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Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach has excitedly been talking about the band's upcoming new album.
While we're still waiting for an actual official announcement from the Killswitch Engage camp regarding the release date of their new album (though they have said it's due this fall), frontman Jesse Leach has been getting fans very excited for what's to come.
Having been listening to the follow-up to 2016's Incarnate "while climbing a mountain" (because what else would you expect from Jesse?!), the vocalist gushed on Instagram that he "wouldn't change a thing" about it, and that he's stoked on "the messages, the tones, the track listing order, the artwork, the overall feel of this album".
Read Jesse's comments below:
"Today I listened to the new album in its entirety while climbing a mountain. Yes it was epic! After all the time, blood, sweat, tears and a damn vocal surgery… I have to say I wouldn’t change a thing. At first I was a bit crestfallen that a few songs I truly loved didn’t make the cut. Now after time has passed (and I’ve not listened to it for a while) I listened with fresh ears today. I gotta say I am quite satisfied! The messages, the tones, the track listing order, the artwork, the overall feel of this album it just feels fresh!
"I feel there is something for everyone on this one. It captures the wide range of styles and topics that are part of our history as a band as well as pushing things just a touch. It is a pretty amazing feeling as a very picky and perpetually unsatisfied (and fairly insecure) artist to feel accomplished. Anyway enough out of me for now, more to come in the next month or so! Until then many thanks for all the love and support my friends! Here is to another chapter and another album cycle on the way!"
Sounds awesome.
Killswitch Engage will be touring North America this summer with the mighty Clutch (what a line-up that is, oooooft).
Catch them live at the following:
July
08 Quebec City, QC — Festival D’ete (Killswitch Only)
11 London, ON — Rock The Park#
12 Syracuse, NY — SI Hall
13 Inwood, WV —Shiley Acres
14 Myrtle Beach, SC — House of Blues
16 Fort Wayne, IN — The Clyde
18 Sioux City, IA — Hard Rock & Casin
19 Cadott, WI — Cadott Rock Fest#
20 OshKosh, WI — Rock USA#
22 Tulsa, OK — The Brady Theater
23 St. Louis, MO — The Pageant
25 Bethlehem, PA — Sands Event Center
26 Asbury Park, NJ — Stone Pony Outdoors
27 Montreal, QC — Heavy MTL#
28 Bangor, ME — Impact Festival#
30 Huntington, NY — The Paramount
August
02 Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE Outdoors
03 Port Chester, NY — Capital Theater
04 Worcester, MA — Palladium Outdoors
07 Las Vegas, NV — Psycho Las Vegas (Clutch Only)
#Festival date