Gold-certified hard rock heavyweights KILLSWITCH ENGAGE received a 2020 GRAMMY® Award nomination in the category of Best Metal Performance for their song “Unleashed”. This marks the Massachusetts band’s third nomination to date.
The 62nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards air on CBS Sunday January 26, 2020.
“Unleashed” remains a standout from the group’s eighth full-length and debut for Metal Blade Records – Atonement. All Music described the album as “the best-sounding record in the band’s catalog, bridging modern studio techniques with early-2000s ones,” while Consequence of Sound praised the band for continuing to “deliver brutal compositions that hook listeners in with thrilling musicianship.” Loudwire deemed the record a “high mark in the Killswitch Engage catalog and easily the metalcore icons’ most dynamic release yet.” MetalSucks summed it up best, saying, “There’s a reason Killswitch Engage have survived when many of their peers tripped over their ear gauges and fell by the wayside. They’re just really damn good at what they do,” while Exclaim! enthused that Atonement is full of “material so killer that nobody could ever doubt them.”
Killswitch Engage, who were recently recognized by Forbes as “one of modern metal’s most cherished acts,” will remain on the road deep into next year. The band will hit South America and Mexico in December 2019 before hitting clubs and theaters across the U.S. and Canada on a headline run in Spring 2020 with August Burns Red serving as main support. Tickets are available here: killswitchengage.com. Killswitch Engage will then head to Australia and New Zealand as main support for Iron Maiden in May and are slated to appear at European festivals in the summer. All Killswitch Engage tour dates are below.
Stream and purchase Atonement here: metalblade.com/killswitchengage
Watch the video for “The Signal Fire” here: youtu.be/2N0ShfOOEq4
Listen to “Unleashed” here: youtu.be/Lm-sI1EB8BA
Watch the video for “I Am Broken Too” here: youtu.be/tlE72MhrldA
Killswitch Engage tour dates
Dec. 7 – São Paulo, Brazil – Anhembi
Dec. 8 – Comuna 1, Argentina – El Teatrito
Dec. 10 – Santiago, Chile – Blondie
Dec. 12 – Bogotá, Colombia – Mayor Auditorium CUN
Dec. 14 – Ciudad De México, Mexico – Circo Volador
Dec. 15 – Monterrey, Mexico – Cafe Iguana
Killswitch Engage tour dates
w/ August Burns Red
Mar. 10 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
Mar. 11 – Grand Rapids, MI – 20 Monroe Live
Mar. 13 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
Mar. 14 – Silver Spring, MD – Fillmore
Mar. 15 – Raleigh, NC – Ritz
Mar. 17 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
Mar. 18 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
Mar. 20 – Dallas, TX – Southside Ballroom
Mar. 21 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
Mar. 21 – San Antonio, TX – Vibes
Mar. 23 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee
Mar. 24 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
Mar. 25 – Riverside, CA – Municipal Auditorium
Mar. 26 – San Francisco, CA – Warfield
Mar. 28 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Sodo
Mar. 29 – Boise, ID – Revolution
Mar. 31 – Salt Lake CIty, UT – Complex
Apr. 1 – Denver, CO – Fillmore
Apr. 3 – Minneapolis, MN – Fillmore
Apr. 4 – Chicago, IL – Radius
Apr. 5 – Detroit, MI – Fillmore
Apr. 6 – Toronto, ON – Rebel
Apr. 8 – Montreal, QC – MTelus
Apr. 10 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
Apr. 11 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
Apr. 12 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
Killswitch Engage tour dates
w/ Iron Maiden
May 1 – Perth, Australia – Rac Arena
May 3 – Adelaide, Australia – Entertainment Centre
May 5 – Brisbane, Australia – Entertainment Centre
May 7 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena
May 9 – Mellbourn, Australia – Rod Laver Arena
May 11 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena
May 13 – Auckland, New Zealand – Spark Arena
Killswitch Engage tour dates
June 13 – Derby, UK – Download Festival
June 21 – Dessel, BEL – Grasspop Festival
