Yell! Magazine recently conducted an interview with bassist Mike D’Antonio of Massachusetts metallers Killswitch Engage. You can now watch the chat below.
Killswitch Engage kicked off its summer headline tour in support of “Disarm The Descent” on May 30 at the Diamond Ballroom in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The region was hit by a devastating tornado on May 20. Therefore, the band has decided to donate a portion of the proceeds from the evening’s tickets sales to the Regional Food Bank Of Oklahoma.
Disarm The Descent, the fifth studio album from Massachusetts metallers Killswitch Engage, sold around 48,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 7 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on April 2 via Roadrunner Records.
Disarm The Descent is Killswitch Engage‘s first album with original singer Jesse Leach at the vocal helm since 2002’s now-classic, genre-defining Alive or Just Breathing. Leach returned to the band in January 2012 after a decade-long absence. The artwork for the new CD was created by D’Antonio.
Album Review Quote:
“The album is filled with some great riffs and guitar work that definitely inspire movement. Song structure is very similar and seems to be almost formulaic. Songs typically start out with some awesome, fast heavy riffs and screaming vocals then shift into clean choruses with nice harmonies, and finally turn into a breakdown section with more shouting/screaming vocals and the occasional guitar solo.”
You can read the full review for “Disarm The Decent” at this location.
Upcoming Shows:
Jul 27 Fuji Rock Festival, Niigata, Japan
Jul 29 Hollywood Awards Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Jul 31 SM Sky Dome, Manila, Philippines
Aug 03 Resurrection Festival, Viveiro, Spain
Aug 04 Hevy Fest, London, United Kingdom
Aug 07 Dynamo, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Aug 09 Getaway Rock, Gavle, Sweden
Aug 10 Jurassic Rock Festival, Mikkeli, Finland
Aug 12 Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
Aug 13 Der HIRSCH, Nuremberg, Germany
Aug 14 Aerodrome, Prague, Czech Republic
Aug 16 Pukkelpop, Hasselt, Belgium
Aug 17 ELB Riot , Hamburg, Germany
Aug 18 X RockFest, Herford, Germany
Oct 19 Monsters of Rock, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Oct 22 Kool Haus, Toronto, Canada
Oct 23 Pavillion De La Jeunesse, Quebec City, Canada
Oct 24 Metropolis, Montreal, Canada
Oct 25 Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
Oct 26 Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, CT
Oct 28 The LC Pavilion, Columbus, OH
Oct 29 The Fillmore, Detroit, MI
Oct 30 Congress Theatre, Chicago, IL
Nov 01 The Midland by AMC, Kansas City, MO
Nov 02 Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie, TX
Nov 03 Socorrow Entertainment Center, Socorro, TX
Nov 05 Fillmore, Denver, CO
Nov 07 The Marquee, Tempe, AZ
Nov 08 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
Nov 09 Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
Nov 11 ShoWare Center, Kent, WA
Nov 12 Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
Nov 14 Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, Canada
Nov 15 Big Four, Calgary, Canada
Nov 16 Saskatoon Prairieland Park, Saskatoon, Canada
Nov 18 Myth Live, St Paul, MN
Nov 19 Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
Nov 20 The Orbit Room, Grand Rapids, MI
Nov 22 Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ
Nov 23 House Of Blues, Boston, MA
Nov 24 Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
Nov 25 Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA
Nov 26 The Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD
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