KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: New Audio Interview With HOWARD JONES Available

HeadbangersBlog.com conducted an interview with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE vocalist Howard Jones about a week after the band performed at at the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which was held on April 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. During the conversation, Jones discusses the band's Golden Gods performance, the Music As a Weapon tour KILLSWITCH is currently on, the group's tendency to use humor as a weapon, the success of their cover of DIO's "Holy Diver" and what they do for kicks when they're not onstage.

The entire 17-minute chat is available for streaming at this location.

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE will release its eagerly anticipated fourth album, entitled simply "Killswitch Engage", on June 30 via Roadrunner Records. The CD was produced by Brendan O'Brien (AC/DC, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE) and co-produced by guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz. Songtitles set to appear on the album include "Reckoning", "The Forgotten", "Light in a Darkened World" and "Starting Over".

Commented vocalist Howard Jones: "It was time for us to step outside of our comfort zone and try something a little different with this record. It definitely still sounds like us, but we needed to be refreshed and take things a little further."

Regarding the fact that KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's new album is the second self-titled effort of the band's career, Jones said, "When we all couldn’t agree on an album title, someone suggested we just keep it self-titled and we all pretty much agreed…gives it the feeling of a fresh new beginning."

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE has been playing a new song, the tentatively titled "Light in a Darkened World", during its set on the Music As A Weapon Tour, where the band is serving as main support to DISTURBED. The group also performed the track at the first annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards. The cut, sandwiched between "My Curse" and the band's uniquely KILLSWITCH'ed cover of DIO's classic anthem "Holy Diver", generated plenty of excitement among the crowd and set the tone for the show. The awards and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's performance will be broadcast on MTV2 on May 2.

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE will spend the summer touring as a main-stage attraction on the second annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. Jones stated, "We are excited and thrilled to share the stage this summer with BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, SLAYER and MARILYN MANSON. We hope to entertain and enjoy our time interacting with both old friends and new friends daily. Prepare yourself for laughs, riffs and the unexpected. We will do all we can to make you move, yell and ponder who made the mistake of letting us onstage. You have been warned. Oh, and watch new episodes of 'The Office'."