Killswitch Engage (2009 album)

Killswitch Engage
Studio album by
Killswitch Engage
ReleasedJune 30, 2009
RecordedOctober 2008 – March 2009
GenreMetalcore, progressive metal, thrash metal
Length38:09
LabelRoadrunner
ProducerBrendan O'Brien, Adam Dutkiewicz
Killswitch Engage chronology
As Daylight Dies
(2006) 		Killswitch Engage
(2009) 		Disarm the Descent
(2013)
Alternative cover
Special edition cover
Singles from Killswitch Engage
  1. "Reckoning"
    Released: June 1, 2009[1]
  2. "Starting Over"
    Released: June 6, 2009
  3. "Take Me Away"
    Released: October 27, 2009[2]
  4. "Save Me"
    Released: May 25, 2010[3]

Killswitch Engage (often called Killswitch Engage II or KSE II) is the fifth studio album by American metalcore band Killswitch Engage. It was released on June 30, 2009 through Roadrunner Records. It is the band's second album to be self-titled, the first being their debut album. It was produced by Adam Dutkiewicz and Brendan O'Brien. The album's reception from critics and fans has been mixed, with praise for Howard Jones's vocals and criticism of Dutkiewicz's and O'Brien's production and the album's reliance on formula.

The album debuted and peaked at number 7 on the Billboard 200, selling 58,000 copies in its first week, making it one of the band's highest charting albums to date.[4]

It was supported by three singles, "Reckoning", "Starting Over", and "Save Me", as well as two music videos. This is the band's last studio album to feature Howard Jones on lead vocals.

  1. ^ "Reckoning – Killswitch Engage". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  2. ^ "R&R Going For Adds: Active Rock (Week Of: October 27, 2009)". Radio & Records. Archived from the original on July 27, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  3. ^ Save Me (track listing). Killswitch Engage. Roadrunner Records. 2009.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ "KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Parts Ways With Singer HOWARD JONES". Blabbermouth.net. January 4, 2012.