| Killswitch Engage | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 4, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2000 | |||
| Studio | Zing Studios, Westfield, Massachusetts | |||
| Genre | Metalcore, melodic metalcore | |||
| Length | 31:51 | |||
| Label | Ferret | |||
| Producer | Adam Dutkiewicz | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Classic Rock | [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[3] |
Killswitch Engage is the debut studio album by American metalcore band Killswitch Engage, released July 4, 2000 through Ferret Music. The album is the only release ever by Killswitch Engage to be released through Ferret, the band would later be signed to Roadrunner Records, where their follow-up LP, Alive or Just Breathing was released. The band's debut is considered to be one of the first ever successful albums in the metalcore genre, garnering a re-release five years after its original pressing.[4] No songs in the album were released as singles.
In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 2000 by Metal Hammer magazine.[5]
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "Killswitch Engage Killswitch Engage review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
- ^ Dome, Malcolm (February 2005). "Killswitch Engage 'Killswitch Engage'". Classic Rock. Vol. 76. London, UK: Future Publishing Ltd. p. 102.
- ^ Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 263. ISBN 9781-926592-20-6.
- ^ "Killswitch Engage". Discogs.
- ^ "The Top 20 best metal albums of 2000". Metal Hammer. Future plc. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.