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| When a band releases an eponymous album it can sometimes indicate a lack of fresh ideas. Yet even though this is the second self-titled long player that Killswitch Engage have released this decade they’re far from stagnant. Metalcore, the scene that spawned and supported them, is all but dead and only the hardiest of bands will survive – they will, on the strength of this, be one of the last standing. The nailgun death-metal riff attack of ‘Never Again’ and ‘The Forgotten’ will be enough to satisfy the gnarliest of brutality addicts, ‘The Return’ goes even further into emo territory and ‘A Light In A Darkened World’ will appeal to denim-clad NWOBHM fans. Their future as a metal act with their fingers on the button seems assured....full text |
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| Billboard |
| The Massachusetts metalcore band Killswitch Engage wants for neither talent nor fans. But the band's new album (and second self-titled set) reveals that it could use a helping hand to introduce some diversity to its songwriting. Strangely, the first-time presence of an outside producer (Brendan O'Brien) results in an album that's business as usual instead of the group being encouraged to stray from its established strengths. As an act that forsakes breakdowns and unintelligible screaming in favor of focused aggression and predictable melodic swells, you can't help but enjoy such quintessential Killswitch Engage tracks as "Never Again" or the Metallica-esque chords that open "The Forgotten." But aside from a few unique moments ("The Return," "Take Me Away"), there's not much new to report here....full text |
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| Allmusic |
| Westfield, MA-based metalcore kings Killswitch Engage's fifth full-length album (and second eponymous release) was co-produced by Brendan O'Brien (Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Mastodon), resulting in the group's most commercially viable collection of progressive/thrash/emo-metal to date. Where 2006's As Daylight Dies hinted at an accelerated focus on the more melodic aspects of extreme metal, Killswitch Engage cements the notion. After a typically brutal opener that epitomizes the band's penchant for scorching thrash-heavy verses and sweeping, melodious choruses, the quintet spits out the radio-ready "Starting Over." Flanked by dual guitar leads that echo classic Iron Maiden and shot through with a truly great vocal take from lead singer Howard Jones (who sounds remarkably like a classically trained Trent Reznor throughout the album), it's one of the album's finest, though ultimately divisive moments. It sets a significantly different template for the remainder of the record, trading tight machine-gun riffs ("Save Me," "A Light in a Darkened World") for angst-fueled midtempo dirges ("Lost," "This Is Goodbye") that might disappoint fans who feel that the punk-infused slow-burn post-hardcore albums like Alive or Just Breathing and End of Heartache are the barometers for which all future endeavors must be compared....full text |
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