Killswitch Engage Alive or Just Breathing
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ThePreacher
March 20th 2008


56 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

just a brilliant album. Period!

raisethyfist
May 8th 2008


53 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I think Howard's voice probably beats Jesse's for me but this is the album that got me listening to KSE. Numbered Days, Life to Lifeless, Rise Inside, & Element of One are by far some of my favorite songs Killswitch ever did and mostly surpass what Howard has written...still their new stuff seem to hold water over most of the other metalcore shit thats out at the time.

Lostandfound2
May 9th 2008


271 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I think they sound completely different with both singers. AOJB was pretty straightfoward, but since they got Howard on the boat, along with the Foley canole, they've gotten alot more technical. I look at Killswitch as two bands: old killswitch, and new killswitch.

2muchket!
June 27th 2008


906 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

KsE's best album to date



IMO Jesse is a better screamer but when it comes to singing Howard is much better.

ninjuice
June 27th 2008


6760 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I think a lot of people would say the opposite


I would.

The five song stretch at the beginning of this trumps their other albums by itself, if you ask me.

Burn2Burn
June 27th 2008


2374 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Jesse sings and screams much better than Howard.



Howard's voice gets pretty annoying tbh. Jesse's voice just sounds so much more raw and emotional than Howard's does.

combustion07
June 27th 2008


12822 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Agreed^

HeadCharge123
June 27th 2008


475 Comments


Jesse. James. Meowth!

That was lame haha! Killswitch I enjoy sometimes, other times its meh.This Message Edited On 06.27.08

VicMurray88
October 17th 2008


1 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Well, first of all, I completely disagree about Your disdain for the track To The Sons Of Man. Just hearing Your opinion on it only solidifies my guess that You aren't a metal head. Or at least an Old School one. I presume so because I notice it's the only song You dislike on the album, which happens to be the most thrash metal/least metalcore song on the album. It's all aggression. True Metal fueled aggression. Which is why I find it to be the best song on the album.

I also find Jesse's vocals to be some of masterpiece and perfection.



And Thor, Alive or Just Breathing and The End Of Heartache are such radically different albums, nevermind music style, that You are not just making a really big mistake of refusing to give it a listen, that You are also proving Yourself a fool by doing so. IMO, of course.

But overall, if You must consider this album Metalcore, than You should consider it the richest flavor of Metalcore in existance. Ever. IMO.

marksellsuswallets
October 17th 2008


4884 Comments


Naw dude...its just metalcore...good though it may be...still metalcore (and richest flavor of metalcore sounds a bit absurd)

ninjuice
October 17th 2008


6760 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Alive or Just Breathing and The End Of Heartache are such radically different albums


Quality? yes. Sound? not at all really.

richest flavor of Metalcore in existance
to some extent, I agree.

Agriath
November 4th 2008


2 Comments


I prefer Jesse's screams over Howards' but I think Howards singing is better.

jingledeath
November 4th 2008


7100 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

no I think overall Howard is way better.

DethThrasher
November 4th 2008


458 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Nah i like this guy way more

RKO300
February 12th 2009


39 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

i like howards voice better but you have to admit that jesse had a great voice and scream.

Curse.
May 9th 2009


8079 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Jesse just sang with so much more emotion and it ended up being his downfall. I love his voice on this album, because every song feels like he put everything he had into every song.

Deathcar
May 19th 2009


1534 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This album is the best KSE album period. As to the Howard/Jesse debate, I think Howard is a better vocalist overall (when he does these songs live they're awesome) but I personally prefer Jesse.



His screaming on this album is unbelievable.

Phantom
May 19th 2009


9010 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Life To Lifeless makes me want to punch the floor and get in mad pits with my bros

Motiv3
June 5th 2009


9168 Comments


used to listen to killswitch alot but now im gonna start properly going into their discography starting off with this one.

Digging: Thou - Magus

ninjuice
June 5th 2009


6760 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

WHO WILL HEAR YOUR CRIES AS YOU FALLL....FALLLLL.....FALLLLLLLLL

FALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!







This is easily their best.



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