how did i know this would happen? stokeddddd

Pretty awesome news actually

i like em both...good move, i guess.

Not surprised.

okay

Great news! Hopefully he can bring some life back to the band after their awfully boring last album.

YESS. called this as soon as Adam and him started working together again. This should be good, Leach is a superb vocalist.

No one seems to realize that Adam D is the one that's destroying KsE, not Howard. As long as Adam is running things, don't expect an improvement.

Times of Grace had some good tracks and Alive or Just Breathing was great so I have pretty high hopes for this.

if i actually liked killswitch engage i'd be pumped. lol metalcore, not quite. swedish dm and thrash mixed with hardcore breakdowns does not make metalcore. Converge and Botch are metalcore.

Could really pull KSE out of the gutter they've been in the past few years. The songwriting on the Times of Grace album was excellent IMO.

Oh my God yes!

SURPRISE SURPRISE

this is kinda cool tho

"No one seems to realize that Adam D is the one that's destroying KsE, not Howard. As long as Adam is running things, don't expect an improvement."

i thought i was the only one the realize that. i also think i'm in the minority but i'll really miss howard in this band

And how is Adam D ruining things?

could see it being as good as times of grace but not better

Nice. Happy to hear this.

Adam D is the driving force behind the poppier hooks and riffs. I'm not saying making the music more radio-friendly is a
bad thing, but they haven't really convinced me there move into the mainstream is anything more than "meh."

Well I liked everything up until their second self-titled, which completely blew. But that was when they removed Adam D from the production process and listened to someone else, which resulted in a complete piece of crap of an album.

reading this news article is probably the closest thing I will hopefully ever come to being exposed to this band any further

"from it's inception"

yo um learn how to use your damn apostrophes

always liked jesse better than howard

no you haven't

I knew this was gonna happen

this year gets better and better

AD does do the choruses most of the time but I think Joel got lazy with the thrash riffs and went with the direction the band was going indicated by the popularity with The End of Heartache.

lol @ Adam D destroying the band.

Although their last album was far from their best, you can't blame Adam for all of it. So what if they bring in hooks and more melodic riffs? Not only is he a superb guitarist but one of the best if not THE best producers in the Metal genre today.

He also is a HUGE impact in their live shows.

fuck off cheese!

(fart sounds)

YES

Oh wow

"superb guitarist"

lol

bad singer

That band pic is now awkward

awesome news

Fuck you all, Howard made this band. Sure Jesse was the first vocalist, but Howard made KsE who they are.

And I saw this coming, oh well, at least I can still listen to End of Heartache. Their next album will suck balls.

^
ssshhhhh

stoked.

no chance in hell they can make a shitter album than their last album.

I didn't know you could call the backup/rhythm guitarist for a band with a mediocre one "superb." I guess that means KsE's lead guitarist must be Jimi Hendrix or Chuck Schuldiner.

Fuuuuuuck yesssss.

this guy is nowhere near howard



band sucks anyway

I don't care if Leach comes back (haven't heard much from either of them to be honest...but what I have heard was pretty enjoyable), but I don't think they should have handled it the way they did. A lot of crazy kids got the idea in their head that one of them could replace Howard. Instead, they probably will just have Leach come back.

mark my words that the next record will be better than their last two, maybe three

THERE IS A STRENGHTH IN NUMBAHS

Band was and will be average with any singer

They were always able to uplift me, a lot of good memories with their music.

Awesome news, like both vocalists, their new album will rule.

Jesse never impressed, but it'd be cool to have the band released some killer new material.

This was pretty much the only way I wasn't going to be disappointing by Howard leaving.

Why is this news if it's not official?

Nostalgia'ing like a biatch here. Seeing Times of Grace in a few weeks. Even more stoked now.

Yes oh my fucking god this is great news if its true

Great news! Hopefully their music will improve now

OMG, THIS IS EPIC NEWS!!!!....if it's true.

Not a bad move. Will be interested to hear how the new material sounds with him back.

Why is this news if it's not official?

It's not just a photo of the guys, it's actually the BACKGROUND to the website.

very unsurprising. don't know if that means the band will improve though. howard was a very good vocalist, so it's not like it was his fault the band started to suck in the first place

LOLWUT

Lol at the comments that Adam is ruining the band. Not only is he an amazing producer, and NOT ONLY is he a rockin' guitarist, he also has an AMAZING voice. His clean vocals make this band.

So who is going to do Howard's cleans now? I find it hard to believe Leach can pull that off.

Fuck you all, Howard made this band. Sure Jesse was the first vocalist, but Howard made KsE who they are.

The only people who honestly think Howard made the band are the same people who think Holy Diver was a KsE original.

never really liked the new singer so it is good to see old guy back

So who is going to do Howard's cleans now? I find it hard to believe Leach can pull that off.

Jesse's a lot more of a '90s style metalcore singer. No way he can pull off Howard's stuff but the application of his style to his own work is really fantastic.

ok.

A lot of Howard's cleans were really cheesy though, which probably made the cover of 'Holy Diver' such a great idea. Jesse always had far more conviction in his voice

Truth Dev.

Perhaps the band will go harder because of this, that'd be cool.

