Killswitch Engage Concerts Setlist
Killswitch Engage concerts: setlists, upcoming live shows and concerts, 2026 tour
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Popular songs in setlists
Top 10 most played songs by Killswitch Engage: Setlist highlights from the Last 40 Concerts.
Setlist overview
The setlist for the next concert features live songs from the following albums:
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Check out and listen to the setlist of the upcoming Concert (Spotify playlist updated after every tour date):
How long is the concert?
Based on the average Setlist, Killswitch Engage will perform live for about 1:25.
Here is the probable setlist inspired by recent concerts (94% probability):
Strength of the Mind
Reckoning
Broken Glass
Killswitch Engage Tour Map 2026
Follow Killswitch Engage on tour with our interactive Tour Map. Explore the places where the concerts will take and find out where you can catch Killswitch Engage on tour near you.
42 upcoming concerts, touring across these countries with exciting setlists and live performances:
Australia,
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Killswitch Engage Biography
Born from the ashes of Massachusetts metalcore bands in 1999, Killswitch Engage helped define a genre by blending brutal metal with melodic hooks. What started as a collaboration between bassist Mike D'Antonio and drummer-turned-guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz drew its name from an X-Files episode and quickly evolved into something revolutionary for American metal.
The band's early years set the template for their sound, but it was also a time of dramatic change. After their self-titled debut caught Roadrunner Records' attention, they released "Alive or Just Breathing" in 2002, an album that would later be considered a metalcore classic. However, founding vocalist Jesse Leach, struggling with depression, left the band via email just as they were gaining momentum.
Along came Howard Jones, whose lead vocals took them to even higher heights with 2004's "The End of Heartache". The album's title track was nominated for a Grammy, and the album itself went gold, selling over 500k copies. By the time they dropped 2006's "As Daylight Dies", they were one of metal's biggest draws, with singles like "My Curse" and their cover of Dio's "Holy Diver" being metal anthems of the new age. The album eventually went platinum, proving that metalcore could be mainstream without losing its legitimacy.
After Jones departed in 2012 due to his battle with type 2 diabetes, the band made the unexpected decision to bring Leach back into the fold. Rather than trying to recreate the past, they pushed forward with albums like "Disarm the Descent" and "Incarnate", earning another Grammy nomination for "In Due Time". Their willingness to evolve while maintaining their core sound has earned them sales of over four million records in the U.S. alone.
What distinguishes Killswitch Engage is not their music - it's their integrity and grit. With lineup changes, health problems, and the rollercoaster of the music industry, they've stayed true to their artistic vision. When Jones returned for a duet with Leach on 2019's "The Signal Fire", it demonstrated how the band has turned would-be drama into brotherhood.
Their legacy lies not in the awards they won or multimillions of albums sold - but in that they've reiterated again and again that heavy music is capable of being ugly and beautiful, aggressive and emotive, commercial and uncompromising.
Killswitch Engage News
- 10 May 2026
Adam D. reveals why project with ex-Killswitch Engage vocalist Howard Jones is delayed – Burn Eternal album mixed and mastered for months, awaiting record deal and artwork, guitarist already writing second album, also working on Serpentine Dominion sophomore release with Cannibal Corpse's George Fisher.
- 25 Jun 2025
Former Killswitch Engage Vocalist Howard Jones Reunites with Band for "The Signal Fire" Performance
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