Killswitch
Engage � The End Of Heartache
Rating: If you haven't heard of Killswitch Engage then you must have been living under a rock for the past few years (which, is not necessarily a bad thing). This is because during those past few years, Killswitch have experienced a rapid and much deserved rise to fame. After finishing a highly successful Ozzfest tour and a hectic run of assorted other tours, the band headed back to the studio in order to write and record the follow-up to 2002's acclaimed sophomore release, �Alive Or Just Breathing?' For those of you who are unfamiliar with
the band, Killswitch are another one of those hardcore-meet-melody
acts, but - unlike most � they manage to pull it off with style, finesse
and even credibility. If you're still having trouble imagining their music
in your limited-capacity mind, think of Lamb Of God, Shadows Fall and Soilwork,
with more softer, melodic passages acting as bridges between chunky-arsed
metal riffing and catchy double-kick drumming patterns.
Oddly enough, old fans couldn't have hoped
for a better result. Despite losing a major band member, Killswitch sound
tighter, harder, and more at ease than ever before. Stylistically the band
has refused to change one iota � to some minor detriment. While Killswitch
has been hailed by the majority of mainstream media as the forefront of
the �New Wave Of American Metal', the major drawback for playing easily
identifiable, mid-tempo metal can be heard after several spins of the disc.
How many riffs-against-double-bass can the band create without sound derivative?
How does one stop a fairly predictable structure from forcing the band
into a spiral of uncreative, sterile, indifference?
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