Killswitch Engage Duo To Reunite For New Band

Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and former vocalist Jesse Leach are reuniting to form a new band, Times Of Grace.

This is the first time the duo have recorded together since their band's 2002 album, "Alive Or Just Breathing".

Speaking about their decision to work together again, Leach explained: "Adam and I had a real spiritual connection while making this and I know that it comes through in the performances and lyrics. This record has our blood, sweat and tears flowing through it. It is painfully honest at times. In short, this record is our catharsis."

The pair's album, "The Hymn Of A Broken Man", will be released on November 8.

The full tracklisting is:

01. Strength In Numbers
02. Fight For Life
03. Willing
04. Where The Spirit Leads Me
05. Until The End Of Days
06. Live In Love
07. In the Arms of Mercy
08. Hymn Of A Broken Man
09. Hope Remains
10. The End Of Eternity
11. Worlds Apart
12. Fall From Grace

Thanks for the report to Nme.com.

Comments

[JFRules]

Nice gonna need to check this out.

[fartsyjoe420]

about time... can't wait.

[Disturbed_EMG]

Hopefully this kicks major ass.

[velocial]

Yes Yes will get this, but as much as I love Jesse's voice I love Howards, so please don't let this affect the main band. Kse is a definate all time favorite for me, no matter who's singing.

[CrackTheSkye]

Awesome news. As much as I love Howards vocals I always liked Jesse's more. So hopefully it turns out great.

[dethmaiden696]

is this gonna be a metalcore album or some other style?

[Axim Bassist]

not a fan of Jesse's vocals. His voice lacks that almost biblical power that I find Howard's has in my opinion. Im all for more heavy music however so as long as it doesnt conflict with the current KSE lineup ill be a happy bunny!

[khakiapple]

looks super christian. check out those track names.

[Bleeq]

this is awesome,can't wait to hear the album,i'm sure adam has created some awesome riffs for Times of grace,and KsE still rocks!jesse is still a Killswitch engage legend \m/!

[Benjami]

This album was finnished in like the end of 2008, about time it gets released haha.
I've read somewhere this has multiple styles of music, not just metalcore, could be wrong though.
Anyway, im pumped for this, cant wait to hear it

[RizzoWashburn]

I lol'd at the picture.

[snakesson]

What's with the invisible cock picture? :/

[theFACEdude]

Yeah, about time. The thing I'm excited most about is that apparently Adam takes lead vocals on a few songs.

[guitaristren]

Looks cool, I might check it out.

[v2a2n2g2]

Times of Grace? Neurosis reference? I sure hope so

[Teamster]

OMFG !!! best news ever, Jesse was the shit !

His voice was unique and killswitch put their best album in the jesse era !

[hobo467]

UNREAL. I can't wait to hear what these two come up with. Leach may not have the same vocal power as Howard, but his lyrics are SO powerful. This will, at the very least, be something to tide me over between KsE albums.

[Paro_metalhead]

lemme guess...another mediocre metalcore album in exactly the same vein of kse, hopefully it is more original, mite check it out

[v2a2n2g2]

v2a2n2g2 wrote:

Times of Grace? Neurosis reference? I sure hope so

O wait, theres a song called Live in Love. Totally not gonna be some epic funeral/sludge doom. just more mediocre commercialized "metal"

[Shredx]

Looking foward to this

[metalslayer09]

Excited isn't a strong enough word for my mood right now!

[theoldwizard]

I like Howard's vocals, but I hate his lyrics.
I like Jesse's vocals and I love his lyrics...plus I love the emotion he puts into his screams.
I can't wait to hear this.

[haz_uk]

why is there a photo of mike d when he has nothing to do with this article?

[queen471]

very generic song titles. yawn

[OldEscape]

Holy crap! That was definitely left field, & I'm definitely going to check this out!

[jetfuel495]

Best news I've heard all week, this will definitely be better than the last KSE album.

[huevos]

Paro_metalhead wrote:

lemme guess...another mediocre metalcore album in exactly the same vein of kse, hopefully it is more original, mite check it out

If it's Mis Sigs styled, it might actually be good.
But that's highly unlikely.

