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 ...

Years before the 1999 formation of Killswitch Engage, numerous Swedish bands had already mixed melodic death metal with a blend of harsh and tuneful vocals. But it took the release of Killswitch’s ...

Reordering the catalogue of one of metalcore's greatest bands in reverse order of awesomeness ...

With their infectious combination of New England hardcore and Swedish death metal, Killswitch Engage became the standard bearers of the ‘00s melodic metalcore movement. Formed in Westfield, ...