KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
Announce New Album This Consequence
Out February 21 via Metal Blade Records
Band Shares “Forever Aligned” Video
Three-time Grammy-nominated hard rock heavyweights and platinum-selling band Killswitch Engage
Jesse Leach, vocals; Adam Dutkiewicz, guitar; Joel Stroetzel, guitar;
Mike D’Antonio, bass; and Justin Foley, drums:are pleased to announce their new album
This Consequence.
It arrives February 21 via. Metal Blade.
The band has also shared the video for first single “Forever Aligned.”
“‘Forever Aligned’ is one of those songs that is not just about us as humans, our love, and connection, but that connection to the unknown, the greater power, the universe, or God,” explains Leach. “It feels like a really good first song to release not just sonically, but lyrically, as it is all about connection. The device of the world we live in could use a lot more connectivity.”
Regarding the album, Leach continues, “This Consequence, to me, is the combination of everything the past five years has thrown at us as a band, as humans, and society as a whole. This album is just as much about everybody and their stories as it is for me about my journey personally. Sonically, I love the combination of everybody’s ideas and contributions on this album. It feels more like a collaboration than the past few records have been. When all is said and done, I wouldn’t change anything about this album.”
He finishes, “I think it’s the exact record we needed to make. I’m honored and proud of what we all were able to create and refine through this music and message.”
THIS CONSEQUENCE TRACK LISTING:
“Abandon Us”
“Discordant Nation”
“Aftermath”
“Forever Aligned”
“I Believe”
“Where It Dies”
“Collusion”
“The Fall of Us”
“Broken Glass”
“Requiem”
This Consequence will be available in the following formats.
*CD: 8-panel digipack with spot gloss and emboss + 20-page booklet
*LP: Single LP — gatefold jacket with spot gloss and emboss + 8-page 8.5″x11″ booklet
*Digital/Streaming
*US Vinyl Variants:
Ancient Stone
Blood Sunset (Indie Retail Exclusive)
Engulfing Moss (Revolver Exclusive)
Cold Dead Eyes (Indiemerch Exclusive)
Charred Rust (Band Store Exclusive)
*EU Vinyl Variants:
Defused Pink Pollution
Corrupt Blood Infusion
Expired Ancient Slate (UK Exclusive — 500 copies)
Cosmos Adrift (EMP Exclusive 200 copies)
Decayed Crushed Leaves (Amazon Exclusive — 200 copies)
Explosive Birch Rot (Impericon Exclusive — 200 copies)
Pre-order This Consequence HERE
ABOUT KILLSWITCH ENGAGE:
Killswitch Engage first shook the structure of heavy music upon climbing out of snowy industrialized Western Massachusetts in 2000. A musical outlier, the band pioneered a union of thrashed-out European guitar pyrotechnics, East Coast hardcore spirit, on-stage hijinks, and enlightened lyricism that set the pace for what the turn-of-the-century deemed heavy. 2002’s Alive Or Just Breathing became avowed as a definitive album, being named among “The Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the Decade” by Decibel and celebrated by everyone from Metal Hammer to Revolver. Not only did they bust open the floodgates for dozens to follow, but they also garnered three GRAMMY® Award nominations in the category of “Best Metal Performance” in 2005, 2014, and 2019, a gold certification for The End of Heartache [2004], and a platinum certification for As Daylight Dies [2006]. The group landed three consecutive Top 10 debuts on the Billboard Top 200 with Killswitch Engage [2009], Disarm The Descent [2013], and their career high best bow at #6 with Incarnate [2016]. The latter two releases, along with 2019’s Atonement, would also both capture #1 on the Top Rock Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums charts. The band’s total streams are nearing 3 billion to date, while they’ve remained consummate road warriors who’ve sold out countless headline tours and have shared stages with everyone from Iron Maiden to Slipknot to Slayer to My Chemical Romance to Mastodon to Parkway Drive, which is a testament to their ability to cross genres and appeal to all fans of hard rock. KsE have remained a featured attraction at every major North American and European festival through the years. The band is celebrating an astonishing, 25-year career as one of the most vital and genre-defining bands of the ’00s and continues its incredible legacy.
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