AXS TV Artist Profile
AXS TV Artist Profile

Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage first shook the structure of heavy music upon climbing out of snowy industrialized Western Massachusetts in 2000. The band pioneered a union of thrashed-out European guitar pyrotechnics, East Coast hardcore spirit, on-stage hijinks, and enlightened lyricism that set the pace for what the turn-of-the-century deemed heavy. 2002’s Alive Or Just Breathing became avowed as a definitive album, being named among “The Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the Decade” by Decibel and celebrated by everyone from Metal Hammer to Revolver. They also garnered two GRAMMY® Award nominations in the category of “Best Metal Performance” in 2005 and 2014 and gold certifications for The End of Heartache [2004] and As Daylight Dies [2006]. The group landed three consecutive Top 10 debuts on the Billboard Top 200 with Killswitch Engage [2009], Disarm The Descent [2013], and their career high best bow at #6 with Incarnate [2016]. The latter two releases would also both capture #1 on the Top Rock Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums charts. Their total streams have exceeded half-a-billion to date. 2019 represents another turning point. The quintet—Adam Dutkiewicz [lead guitar], Joel Stroetzel [rhythm guitar], Mike D’Antonio [bass], Justin Foley [drums], and Jesse Leach [vocals]—sharpen every side of this signature sound on their eighth full-length and first for Metal Blade, Atonement.

TOP STATS

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TikTok

  • 31,700 Followers
  • 205,200 Likes
  • 2.2082 Engagement Rate
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YouTube

  • 469,000 Subscribers
  • 337.7 million Video Views
  • 0.1938 Engagement Rate
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Instagram

  • 419,790 Followers
  • 6,938 Avg Likes
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Spotify

  • 2.0 million Followers
  • 2.7 million Monthly Listeners
  • 65 Popularity Index
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Other

  • 196,378 X Followers
  • 608.7 million Pandora streams
  • 2.0 million Shazam Tags
  • 2.7 million Facebook Likes