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On Killswitch Engage's previous two albums, the group delivered the sort of passionate speed/thrash rarely heard since RIDE THE LIGHTNING-era Metallica and REIGN IN BLOOD-era Slayer. With THE END OF THE HEARTACHE, which features new singer Howard Jones, the band takes its signature sound to a new, absolutely ferocious level, combining slicing, neo-classical guitar riffs with vocals that alternate between gut-wrenching death-metal grunts and melodic crooning. In addition, drummer Justin Foley seems to have channeled both Metallica's Lars Ulrich and Pantera's Vinnie Paul, adding enough pummeling double-kick madness to put a smile on any old-school metal-head's face. Though the album's wide-screen production values keep it from ever sounding too retro, THE END OF HEARTACHE will appeal to anyone pining for the '80s glory days when serious metal was synonymous with long hair and Anthrax t-shirts.
Audio Mixer: Andy Sneap.
Recording information: Zing Studios, Westfield, MA (12/15/2003-01/29/2004).
Photographer: Mike D'Antonio.
Killswitch Engage: Mike D'Antonio (bass guitar); Howard Jones, Adam Dutkiewicz, Justin Foley , Joel Stroetzel .
Personnel: Adam Dutkiewicz (vocals, guitar, percussion); Howard Jones (vocals); Joel Stroetzel (guitar); Justin Foley (drums); Philip Labonte (background vocals).
Rolling Stone (p.120) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "[A] stunning collection, retaining much of their signature musical brutality but teasing with electric hooks, strategic use of silence and, on 'Rose of Sharyn,' just a bit of emo..." Killswitch Engage End Of Heartache Songs End Of Heartache Music Review Average Rating: (3.9 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Great
It`s a really good cd
Submitted by urypollo (Gudalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) 
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great!!
this CD is about the same in my book with Alive or Just Breathing cuz they're both amazing and with different singers! all Killswitch's CD's are awesome! this CD is heavy with crazy screams and soft sometimes with great singing...its amazing!!
Submitted by Jon (Poquoson, VA)
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I thought this album was great. Guitarists sound great, vocals on right on, and screaming is pretty awesome. "The End Of Heartache," -#7- is pretty much my favorite song. But I would definetly suggest this album.
Submitted by Zip (Newwark, New Jersey, USA)
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Awesome
Hey to any of you punks talking crap on killswitch your lucky i don't look you up and come beat you down myself. I got all the cds and this one might just be the best.. idk though they are all sick. Some people just don't know what good music is, if you like their first 2 CDs there's no reason you wouldn't like this other than your trying to be cool and different or something. Oh and it doesn't matter if its super complicated or not. Music is supposed to sound good, thats all. but yah i just had to say somethin to you punks.
Submitted by Mikey Big Dawgs shlodds (Grants Pass, OR)
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First things first: This album is not as bad as many of you whiny ppl think, you just have to listen to it more than once, then you'll begin to like it. Another thing is that they have a really unique own style which is honorable these days, you can tell from miles that it is KSE playing. Third thing: Who the hell cares that the things they play is not difficult? It's metal man, not some kinky classical music, it's supposed to sound good, it doesn't have to be complicated. By they way the riffs they have are way more harder than the riffs of all the new wave and nu metal bands. And the last thing: They are not EMO! Just because they've got some light singing and chorus in their songs it doesn't mean they are, it just makes their music more colorful and less boring. I'm tired of bands who scream throughout the whole album, what's the damn point in that???! EMO doesn't deserve to be even mentioned along with KSE!
Submitted by gyenes04 (Budapest, Hungary)
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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 ...
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Judging from just the first song on This Darkened Heart, one is tempted to immediately rank All That Remains among the top tier of current Swedish-influenced American hardcore-metal bands (and there are a lot of them). The dual-guitar interplay of Oli Herbert and Mike Martin is intricate and impressive, and their classically tinged riff-writing yields at least a slight distinction from their many At the Gates-influenced contemporaries. However, as early as the second track -- and again on several of the others -- they reveal their downfall in attempting to incorporate passages of melodic singing. It's a downfall they share with plenty of other bands in this genre. It would be a great idea to try this technique if these bands could pull it off tastefully, but All That Remains, like many of their counterparts, do not do so. The cleanly sung breakdowns on "Focus Shall Not Fail," "Tattered on My Sleeve," and the title track feel forced and are at times cringe inducing, sounding vaguely like bad-'80s radio rock (think late Journey). The other problem is that, as the album wears on, the experienced listener can't help ...
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In Trivium's band photo for ASCENDANCY, the four members sport t-shirts from (early) Metallica, Overkill, Guns N' Roses, and black-metal legends Darkthrone. The odd thing is that no one in the group is old enough to have experienced any of the first three bands in their 1980s glory. This doesn't seem to adversely affect Trivium's sound, however, as the band has clearly done its homework.
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