Killswitch Engage Adam Dutkiewicz [lead guitar], Joel Stroetzel [rhythm guitar], Mike DAntonio [bass], Justin Foley [drums], and Jesse Leach [vocals] first shook the structure of heavy music upon climbing out of snowy industrialized Western Massachusetts in 2000. A musical outlier, the band pioneered a union of thrashed-out European guitar pyrotechnics, East Coast hardcore spirit, on-stage hijinks, and enlightened lyricism that set the pace for what the turn-of-the-century deemed heavy. 2002s Alive Or Just Breathing became avowed as a definitive album, being named among The Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the Decade by Decibel and celebrated by everyone from Metal Hammer to Revolver. Not only did they bust open the floodgates for dozens to follow, but they also garnered three GRAMMY Award nominations in the category of Best Metal Performance in 2005, 2014, and 2019, respectively, a gold certification for The End of Heartache [2004], and a platinum