Band was and will be average with any singer

jesse's kse had more variety than howard's so i'm happy for this as long as the music reverts/get's better

I seriously don't give a shit

bleh band

I agree with Deviant, Howard didn't make this band at all, they basically layed down the foundation of their sound when Jesse was involved. Not to mention Alive Or Just Breathing is easily their best album and how Jesse has improved drastically as a vocalist since then. I'm very excited for the new Killswitch album now.

hes better than the black dude yea

I thought howard on the end of heartache and as daylight dies was pretty good

This is what i wanted to hear!!!! New album now please

That's pretty fucking awesome. I really like Jesse's sound and he's gotten a hell of a lot better over the years. Excited for new material.

So Good

definitely thought it was news about jesse lacey

bummer.

Thanks Captain Obvious. As if we didn't know this was about to happen.

nothing surprising but ultimately it forces me to smile anyway.

Sucks to see Howard leave... was kinda hoping for a Philswitch album tho... would've been sick, but loose All That Remains over Killswitch... haha, not happening. I like both singers tho, they have both much talent, Alive or Just Breathing is absolutely their most complete album to date. Haha, what will happen to Times of Grace now? Seeing how it's... the same band.

I'll take Leach over Howard anyday. Plus, Jesse has improved considerably since he was in Killswitch.

This doesn't mean their music is going to improve so the band still sucks.

I'm just interested to see what they come up with. Howard is probably the better singer of the two but Jesse has more emotion in his vocals.

CONGRATULATIONS


go stretch your ears and get a neck tattoo!

WOW THAT SURE CAME OUT OF LEFT FIELD.

Whoa

I've always been a Howard fan, but Hymn of a Broken Man showed that Jesse grew to be the better vocalist. I'll be interested to see how this new album turns out, because it was the musical direction of KsE II that made it only mediocre, not the singing.

sad day for the world of african-american metal,
a great day for everyone else.

Why so many beards?

Guess they aren't black metal anymore.

Great news, their best work was with Jesse, Alive or Just Breathing still sounds incredible to me after many years.

Alive Or Just Breathing = one of the best metalcore albums of the 00's easily

the guy with the beard is awesome.

oh wait...

Dallas Taylor.

Step Up rules, everything else is passable.

This could be good...

gonna spin AoJB in celebration

cool story bro

but seriously, this is good I guess

Honestly, I was kind of surprised, considering all the other projects he has going on. This is good news nonetheless.

yay. they look really cool in that pic.

if i actually liked killswitch engage i'd be pumped. lol metalcore, not quite. swedish dm and thrash [metal] mixed with hardcore breakdowns does not make metalcore. Converge and Botch are metalcore

Converge and Botch are two of the worst bands in metalcore

i wonder whos dick is bigger...jesse or howards. anyone know?

Idk, ask Allie Foster.

"Converge and Botch are two of the worst bands in metalcore"
Bloc, I hope you're trolling.

He...ha....hehe.....HA....HAHA-







BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA

Please tell me that the Allie Foster thing is a rumor.

hahahahaha

@wacknizzle
Strange how they are concidered founders of metalcore....

^Mike was in an early-ish metalcore band (and even that was pretty fucking thrashy), but shit like Starkweather and Integrity were around LONG before these guys.

They're not 'founders' per se, but they sure as hell helped push it into the mainstream in a major way, especially the second-wave melodic metalcore style.

Sweet news

Alive Or Just Breathing was a great album, I wonder if the next one will be as well.

poseaf

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ANNOUNCE NEW SINGER: JESSE LEACH

HE SERVED AS BAND'S ORIGINAL SINGER ON LANDMARK ALBUM ALIVE OR JUST BREATHING


The band further said, "Truth be told, Jesse blew us away in auditions. The room seemed charged with electricity. He commanded both new and old material, and proved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that he wanted to do this. The choice became very clear and apparent."

why did Howard leave again? i bet it was just so this guy could come back

Strange how concidered is really spelled considered.


It's also strange how the only person/site/publication that calls KsE "founders" is Wikipedia.

holy shit this is great

Wow, the guy wasn't that good of a singer. Did some mellows, did some ok growls. Nothing life changing.

Did he write the music? I don't see how his return is gonna make them write good music.

best metalcore band ever

I think As I Lay Dying are better than these dudes. They aren't spectacular but I believe they write better music.

"Converge and Botch are two of the worst bands in metalcore"

Bloc....have my babies

Converge fucking suck

Haha, it's nice to know a few guys who think similarly.

Converge and Botch are two of the worst bands in metalcore

gonna spin AoJB in celebration [2]

me too

Good because it's a battle not worth fighting for

Adam D is my hero and favorite producer. Anything he touches turns to gold. Times of Grace was my 2nd favorite album of 2011 behind Fair to Midland. Welcome back Jesse!

LOL that was good

definitely thought it was news about jesse lacey [2]

but srsly never was a killswitch fan

"So who is going to do Howard's cleans now? I find it hard to believe Leach can pull that off."

Try listening to Jesse leach sing.

I kinda agree with the ppl saying crap about Adam, I used to think he was amazing, but all he does is churn out the same stuff every album.