KILLSWITCH ENGAGE To Work With Producer BRENDAN O'BRIEN

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, the most prolific of the burgeoning Massachusetts metal scene's exports, has announced the recording of its as-yet untitled fourth album for Roadrunner Records. The CD will follow 2006's "As Daylight Dies", which is approaching gold status in the United States (signifying 500,000 copies shipped).

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's new album is quite an anticipated event in the hard rock and metal scene and beyond, as evidenced by the fact that the band will appear on cover of Revolver magazine's 2009 Music Preview issue, on stands December 23. Additionally, the forthcoming album was selected as one of Alternative Press' "Most Anticipated Releases of 2009."

For the first time in its career, the band will work with an outside producer — Brendan O'Brien, who has previously helmed recordings for AC/DC, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, PEARL JAM and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, to name a few. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, a noted producer in his own right who has recorded all of the band's previous albums, will be taking a co-producer role on this record alongside O'Brien.

The band will record in both Georgia and its native Western Massachusetts. Roadrunner expects to release the record in spring 2009.

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE will spend the winter recording the album and will hit the road in the spring for a major pre-release tour (reportedly as part of part of DISTURBED's fourth Music As A Weapon tour, which is expected to get underway sometime in March). Look for more details on that in the near future.

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's cover of DIO's "Holy Diver", issued on the special edition of the "As Daylight Dies" CD, became a surprise Top 10 rock radio hit late last year.