Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies (CD)

The Light Shines For KsE on "As Daylight Dies"

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 24, 2006

Pros: The band has taken their trademark sound and built on it to make a whole new set of songs.

Cons: Some of the songs sound a little like the band's older material.

Call it "Screamo". Call it "Metal-core". whatever designation Killswitch is put into, the band is one that contunies to lead the way for American metal. The band has taken its trademark sound--the crunchy, down-tuned guitars mixed... with the pipes of vocalist Howard Jones and percussive prowess of the drums--and built on it to make another impressive release. The album's title track, and opener show a sign of growth in the band's sound. There is even very little dead air left between the blistering track and the very next, equally impressive track, "This is Absolution". The whole band sounds as brutal and precise with its sound as ever. Jones' vocals switch so well between tearing screams and soaring singing. Drummer Justin Foley shows yet again that he is more than a thrash drummer switching between blast beats and a steady driving force throughout each piece. There are even hints of the band's past in the tracks, "Unbroken" and "My Curse". They almost serve as an example of what KsE would have sounded like on "Alive or Breathing" with Jones on board instead of former vocalist Jesse Leach. "Still Beats Your Name" is another example of the band's rowth on this release. It has those sharp as a knife guitar riffs and precise drums on the back. The remainder of the album is much the same as the band continues to impress with a show of how much the five members have grown together as a unit and the positive impact their growth has had on this new album. Read more Less