KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's JOEL STROETZEL Speaks To MikeJamesRockShow.com At U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival (Video)

MikeJamesRockShow.com conducted an interview with guitarist Joel Stroetzel of Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE at this year's Download festival, which is taking place June 13-15 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below.

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's fifth studio album, "Disarm The Descent", sold around 48,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 7 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on April 2, 2013 via Roadrunner Records.

"Disarm The Descent" is KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's first album with original singer Jesse Leach at the vocal helm since 2002's now-classic, genre-defining "Alive or Just Breathing". Leach returned to the band in January 2012 after a decade-long absence. The artwork for the new CD was created by Mike D'Antonio.

In a recent interview with I Heart Guitar, Stroetzel stated about KILLSWITCH's plans for the remainder of the year: "Things are starting to slow down, but we still have some stuff ahead. We did a lot of stuff last year leading up to the record and especially after, but we're at the point now where we've got some stuff that's on and off until the summer time, and after that we don't have too many tour plans. So then we'll get started on making another record." According to Joel, no complete musical ideas have been worked up for the next CD yet, in part because the band has been so busy touring in support of "Descent". "We don’t tend to write much on the road," he said. "We tend to save that for when we’re home relaxing, where we can kind of be in our element."