[silentXstorm]

This could be good. I like Howard's vocals and all, but KSE has gone in the wrong direction since Alive or Just Breathing IMO.

v2a2n2g2 wrote:

Times of Grace? Neurosis reference? I sure hope so

I was thinking the same thing lol

[Creep_C-1]

yessss. now kick howard outta the band and bring jesse back

[newageweirdo]

its amazing how the music industry has mind ****ed you all so much. genre classification is an ignorant system. MUSIC is made by ARTISTS/MUSICIANS. each song is a piece by them. the music is what it is. it is not metalcore or metal. it is music. you either like a piece by them or you dont. now if you want to talk about quality of "metal" one of the head seats taken by ozzy who has a terrible voice. and if you go on some rampage about how it isnt please save yourself because im not listening to that crap.
Howard is a good vocalist he can move the song.

[Deflection]

Holy shit. Jesse.

[schtick_bomb]

I just wish they would bring jesse back into kse and not bother with this whole side project deal. Alive or just breathing is kse's only really really awesome album... I think we need a repeat performance of that.

[SmittyMan90]

maybe theyll be better than their first band

[Yngwi3]

Old news but cannot wait for Jesse & Adam's stuff.

[Yoda_is_real]

Ugh...please no more metalcore.

[HavokStrife]

And that's a pic of the bassist, who has nothing to do with this new band? I love UG sometimes..

Btw, extremely interested! I always said Howard should go back to Blood Has Been Shed and Jesse should go back to KSE, and this is probably the closest I'm gunna get to that!

[darkfire_storm]

Creep_C-1 wrote:

yessss. now kick howard outta the band and bring jesse back

how would that be a good idea? killswitch engage has been an amazing band since the beginning, but, at least in my opinion, jesse's vocals were the weak link. jones really brought this band up a notch.

[hendrixguitarx]

It's hard to read this site anymore because of all the adds that pop infront of the article and you can't x them out. WTF!

[AJSaw]

I'll have to check this out.Hopefully this does not affect the current Killswitch lineup though...

[tume]

AJSaw wrote:

I'll have to check this out.Hopefully this does not affect the current Killswitch lineup though...

yep

[6sic6_blank]

My brain imploded when I read this!

[sXe170]

It's just gonna be a Killswitch rip off

[SteveHouse]

khakiapple wrote:

looks super christian. check out those track names.

I thought the same too.

[xVyKariousx]

khakiapple wrote:

looks super christian. check out those track names.

Jesse Leach is openly Christian, that would be why.

[BwareDWare94]

Killswitch has released the same album 3 times in a row since Howard joined. How can you guys seriously want him to remain with the band?

[Mr_Cbone93]

newageweirdo wrote:

its amazing how the music industry has mind ****ed you all so much. genre classification is an ignorant system. MUSIC is made by ARTISTS/MUSICIANS. each song is a piece by them. the music is what it is. it is not metalcore or metal. it is music. you either like a piece by them or you dont. now if you want to talk about quality of "metal" one of the head seats taken by ozzy who has a terrible voice. and if you go on some rampage about how it isnt please save yourself because im not listening to that crap.
Howard is a good vocalist he can move the song.

exactly dude. people need to get it through their thick ****ing skulls that artists dont make music to be a certain genre, they just make it and thats what the media lables it

[mot7]

best damn news i've heard all day

[tom183]

Will definitely be checking this out.

[Jon777]

Hell yes! This is great news! \m/

[Pho3niXnz]

Woot comes out on my birthday! Will definitely pick this one up

[Throwdown666]

Will be awesome.. Anything Adam D touches turns to gold. Can't wait.

[BwareDWare94]

Throwdown666 wrote:

Will be awesome.. Anything Adam D touches turns to gold. Can't wait.

'cept the most recent Killswitch Album. Man that was shitty.

[Aussie_Warrior]

Sounds extremely generic but I will have to give it a listen regardless.

[theoldwizard]

BwareDWare94 wrote:

Throwdown666 wrote:

Will be awesome.. Anything Adam D touches turns to gold. Can't wait.

'cept the most recent Killswitch Album. Man that was shitty.

AGREED!

[Scowmoo]

..Im not sure if I like this. Hopefully it'll be better than the last KSE album.

[MaxtheMetalhead]

RizzoWashburn wrote:

I lol'd at the picture.

Looks like he's taking a pretty painful dump.

[ScorianVaseras]

@Newageweirdo, the problem with labelling bands is that people are inaccurate. I see Carnifex call themselves death metal all the time, but I'll be damned if I've ever seen a death metal act have two step sections in their songs.
Excessive use of labelling sucks, I agree, but it's there for a reason. By knowing which category a band fits best, you already know what to expect.

[ScorianVaseras]

Also, win@ Jesse Leach. Not keen on the whole christcore thing, but he was a pretty cool dude.

