NewsJanuary 4, 2012 2:57 PM ET16,538 views

Killswitch Engage part ways with singer

Killswitch Engage has announced departure of vocalist Howard Jones, who has been with the band since 2002. The group has issued the following statement: "To our family, friends and fans: We have decided to continue on without Howard Jones as the singer of Killswitch Engage. We love Howard and are thankful for the nine years that we've had him in the band. Out of respect for everyone involved we will not be discussing the specific reasons behind this decision. Howard is a part of our family and always will be, and we wish him well. He has left big shoes to fill, so we certainly have our work cut out for us to find the next singer of Killswitch, something we plan on making priority #1 going forward. Most importantly, thanks to all of you for all the support throughout the years and for sticking by us for all this time. We really do appreciate it and we very much look forward to having a new record for all of you in the not too distant future that we can all be proud of. Sincerely, Adam, Joel, Mike & Justin."

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anonymous 1/4/2012 11:59:19 AM

first sucked in

anonymous 1/4/2012 11:59:20 AM

Jesse's free!

Ray_Lewis_Keith_Buckley 1/4/2012 11:59:57 AM

Sagea

standupsixtynine 1/4/2012 12:00:33 PM

posting in epic thread. fixation on a porn stars butthole.

anonymous 1/4/2012 12:02:33 PM

hope kse brings jesse back and howard brings bhbs back and my time machine brings me back to 2002

hardware 1/4/2012 12:03:20 PM

BLOOD HAS BEEN SHED

anonymous 1/4/2012 12:03:50 PM

Jesse please... that is all

yes_cuban_b 1/4/2012 12:06:47 PM

KsE has been awful for a looooong time, getting their old vocalist back isn't going to change anything

anonymous 1/4/2012 12:09:03 PM

This better mean blood has been shed is back!

anonymous 1/4/2012 12:09:10 PM

BHBS BHBS BHBS BHBS BHBS BHBS BHBS BHBS

anonymous 1/4/2012 12:17:13 PM

This isn't news. No care. That singer is a douche, deadbeat dad.

anonymous 1/4/2012 12:17:16 PM

his pornstar girlfriend slept with one of the guitarists of the band and now the singer is all butthurt

anonymous 1/4/2012 12:18:04 PM

did jones knock up another fat ugly chick?

anonymous 1/4/2012 12:21:04 PM

kinda sad actually. Howard was waaaay better than Jesse as a vocalist.

anonymous 1/4/2012 12:21:47 PM

Jesse Leach plz.

anonymous 1/4/2012 12:23:20 PM

I wish he had left before that awful cover of "Holy Diver"...

therearetoomanybands 1/4/2012 12:40:59 PM

Should have broken up after "the End of Heartache." Although CM Punk's entrance song was good, too. GTS KSE.

thetowerofrome 1/4/2012 12:43:56 PM

what hardware said.

anonymous 1/4/2012 12:44:55 PM

Fat girls all over the place are not stoked. No more band dick for them, they are back to roadies

anonymous 1/4/2012 12:52:04 PM

Jesse back! Please no BHBS reunion. This world does not need another band that is trying to sound like Meshuggah.

anonymous 1/4/2012 1:07:03 PM

manditory BHBS post!!!!!!!! expression of excitement!!!

anonymous 1/4/2012 1:07:12 PM

His pornstar girlfriend was busy fcking dudes not just in his band but every band. I saw her sniffing around ATR a few weeks ago.

anonymous 1/4/2012 1:16:40 PM

Mandatory 'Jesse Leach circa the first self-titled album or no care' post. Howard really did suck though. Blood Has Been Shed was worthy, but that was about it.

BlindBubbaCheeks 1/4/2012 1:16:59 PM

She blinded me with science.....

masturbated_tits 1/4/2012 1:49:24 PM

JESSE!!!!

LoydChristmas 1/4/2012 1:54:19 PM

anonymous is right. when he wasn't trying to sound like a goddamn opera singer he was a deece vocalist.

anonymous 1/4/2012 1:54:38 PM

Bring back 2002 no more holy diver bs

anonymous 1/4/2012 1:55:40 PM

Blood has been shed reunion ? plz

anonymous 1/4/2012 2:14:36 PM

my moneys on Mike Terry.

anonymous 1/4/2012 2:16:40 PM

hahahahaha @ the time machine comment

xenosapien 1/4/2012 2:33:16 PM

Phil Labonte is stoked.

SlaveTheDay 1/4/2012 3:32:09 PM

i was into kse when jesse was on vocs and was into bhbs but never got into kse with howard. just never sounded right. still.....no care really.

anonymous 1/4/2012 3:53:13 PM

good riddance

anonymous 1/4/2012 3:55:03 PM

Well, maybe we'll get another incarnation of Philswitch Engage. If Labonte's voice isn't totally shot

anonymous 1/4/2012 3:59:12 PM

Myke Terry would be a logical replacement. He's between bands, can sing/scream adequately, and if he shaved off those damn dreads he'd even look somewhat similar to Howard Jones!

anonymous 1/4/2012 4:30:14 PM

phils voice is shot ALWAYS. Get Jesse back and only play his songs on tour. fck Howard Jones

anonymous 1/4/2012 4:30:53 PM

Bring back Jesse. He's still got the chops from that ToG band. If not, yeah Myke Terry is a good idea. Phil's voice is fcked.

anonymous 1/4/2012 4:40:06 PM

Catalepsy sucks.

