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A classic case of hindsight being 20/20, Killswitch Engage's eponymous debut is now viewed as a significant touchstone in the emergence of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal, but it had only a limited impact upon the insular Northeastern hardcore scene when it was released through Ferret Records in 2000 (and that was mostly because its musicians had previously been involved with influential underground bands like Overcast and Aftershock). One listen is all that's required to understand why. Like many of their peers at the time, the musicians in Killswitch Engage were boldly testing the spartan limitations of hardcore songwriting -- coming out of their inherited hardcore shell, if you will -- by introducing heretical elements from heavy metal, elements which most genre purists would consider anathema. These included all manner of deathly Cookie Monster grunts and shrieks, fusillades of fast-picked notes, and intricate minor-key melodies, plus all manner of technical instrumental showboating (histrionic solos, double kick-drum blastbeats, unorthodox time signatures, etc.), which lifted album standouts like "Irreversal," "In the Unblind," and particularly "Temple from the Within" and "Vide Infra" beyond their more simplistic, hardcore-loyal counterparts. In fact, it wasn't at all surprising when these last two songs were re-recorded for the band's breakthrough second album, Alive or Just Breathing, by which time Killswitch Engage had symbolically swallowed the proverbial heavy metal bullet by signing with stalwart metal label Roadrunner. Compared to that sophomore effort, this eponymous first salvo can't help but sound formative, but it still contains plenty of exciting material for KE diehards, while embodying the curious conundrum of a transitory feel, despite there not being anything, technically speaking, for it to transition from! Told you it was a conundrum! ~ Eduardo Rivadavia
This reissue includes four bonus tracks
Now Remixed & Remastered W/4 Bonus Demo Tracks. Killswitch Engage (2000) Music Killswitch Engage (2000) Songs Killswitch Engage (2000) Music Review Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews THIS IS MY ALBUM, IT CHANGED WHO I AM!!!!
This album has been an insperation to me, my favourite songs on it r vide infra (about archiving equaily in sociaty and nt being held bak by wat others think) and in the unblind (about becoming an individual, breaking free of the borders of sociaty, being u, destroying the system that governs our lifes and who we are). The entire album is very spritual and uplifting. I love this band!! KsE for life!!!
Submitted by Cavan (Perth, WA, Australia)
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This is the best killswitch enagage Album and You cant even hear the songs on it Like what the hell!
Submitted by Wyatt (Oshawa,Ont,Can'')
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Melodic metal at it's best.
Highlight: temple from the within, awesome rhythm.
Also recommended for fans of killswitch and the like:
sunk loto " between birth and death"
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Submitted by Ben (Sydney)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Pure Brutal Metal!
If you like Death/Thrash/Speed & Modern metal this is your album... Amazing first album, with power riffs, frenetic double bass pedals, death metal screams to the extreme, and lot of passion in all aspects of the album: lirically, musically etc... Amazing start for a band that is breaking the soul of all metalheads!!
Submitted by pure_brutal_metal (Spain, Catalonia, Girona)
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They take the sound of the underground 80's/90's speed metal guitar riffs, ad some modern punishing, screamy, and distorted vocals, with some use of the double bass pedal by the drummer that is epecially fast, and made a masterpiece. They have a truly unique sound, almost taking 80's hair and glam rock, making it heavier and darker, tweak it with some modern twists, and really took the music they grew up with, and incorporated it to accomadate the modern metal audience. They are on Road Runner Records. Download, Soilborn and In the unblind. These are the first two songs I ever heard of theirs, and I haven't stopped liking them.
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