[newageweirdo]

i agree to some point scorianvaseras. the idea of being able to describe an artist in just one or two words would make it easy, on paper. im a firm believer in sampling music. i dont ever count an artist out until ive heard them. now if i was going to label a genres is would be only the main ones such as country or ROCK or rap or classical and maybe jazz. but this sub genre shit is used as a marketing scheme. kids nowadays think that if you wear pants that fit well or baggy pants that you listen to rap or a "emo" music or they dress that way because they listen to those types of music. it ruins our youth for the sake of exploiting undeveloped character and using that for profit.

[Misfit-FTB]

darkfire_storm wrote:

Creep_C-1 wrote:

yessss. now kick howard outta the band and bring jesse back

how would that be a good idea? killswitch engage has been an amazing band since the beginning, but, at least in my opinion, jesse's vocals were the weak link. jones really brought this band up a notch.

It's a matter of opinion man, so you can't say that. But in my "opinion", Jesse was a much better singer.

[ordinary_story]

Holy shizz! YES! Jesse was the best thing about KsE..AoJB was the best album ever!
Hope its as ass kicking as AoJB...but i guess it won't be the same as the old KsE stuff...whatever, best news of this milennium!

[Scourge441]

sXe170 wrote:

It's just gonna be a Killswitch rip off

Actually, it's gonna be heavily inspired by shoegaze and blues. It's probably not gonna be very metal at all.

Checked.

[AboutDetH]

nothing beats their self titled,, that things insane

[Guy101]

I don't understand how anyone can say kick Howard out. In my opinion Howard is the strong point of KsE, he is SO good and his voice is so powerful, it's literally amazing.

Is Adam gonna record all the instruments for this new project then? He's a pretty decent drummer!

[DaMetalMaverick]

Gotta love how some have decided to judge the book (or album) by its cover before they've even heard a track. Talk about ignorance...

I'll be curious to hear this album myself when it hits.

[rutnik]

NICE SURPRISE!!!!!

[Logros]

KsE has gone to shit when Jesse left (not Howard's fault the music went downhill too.) I'm sure this is gonna be alot better then the last 2 KsE albums

[RCA1186]

newageweirdo wrote:

its amazing how the music industry has mind ****ed you all so much. genre classification is an ignorant system. MUSIC is made by ARTISTS/MUSICIANS. each song is a piece by them. the music is what it is. it is not metalcore or metal. it is music. you either like a piece by them or you dont.

YESS!!

newageweirdo wrote:

now if you want to talk about quality of "metal" one of the head seats taken by ozzy who has a terrible voice. and if you go on some rampage about how it isnt please save yourself because im not listening to that crap.
Howard is a good vocalist he can move the song.

NO!

anyways, it can't be worse than KsE's last album

[ProgJazzMath]

I'm very happy for this release. I love jesse and adam. I'm sure it won't be a KsE rip-off. For two reasons:

Jesse left the band due to marriage and rarely could do shows back to back to back, because his vocal method required him to lose his voice. Therefore I highly doubt it will be metal, or if it is metal, that aggressive.

Number two, you can't rip-off your own band. These two are of the original members in the beginning formation of KsE.

Stoked for the release, hopefully a pre-order will be available.

[bass-boy-garith]

v2a2n2g2 wrote:

v2a2n2g2 wrote:

Times of Grace? Neurosis reference? I sure hope so

O wait, theres a song called Live in Love. Totally not gonna be some epic funeral/sludge doom. just more less than mediocre core "metal"

Sadly this is the case.

[aig91]

Checked

[ProgJazzMath]

bass-boy-garith wrote:

v2a2n2g2 wrote:

v2a2n2g2 wrote:

Times of Grace? Neurosis reference? I sure hope so

O wait, theres a song called Live in Love. Totally not gonna be some epic funeral/sludge doom. just more less than mediocre core "metal"

Sadly this is the case.

Alright fellas. I have something to say regarding this statement. The fact you call them "mediocre core metal" slightly pisses me off, considering these guys were among the pioneers of metalcore, and the earlier stuff including Jesse Leach was FAR from mediocre. It was groundbreaking. KsE's last album was a severe let-down I will give you that, but calling them a mediocre core metal act is completely un-called for.

If it is a Neurosis reference I would be totally satisfied. I love sludge. More of a Torche and Mastodon guy though.

[fret13]

Well I know that Adam and Jesse are both openly Christian so this is probably going to be a Christian metal album and the reason it's not a kSe album is probably because of fanbase.

[bass-boy-garith]

fret13 wrote:
the reason it's not a kSe album is probably because of fanbase.

