Killswitch Engage - Disarm The Descent

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7.9 | 226 votes |
Band
Killswitch Engage
Style
Melodic metalcore
Release date
2 April 2013
Owners
202 have it
39 want it
Tracklist
01. The Hell In Me
02. Beyond The Flames
03. New Awakening
04. In Due Time
05. A Tribute To The Fallen
06. The Turning Point
07. All That We Have
08. You Don't Bleed For Me
09. The Call
10. No End In Sight
11. Always
12. Time Will Not Remain
13. Blood Stains [special edition bonus]
14. Slave To The Machine [special edition bonus]
15. Numbered Days [Live 2012] [special edition bonus]
16. My Curse [Live 2012] [special edition bonus]
Line-up
Jesse Leach - vocals
Adam Dutkiewicz - guitar
Joel Stroetzel - guitar
Justin Foley - drums
Mike D'Antonio - bass
Additional info
Produced by Adam Dutkiewicz
Engineered by Adam Dutkiewicz & Jim Fogarty
Mixed & mastered by Andy Sneap
Staff review by
Dane Train
Rating:
8.0
Rating:
8.0
In 2011 The Hymn of a Broken Man by Times Of Grace was released and quickly became my favorite album that year. The collaboration between Adam Dutkiewicz and former Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach; a real gem of an album that I felt nobody got the chance to really appreciate that year. It was really amazing to hear these two musicians back together again and experience what they could do, especially on the album that pushed the boundaries of metalcore music. The Hymn of a Broken Man was extremely melodic and catchy without having the poppy gang chorus styling of many other metalcore bands. It seemed like not too much longer after this record came out that news that vocalist Howard Jones was leaving Killswitch Engage and Jesse Leach was coming back as their frontman hit the Internet. I was very interested in seeing where the music would be heading with this new announcement. Killswitch Engage fans have been to torn for such a long time over who is the better vocalist. I could never really decide but I will say that The End of Heartache was my favorite album by them, which was Howard's debut with the band. So now we have the original vocalist back with a brand new album. How does it measure up to previous works? Is this just a rehashing of the brilliant The Hymn of a Broken Man? Does the band still have the same punch that it did with Alive or Just Breathing?

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21.08.2019 - 15:05
Rating: 7

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Enjoyable but formulaic.
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19.11.2025 - 23:35

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My favorite album from them, it checks all the boxes I expect from them fantastically. Great melodies and emotions, songs that get stuck in my head, Jesse sounds great. Greay grooves and drum pacing. All in all I never feel the need to skip a track.
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Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high
Shadows at the end of night and mirrored in the sky
Far far away beyond might of day
And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay
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