Killswitch Engage announce new album release date

Killswitch Engage has announced that they will be releasing their new album this fall. Check out a statement from frontman Jesse Leach.

 There’s an intensity to it. There’ll be no punches pulled. We want to show people the best of Killswitch, and this is a return to form, if you will. I can see a different energy there. I think they’d all hit a wall by touring so much. But this? This is really energetic, really fast stuff. When the guys were playing me the demos before I had rejoined, I remember looking them and laughing, saying, ‘It doesn’t matter who sings over this stuff, this album is going to be killer!’

Howard Jones releases statement regarding his departure from Killswitch Engage

Howard Jones tells his side of the story regarding him departing the band

Message From Howard: Well, I guess I will shed a little light without going too deep. As some of you may know, I’ve had a pretty interesting couple of years to say the least battling with some personal issues. One of the low points being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes that went unchecked for years. The rest of the band stuck with me through it, and to be honest they are the ones that kept me going. The whole experience definitely put a scare in me.

Recently we’ve all been in writing mode but somehow I couldn’t get excited about the new album and all the touring that would go with it. The guys saw it before I did. In hindsight I now realize that my heart wasn’t in it. I have had an amazing decade with KSE. I love Justin, MikeD, Joel and Adam for hanging in there and standing by me no matter how bad it was. I have so many good memories, and those are the ones that I will keep. Will I be involved in music again? Sure, I have been in bands for a little over half my life, can’t stop now. Until then, get the new KsE album, it’s going to be good. Thanks everyone for letting me try to entertain you, and I wish myself well in my future endeavors. Gone fishin’ Howard