It's core, the entire fanbase consists of 13-15 year old girls and 13-21 year old guys that look like 13-15 year old girls. If its core it will sell to that fanbase, so I don't see how that logic is possible.

And to progjazzmath, it is not a reference, it's just another cliched V E E E E E E R Y over done core song name. The silver lining in all this is that soon enough the core fad will die, and this album is just another step towards that joyess day.

OT: not excited for the album at all, but excited for its necessary evil.

[Zawlacki]

Maybe now we'll actually see good music come from them.

[Pabli7o]

why is mike d on the picture?
Rule 34?

[John Jackson]

could they have come up with a better vague, cliched metalcore name for the band..or the album..or the songs

[FearOfTheDuck]

Why are people so fussy over subgenres. I honestly don't care whether its Metalcore or Vegetarian Blue Metal With A Side Of Chips.

It's core, the entire fanbase consists of 13-15 year old girls and 13-21 year old guys that look like 13-15 year old girls. If its core it will sell to that fanbase, so I don't see how that logic is possible.

I feel sorry for you if you really think that way.

[flawlessenemy]

this is ****ing awesome

[xVyKariousx]

BwareDWare94 wrote:

Throwdown666 wrote:

Will be awesome.. Anything Adam D touches turns to gold. Can't wait.

Agreed. I thought I was going to fall asleep listening to it. They went from good to bad really quick.

'cept the most recent Killswitch Album. Man that was shitty.

[dc13]

Nice!

[Hells.Mascot]

khakiapple wrote:

looks super christian. check out those track names.

No, just super metalcore.

[Thomas Vela]

looks like a pretty religious album to me, o well

[nuclearrootbeer]

this has been up for three days, get rid of it, i want different news

[TheDissident]

nuclearrootbeer wrote:

this has been up for three days, get rid of it, i want different news

... it's the weekend dude, they don't change it until monday. The get time off too

[nuclearrootbeer]

TheDissident wrote:

nuclearrootbeer wrote:

this has been up for three days, get rid of it, i want different news


... it's the weekend dude, they don't change it until monday. The get time off too

oh. that did not occur to me.

[IDoCocaine]

BwareDWare94 wrote:

Killswitch has released the same album 3 times in a row since Howard joined. How can you guys seriously want him to remain with the band?

That's not just Howard's fault. Adam and Joel probably write most of the music.

[CSguitarvocal]

Boner of the Week.

[BwareDWare94]

IDoCocaine wrote:

BwareDWare94 wrote:

Killswitch has released the same album 3 times in a row since Howard joined. How can you guys seriously want him to remain with the band?

That's not just Howard's fault. Adam and Joel probably write most of the music.

well then someone needs to pass them the creativity memo, because Killswitch lacks it in the extreme.

[G-Sage]

Mr_Cbone93 wrote:

newageweirdo wrote:

its amazing how the music industry has mind ****ed you all so much. genre classification is an ignorant system. MUSIC is made by ARTISTS/MUSICIANS. each song is a piece by them. the music is what it is. it is not metalcore or metal. it is music. you either like a piece by them or you dont. now if you want to talk about quality of "metal" one of the head seats taken by ozzy who has a terrible voice. and if you go on some rampage about how it isnt please save yourself because im not listening to that crap.
Howard is a good vocalist he can move the song.

exactly dude. people need to get it through their thick ****ing skulls that artists dont make music to be a certain genre, they just make it and thats what the media lables it

...and the grammy goes to.....

How can you type so well when the keyboard is wet and slippery from your tears, you pansies?

I'm not gonna try to pretend or give false justifications to my opinion or use the past to prove anything, all I will say is: I think this is gonna be cheesy and predictable. Period.

[FoulIncantation]

awesome looking forward to it! jesse leach has awesome vocals!

[FoulIncantation]

and lol is fall from grace a morbid angel cover? that would be cool!

[bass-boy-garith]

BwareDWare94 wrote:

IDoCocaine wrote:

BwareDWare94 wrote:

Someone needs to pass them how to ****ing write music memo, cus those goons couldn't write a song for their lives.

Killswitch has released the same album 3 times in a row since Howard joined. How can you guys seriously want him to remain with the band?

That's not just Howard's fault. Adam and Joel probably write most of the music.

well then someone needs to pass them the creativity memo, because Killswitch lacks it in the extreme.

[thommoboy]

epic

[SeEsAw12]

Why do I keep thinking the singer in the thumbnail is M. Shadows at first glance. EVERYTIME!

[bfmvrock]

thats actually a really cool name for a band too! \m/