Tag Archives: Jesse Leach

Killswitch Engage release “Atonement” b-sides for charity

Posted by on May 1, 2020

  Killswitch Engage has teamed up with Bandcamp and has released Atonement II B-Sides For Charity. Frontman Jesse Leach mentioned that 100% of the proceeds will be given to the COVID-19 Relief Fund for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. The EP contains 6 tracks that didn’t make the final cut for Atonement and are some of Leach’s favorite […]

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Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach drops new song with side project The Weapon

Posted by on April 30, 2020

  Killswitch Engage frontman, Jesse Leach has released a new song with his hardcore punk side project, The Weapon titled “No Surrender.” The band started back in 2018 with guitarist Chris Drapeau of Aggressive Dogs, Josh Mihlek, Killswitch Engage’s production manager on bass and “Dark City Studio” owner Andy Mass on drums. The group also […]

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Jesse Leach planning on playing shows with hardcore band The Weapon

Posted by on January 24, 2020

Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage will be playing with his hardcore band, The Weapon around NYC later this year. The band consists of Chris Drapeau, bassist Josh Mihlek and drummer Andy Mass. Leach commented on the show and talked about an upcoming record. Some seriously great people right here @theweaponnyc and killer musicians on top of […]

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Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach stepping back from social media to focus on mental health issues

Posted by on January 14, 2019

Exactly two years ago, Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach decided to take a break from social media. Unfortunately, despite working on new music as well as an extensive amount of touring, Leach has decided to take a break from the social media platform once again. Despite already deleted posts, Leach at some point stated that […]

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Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach is about “halfway through 21 songs” for new album

Posted by on September 18, 2018

Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach has provided an update on the band’s new album, revealing he is about halfway through 21 songs. We can only guess the follow-up to 2016’s Incarnate will be released in early 2019. Leach has also provided a brief Times of Grace update by promising there will be a new record […]

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2nd Annual ‘Small Bites of Hope,’ hosted by Jesse Leach and Jamey Jasta, taking place tonight

Posted by on May 9, 2018

Last year, chef Brian Tsao, who you might have seen beating Bobby Flay or cooking with the likes of Zakk Wylde on Metal Injection, hosted something that was a little more personal. Small Bites of Hope was hosted by Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach, and was a benefit for Hope For the Day, a suicide prevention […]

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Howard Jones lays down some vocals with former Killswitch Engage band mates

Posted by on April 13, 2018

As you probably already know, Killswitch Engage is currently working on their seventh studio album and have plans to complete the album by the summer. Recently, vocalist Jesse Leach, posted a picture of himself with fellow band mate, Adam Dutkiewicz and Light The Torch vocalist or ex-KSE frontman, Howard Jones. Leach provided a rather thought-provoking […]

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Listen to Jesse Leach’s new hardcore band The Weapon

Posted by on February 13, 2018

Jesse Leach has had one hell of a career renaissance. After stepping out of Killswitch Engage just as they began to take off in 2002, he returned to the band in 2012, releasing two albums with them that have found them getting acclaim and touring a hell of a lot (they’re currently on the road […]

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Times of Grace are in the studio tracking drums

Posted by on December 13, 2017

Times of Grace, the project featuring Killswitch Engage’s singer Jesse Leach and guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, are finally back in the studio working on their follow-up to 2011’s Hymn of a Broken Man. The band has also announced that touring drummer, Dan Gluszak is now an official member and that they are currently recording drums in the […]

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Listen to Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach cover of Minor Threat’s “Salad Days”

Posted by on October 26, 2017

A&R legend Mike Gitter has signed iconic metal and hardcore acts back in the eighties when he founded xXxFanzine, the seminal punk zine which covered underground artists at that time including Agnostic Front, Black Flag, Cro-Mags, Minor Threat, and many more. The zine ran from 1983 up until 1988, and now, it’s time to celebrate […]

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