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Key facts
- Origin
- Westfield, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Genres
- Melodic metalcore
- Works
- Killswitch Engage discography
- Years active
- 1999 ( 1999 ) –present
- Labels
- Roadrunner Ferret Metal Blade Columbia Sony
- Members
- Mike D'Antonio Adam Dutkiewicz Joel Stroetzel Jesse Leach Justin Foley
- Past members
- Pete Cortese Tom Gomes Howard Jones
- Website
- killswitchengage .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.killswitchengage.com
- Image
- Killswitch Engage - Wacken Open Air 2023 15.jpg
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- Commons category
- Killswitch Engage
- social media followers
- 493000
- Commons gallery
- Killswitch Engage
- inception
- 1998-00-00
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
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Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist Jesse Leach, guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz, bassist Mike D'Antonio, and drummer Justin Foley. Howard Jones was the band's lead vocalist from 2002 to 2012.
Leach was the band's founding vocalist but left after two albums. He was replaced by Jones, and Killswitch Engage rose to fame with its 2004 release The End of Heartache, which peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the RIAA for over 500,000 shipments in the United States. The title track was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2005 for Best Metal Performance. The band's fourth album, As Daylight Dies, was certified platinum in the US and spawned the platinum-selling single "My Curse". In 2014 they were dubbed the greatest metalcore band of all time by both OC Weekly and Ultimate Guitar.