Senna 1/4/2012 4:53:32 PM

Do bring back Jesse...but dang..Howard...You will be missed... =/

anonymous 1/4/2012 4:57:43 PM

meatybojangle

big_metal_al 1/4/2012 5:02:02 PM

get SHAQ to be your new singer! he has bigger shoes!

anonymous 1/4/2012 5:14:06 PM

mike terry sucks ass

anonymous 1/4/2012 6:40:41 PM

how about jesse lol

anonymous 1/4/2012 6:46:22 PM

The replacement isn't going to be Phil. In between his usual diatribes on liberal politics and uploading pictures of firearms, he managed to tweet "No I will not be singing for KsE"

dondeestasumadre 1/4/2012 6:46:58 PM

sweet news. brings opportunity. but will result in garbage.

anonymous 1/4/2012 7:24:04 PM

two n1gg3rs just stole my truck

anonymous 1/4/2012 8:15:35 PM

wtf i heard adam d impregnated howards gf and that he left to take care of the child omg is this true?

ineedsalt 1/4/2012 8:28:55 PM

that porn chick has a redhead blue eyed baby but somehow it is is his. bitch you fck for a living, how the hell you know which glob of stuff did the trick? also, stop telling your fck friends to post here, its getting old. BHBS who in my opinion were doing the djent thing 10 years ago must record

anonymous 1/4/2012 8:42:10 PM

Jesse back! Please no BHBS reunion. This world does not need another band that is trying to sound like Meshuggah.----you're a fcking idiot.

anonymous 1/4/2012 10:32:14 PM

I saw that porn whore hanging around the ATR guys show, mid december. If it does become Philswitch again, maybe he can put a baby in her too. Perhaps that baby will come out chinese? She seems to have a skill of making babies the opposite races of the alleged father

anonymous 1/4/2012 11:46:28 PM

Why not just end the band? What's the point anymore in all honesty? Money?

anonymous 1/5/2012 12:43:36 AM

^agreed!

anonymous 1/5/2012 1:55:47 AM

BHBS will never record again. There been rumors of an album for 2yrs. They are all old and have families and boring.

brokenhero 1/5/2012 2:51:52 AM

i'm not reading all this horseshit. has anyone said that Blood Has Been Shed obviously needs to put out a record? if nobody said that then youre all gays.

anonymous 1/5/2012 7:15:38 AM

Howard was a piece of shit for a human being anyhow. I was a stage manager for the warped tour in 07 and the whole tour Howard would talk shit to his fans and act like he was some big shit.

anonymous 1/5/2012 7:24:20 AM

fck killswitch altogether and bring back OVERCAST

LoydChristmas 1/5/2012 8:17:41 AM

"The replacement isn't going to be Phil. In between his usual diatribes on liberal politics and uploading pictures of firearms, he managed to tweet "No I will not be singing for KsE" hahahaha

anonymous 1/5/2012 8:50:41 AM

"Howard was a piece of shit for a human being anyhow. I was a stage manager for the warped tour in 07 and the whole tour Howard would talk shit to his fans and act like he was some big shit." Well...KSE fans are fcking retarted. Glad they know it! $$$$$$$$$

kevin_sorbo 1/5/2012 9:02:43 AM

bad day for black singers.

anonymous 1/5/2012 9:42:58 AM

hardware 21 hours ago BLOOD HAS BEEN SHED

Costanzig 1/5/2012 10:17:48 AM

No care has been shed.

anonymous 1/5/2012 11:02:39 AM

The band finally got fed up with howard and his bullshit drama.

anonymous 1/5/2012 2:32:37 PM

hope this means he will stand up and be a baby daddy now

anonymous 1/5/2012 2:35:39 PM

To the warped stage manager, how does lyman feel about you talking shit on forums about bands on his fests? Or is that why you "was a stage manager" and are no longer?

anonymous 1/5/2012 3:18:56 PM

sages

anonymous 1/5/2012 3:25:10 PM

ACDC are onto their third vocalist and are still going strong. Just sayin...

anonymous 1/5/2012 4:00:45 PM

Allie Foster goes ass to mouth. And not just in the movies!

anonymous 1/5/2012 4:37:03 PM

How is there no comment that says no care, vanflip I'm assuming the people who say that are the same over weight losers sitting in their parents bastufft twirling in circles to kse because its the closest thing to a circle pit these fat ducks can do with out blacking out with exhaustion, waking up on a hospital, and their parents grounding them from metal concerts. fck you. Band sucks. Blood has been shed sucks. Complete circle of shit.

anonymous 1/5/2012 6:26:26 PM

Yeah, Alive or Just Breathing was by far the best thing they ever did. Bring Jesse back - let's get a Part 2.

anonymous 1/5/2012 7:19:48 PM

Good for her. What a champ. I want a girl that goes ass to mouth. Keeper!

anonymous 1/5/2012 8:08:19 PM

I want a girl that goes ass OR mouth. Either way, I'd be a happy dude. But Ass to Mouth. Thats a Lotto Lady right there people.

anonymous 1/5/2012 10:13:50 PM

In the midst of all of all the heartache look for the roses!!! When destruction tears the world in two.. Can you find the roses?

anonymous 1/5/2012 11:19:46 PM

Have a YouTube contest for next vocalist

anonymous 1/6/2012 2:53:34 AM

Blood Has Been Shed... And Aftershock. That is all.

anonymous 1/6/2012 6:09:12 AM

This hasn't been Killswitch since Jesse left, don't get me wrong Howard was good on End of Heartache, and then the band just became completely generic....just end it, don't bring Jesse back cuz The Empire Shall Fall is awesome and ToG was great but it just makes me want to listen to Alive or Just Breathing...killswitch used to have a message now they just sing about broken hearts...beat

anonymous 1/6/2012 11:24:09 AM

BHBS had a dickheaded guitarist who was also in courage crew... so no care EVER wtf those guys do ever AGAIN!!!

anonymous 1/6/2012 2:41:35 PM

I believe Howard is Courage Crew too




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