‘Cut Me Loose’, the new video from Massachusetts-based metallers Killswitch Engage, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band’s seventh album, “Incarnate”, which will be released on March 11 via Roadrunner.

Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach stated about the track: “This song is about finding wisdom and understanding through suffering. Oftentimes we don’t realize how far we have come until we reflect back on the past. The past is a story we tell ourselves and often times that story can be difficult to recount. The burdens we carry, whether it be past mistakes or regrets, can act as a noose inhibiting our growth and progression. There comes a time when we must release the bondage of our burdens and making peace with the demons and darkness of the past. Setting the albatross of regret free and moving on in life, if you will.”

Killswitch Engage will embark on a North American headline tour shortly after the new album’s release. They will be joined by Memphis May Fire and 36 Crazyfists for the trek, with an opening act to be named shortly. The tour runs from March 16 in San Antonio, Texas to April 24 near Charleston, South Carolina. Dates and locations are listed below.

Killswitch Engage guitarist and producer Adam Dutkiewicz recently told Revolver magazine that Leach “hit a wall with ideas” during the songwriting process for “Incarnate” after completing the first three or four songs in the studio. “He couldn’t find lyrics he was really stoked on,” Adam explained. “But Jesse‘s a great lyricist and a great songwriter, so I just told him, ‘Keep writing, and when you hit on something that inspires you, bring it to me.'”

Leach, for his part, admitted that he struggled for a bit. “It did take me a little longer,” he said. “But we’re at this stage now with our band where we can’t be phoning it in. If you really care about your music and you care about your career and your fans, you’ve gotta give ’em everything you’ve got. And so I came to a point where this album literally drove me crazy. My wife can attest to that. There were a good couple of weeks where I wasn’t myself. I just got lost in the process, because I wanted this record to be everything it could be. I was losing sleep, not sleeping at all, and waking up in the middle of the night and sitting down and writing pages and pages and pages of words. By the time all was said and done, I probably had 80 pages of lyrics. I just wanted to give it everything I could, vocally and lyrically.”

Leach told Revolver about the “Incarnate” title: “The definition of incarnate is ‘in the flesh.’ And this record is who we are right now. Whereas [2013’s] ‘Disarm The Descent’ was sort of my ‘comeback’ album, and was about us feeling out the new vibe. But now, after spending a few years traveling the world together, I think we’re all in a really comfortable place. We definitely have a strong sense of self as to who we are as a band.”

The track listing for the CD is as follows:

01. Alone I Stand
02. Hate By Design
03. Cut Me Loose
04. Strength Of The Mind
05. Just Let Go
06. Embrace The Journey… Upraised
07. Quiet Distress
08. Until The Day
09. It Falls On Me
10. The Great Distress
11. We Carry On
12. Ascension

Bonus tracks:

13. Reignite
14. Triumph Through Tragedy
15. Loyalty

Upcoming Shows:
Feb. 11 – Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Cafe (Radio Contraband Convention)*
Mar. 16 – San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theater
Mar. 18 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
Mar. 19 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
Mar. 21 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
Mar. 23 – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room @ Old National Centre
Mar. 24 – Clive, IA @ 7 Flags
Mar. 25 – Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre
Mar. 26 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
Mar. 28 – Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre
Mar. 30 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
Apr. 01 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SODO
Apr. 02 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory Concert House
Apr. 03 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
Apr. 04 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
Apr. 06 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House
Apr. 07 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
Apr. 08 – Pomona, CA @ Fox Theater Pomona
Apr. 09 – Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee
Apr. 11 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
Apr. 12 – Sauget, IL @ Pop’s Nightclub
Apr. 14 – Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
Apr. 15 – Binghamton, NY @ Magic City Music Hall
Apr. 17 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
Apr. 19 – London, ON @ London Music Hall
Apr. 20 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
Apr. 21 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
Apr. 22 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
Apr. 24 – Ladson, SC @ Exchange Park (WYBB Rockfest)*

* No Memphis May Fire or 36 Crazyfist.

European Dates:

Jun 03 Rock am Ring (June 3-5) Mendig, Germany
Jun 03 Rock im Park (June 3-5) Nürnberg, Germany
Jun 07 DOCKS Hamburg, Germany
Jun 09 Greenfield Festival Interlaken, Switzerland
Jun 10 Donington Park Derby, United Kingdom
Jun 12 Nova Rock Nickelsdorf, Austria
Jun 14 Budapest Park Budapest, Hungary
Jun 15 Alcatraz Milan, Italy
Jun 17 Hellfest Clisson, France
Jun 18 Graspop Metal Meeting Dessel, Belgium

Jul 17 Chicago Open Air Bridgeview, IL
Aug 06 Heavy Montréal Montreal, Canada
Aug 06 Rise Above Fest Bangor, ME
Aug 07 Heavy Montréal Montreal, Canada 

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Video below: ‘Cut Me Loose’