While metalcore itself preceded Killswitch Engage's arrival by almost a decade, it was unquestionably the rise of Massachusettes' finest that helped push the genre to the very front of the metal scene ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Killswitch Engage’s This Consequence debuts on six U.K. charts, ...

Some 25 years ago, two Massachusetts metal institutions got their first start. One was the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival, which took over the Worcester Palladium for a weekend every year from ...

This Consequence is the sound of pent-up aggression, a creative release after Killswitch were stopped in their tracks. Dynamic duo Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroetzel talk frontmen, riff tactics, and w ...