Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage, an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbandment of Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage gained fame with its 2004 release, The End of Heartache, which peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200, and was certified gold in December 2007.

MTV has referred to Killswitch Engage as “one of the founders of metalcore.”