side, Fight Inner War. "This is my curse, time/This is my curse, the yearning." "The End of Heartache" is widely regarded as Killswitch Engage's big breakthrough moment, thanks to its inclusion in 2004's zombie blockbuster Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and, later, its Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance. Avenged Sevenfold singer gains audience with Metallica's founding duo in classic story, From Prague's Pankrác Prison to LOG's 'VII: Sturm und Drang', Deicide, Death, Morbid Angel and more tell the story of one of heavy music's most game-changing movements, How Seattle rock giants proved the comeback was real with one of their heaviest records, Corey Taylor: "This album is about making peace with the loss that we've suffered", How Greg Puciato and Ben Weinman's complex relationship has shaped one of heavy music's most insane bands, Leach: "Being in Killswitch today is worlds apart from what it was 10 years ago", Singer Jesse Leach: "This album literally drove me crazy". Running on duel cylinders of pain and perseverance, it stands among the group's most potent displays of catharsis, a eulogy as heartfelt as it is hammering. "This is my curse, the longing," Jones wails, laying the song's amorous skeletons bare.
"A reason why, a state of mind/There's a disconnection/A judgement made/Fueled by hate, it's your mistake/It's a choice you made/It's tearing us apart."
As Killswitch Engage and Anthrax destroy stages across the second leg of KillThrax, their massive co-headlining North American tour, we decided to look back at KsE's catalog and ponder the impossible: What is the metalcore band's single greatest song? For all its latent dread, the ripper sounds nothing short of victorious. Between Howard Jones' powerhouse croons, Adam Dutkiewicz's djenty licks and Justin Foley's relentless snare abuse, its instant-classic status — and place on this list — comes as no surprise. The result is a compelling combination of message and melody.
Killswitch Engage's 2002 breakthrough album, Alive or Just Breathing, features what is arguably the group's most famous single, "My Last Serenade." We posed the question to our fans and followers, and you cast your votes on social media using the hashtag #TellRevolver. Killswitch Engage / August Burns Red / Light the Torch - Atonement Tour 2020 … Below are the ranked results. No wonder the song makes it into Killswitch's set list every show, without ever getting old. "This is my curse, the longing," Jones wails, laying the song's amorous skeletons bare. In 1998 when Overcast split, D'Antonio started his Sign up to get the latest from Revolver, straight to your inbox. The album practically defines a generation of metalcore, and this four-minute single set the sonic template for the decade that followed it with its mix of harsh and clean vocals and Swedish melodic-death-metal-inflected guitar work.
A churning reflection on grief and loss, "My Curse" is one of Killswitch Engage's most successful songs to date, cracking the Top 30 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
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This form needs Javascript to display, which your browser doesn't support. Find out what song beat out "My Curse" and "Rose of Sharyn", Killswitch Engage's Jesse Leach, San Francisco, California, 2016.
Killswitch Engage formed in 1999, in Westfield, Massachusetts, after the disbanding of the two bands Overcast and Aftershock. Hear Machine Head Team With Killswitch... Run the Jewels: The "Fiery and Fun" Vision of "The Forrest Gump of Rap Groups", How Metallica's 'S&M2' Infuses Blackened American Whiskey's Batch 106 and Squindo Guitar, Carcass' 'Heartwork': 10 Things You Didn't Know About 1993 Death-Metal Classic, Manson, Mr. Bungle, Puscifer and More Appear on Covers of New Issue, Hail to the Kings: M. Shadows Interviews Hetfield and Ulrich, How Lamb of God Came Back After Randy Blythe's Arrest and Imprisonment, Florida Death Metal's Gory Rise, Groundbreaking Reign: The Definitive Oral History, Injuries, Pressure, Ciphers: Inside Alice in Chains' 'The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here', Slipknot's '.5: The Gray Chapter': How Death, Trauma Shaped Comeback LP, Drugs, Death, Chaos, Contradiction: Inside Dillinger's 'One of Us Is the Killer', Killswitch Engage: Inside Jesse Leach's Return, Making of 'Disarm the Descent', Killswitch Engage 'Incarnate': Metalcore Rebels Face Dark Side, Fight Inner War. "This is my curse, time/This is my curse, the yearning." "The End of Heartache" is widely regarded as Killswitch Engage's big breakthrough moment, thanks to its inclusion in 2004's zombie blockbuster Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and, later, its Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance. Avenged Sevenfold singer gains audience with Metallica's founding duo in classic story, From Prague's Pankrác Prison to LOG's 'VII: Sturm und Drang', Deicide, Death, Morbid Angel and more tell the story of one of heavy music's most game-changing movements, How Seattle rock giants proved the comeback was real with one of their heaviest records, Corey Taylor: "This album is about making peace with the loss that we've suffered", How Greg Puciato and Ben Weinman's complex relationship has shaped one of heavy music's most insane bands, Leach: "Being in Killswitch today is worlds apart from what it was 10 years ago", Singer Jesse Leach: "This album literally drove me crazy". Running on duel cylinders of pain and perseverance, it stands among the group's most potent displays of catharsis, a eulogy as heartfelt as it is hammering. "This is my curse, the longing," Jones wails, laying the song's amorous skeletons bare.
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