Killswitch Engage announce new album, premiere first single

Official press release: Grammy-nominated and Gold-selling hard rock heavyweights Killswitch Engage have announced their eighth album Atonement, out August 16 on Metal Blade Records. The album is available for pre-order. The band has also shared the first song "Unleashed," which premiered on SiriusXM's Liquid Metal and Octane. Watch the visualizer for the song here: "'Unleashed' is about inner passion and rage coming up to the surface," said singer Jesse Leach. "We all have that wild within that often stays dormant until a tragic event triggers and awakens it. This song is about that awakening within. I feel we were able to capture something raw and intense on this song and I'm stoked for everyone to hear it! The new album Atonement is a reflection of perseverance and passion through the trials and suffering of our existence." Indeed, Atonement is the culmination of a trying and turbulent two-year period. KsE started kicking around ideas for the album as early as 2017. The band recorded the bulk of the material separately on both coasts. However, in the middle of the process, a polyp developed scar tissue in Leach's throat, forcing him to undergo surgery. The intense three-month recovery ended with speech therapy, vocal therapy, and scream therapy. The band ultimately emerged with an album that is further evidence of their undeniable legacy as one of the most enduring metal bands of the last two decades and beyond. The elaborate illustration on the Atonement album cover was created by none other than talented UK based artist Richey Beckett (Metallica, Mastodon) with the band's own Mike D'Antonio handling art direction and layout duties. Atonement track listing: 01. Unleashed 02. The Signal Fire (featuring Howard Jones) 03. Us Against the World 04. The Crownless King (featuring Chuck Billy) 05. I Am Broken Too 06. As Sure As the Sun Will Rise 07. Know Your Enemy 08. Take Control 09. Ravenous 10. I Can't Be the Only One 11. Bite the Hand That Feeds