FIRST IMPRESSIONS; IN DUE TIME by Killswitch Engage

They're officially back now! And by the hammer of Thor do they sound magnificent.

In Due Time is this first single to surface from upcoming April 1st release Disarm The Descent, and it will blow your puny mortal mind. You're just gonna have to listen and witness the aural beauty that is riffage and solo heaven. Oh, and welcome back Jesse Leach. Damn son, you sound fine.

Initial Score; 
9/10

Now for the patented Excite-O-Meter on new album Disarm The Descent, which I'll eventually convert into a non-text format so it doesn't look shit. 

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UK TOUR NEWS; KILLSWITCH ENGAGE

With the new album Disarm The Descent due on the first day of April (incidentally I just know it's going to be amazing), Killswitch Engage are taking to the road in the UK. So far only 4 dates have been announced, looking something like this;

• May 2nd: Manchester Ritz
• May 3rd: Glasgow O2 ABC
• May 4th: Birmingham Institute
• May 5th: London Shepherds Bush Empire

You can check all your usual outlets to find them from Wednesday morning onwards (30th January), but if you're a lucky sod on the O2 Priority scheme or whatever it's called, then you can get them RIGHT NOW. 

In the meantime, feel free to enjoy the teaser for the album, with new material contained within.

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE; NEW ALBUM TITLE, RELEASE DATE AND NEW SINGLE

Holla. All at once, KsE have announced the various important things we wanted to know ahead of the new album. Firstly, it's called Disarm The Descent, secondly it's released on April 1st, and thirdly, their new single will be out February 3rd, entitled In Due Time. How appropriate.

Vocalist Jesse Leach said that “It is with a grateful spirit that we prepare for this record’s release. From the music, to the lyrics, to the artwork, we are all proud of what we have accomplished. To me this is by far my best vocal performance, much thanks to Adam’s guidance and faith in my abilities. I am very grateful to be where I am in life, back in an amazing band with a record we are all excited for the world to hear. Thanks to all the fans for their warm welcome back and their undying love for Killswitch Engage.” (words from Metal Hammer's site)

Hells to the yes.

AWESOME THINGS COMING IN 2013

There will be many awesome things in 2013, the majority of which are yet to be announced, but here's a comprehensive* list of the things we do know are going to happen.

New albums from;

• Paramore; Paramore (April 9th)
• Killswitch Engage; ? (April)
• Queens Of The Stone Age; ? (shrugs)
• Biffy Clyro; Opposites (January 28th)
• Bring Me The Horizon; Sempiternal (early 2013 but unknown)
• Animals As Leaders; ? (shrugs)
• Everything Everything; Arc (January 14th)
• 30 Seconds To Mars; ? (unknown but expected by summer)

Download Festival

Muse's Summer Stadium tour

Fall Out Boy reunion**

Mastodon are set to enter the studio to record the follow-up to 2011's The Hunter, but don't expect anything soon - expect another year's tour before we see a new album.

I'll add things as I come across them, but these are the main things I'm looking forward to. Of course, there are/will be tours attached to all the above new album releases, so fingers crossed for UK dates from the foreign bands.

* I'm lying. Comment below if there are any glaring omissions and I will gladly un-omit them, which is to say, add them to the list.
** I'm lying again, although I had a strange dream where it happened but I was Pete Wentz.

NEW KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ALBUM COMING SOON

YAAAAAY! \m/.

Killswitch Engage have slated a release date for their as-yet-untitled 6th studio album, and it will land in April 2013. It'll also be the first album in a decade to feature new/old vocalist Jesse Leach, who recently replaced Howard Jones as mic-man after singing on KsE's first 2 albums.

Consider this; Jesse's last album, Alive Or Just Breathing, is widely accepted as a classic of the 21st century in metal. So;

“I came off tour I was filled with energy, ready to go, we knocked out a bunch of stuff. I had joined the band, the record was there, we’re on tour so I really didn’t have time to write. I took the past two months not only recording but writing so I’m there with an idea, being in the other room writing and going to Adam saying, ‘Here’s my idea I just wrote, what do you think?’ So there’s real spontaneity some of the songs that we just finished up. I had maybe five or six solid ideas when I came off tour and the rest had to be developed as we were recording it. It was exciting but at the same time tough because for me I’m digging deep down into my emotions and my psyche trying to come up with stuff that is honest and emotive and relevant, hopefully for the listener. It’s tiring but well worth, anything that’s worth achieving you got to suffer a little bit for it. I think mentally and spiritually and a little bit physically we were suffering but all of that made for an amazing record that I’m really proud of.” (Jesse Leach, speaking to Loudwire)

With those words behind this album, coupled with how good AoJB was...we could be in for a stunner.