KILLSWITCH ENGAGE POST NEW VIDEO, START WORK ON NEW ALBUM, CONTEMPLATE SHAVING BEARDS
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 at 3:35pm by Vince NeilsteinSeems like an odd time for Killswitch Engage to release a new video, seeing as they’re reportedly heading into the studio this month to record the follow-up to 2006’s Daylight Dies — but more Killswitch is never a bad thing, so fuck it, right? Live footage / road footage videos are great for record labels because they give the media a reason to continue talking about a band when the prior album cycle is over (touche!) and they don’t cost a penny to make outside of hiring some dude to chop together footage that’s already been filmed. So while there isn’t much new to see here, the live and behind the scenes footage used in this video shows KsE up to their usual backstage shenanigans and at the top of their live game, set to one of my favorite tracks from Daylight Dies, “This Is Absolution.”
Also: Justin’s Foley’s beard. In my now infamous “Beard on Beard” interview with Justin he threatened to be on the verge of shaving off his man-whiskers. Say it ain’t so! This video could be the last glimpse we get of Foley’s monstrous chin pubes.
-VN
Query: Arent Blood Has Been Shed sussposed to be putting out or recording a new album? and wasnt said third album slated to be out by the end of the year? Now KsE are going back into the studio? What Happend?
DO IT JUSTIN!! SHAVE THAT SHIT OFF!!!
The video was filmed at wacken, they anounced it before the song. So I head into the pit…look for a guy in a bright blue t-shirt with long hairs! I found me ^^
That Swiz shirt at the very end is the best part of the video. The rest of the video is pretty good too.
Entertaining video! Killswitch is an awesome band too and can’t wait to hear the new stuff.
New ‘Blood Has Been Shed’ stuff would be great aswell.
What the hell happened to Joel’s hair?!
Holy shit like 70% of the live clips where from wacken
I am jazzed to hear the news of KSE heading back into the studio. They are masters of their sub-genre.
I wasn’t a huge fan of their last album, hopefully they can pick up the pace a little bit and lay off the drawn out choruses. Hell their last 3 albums before that all kicked ass, so I know they have it in them.
Favorite band. Don’t care how cheeseball they are, i love them.
Great to see them writing another album.
I agree with Jesse… didn’t think much of the last record so I hope they turn things up a notch on the next one. They’ve played out the now generic heavy verse/clean chorus formula. Still dig them and pulling for them, and I know they have the talent to do something special again. I still listen to Alive or Just Breathing at least once a week and it still makes my balls tingle. Damn that record is fucking amazing.
yeah the first 3 albums were amazing but Daylight Dies was too pussy. and that autotune on Adam D. , it makes my balls shrink