KILLSWITCH ENGAGE

Atonement MUSIC FOR NATIONS

The Massachusetts metallers ascended to stratospheric new heights with Atonement, their eighth full-length campaign and first since frontman Jesse Leach’s vocal surgery. Stacked to the rafters with jackhammer tempos and the absolutely blazing riffage of guitarists Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroetzel, bangers like The Crownless King and The Signal Fire (featuring ex-vocalist Howard Jones), loudly reaffirmed Killswitch’s status as one of metal’s most important voices.