Returned KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Jesse Leach is featured in a new audio interview with Paige Montgomery at Alternative Revolt Magazine / Denver Post Reverb. It was conducted for the Idobi Network at the kick off show of the Trespass America Tour in Broomfield, CO. Check it out below:

Killswitch Engage

As previously reported, Killswitch Engage re-enlisted their original frontman Jesse Leach as their singer back in February following the departure of vocalist Howard Jones. The news was simply broken by a photo of the lineup on the band’s official website. They played their first show with the returned Leach on April 22nd in Worcester, MA at the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival.

Killswitch Engage bassist Mike D'Antonio spoke with Zach Shaw at Metal Insider prior to the gig. An excerpt is available below.

MI: When did the idea of bringing Jesse Leach back into the group come up? I know that he went through an audition process, but when did his name first pop up?

D'Antonio: "I mean, it’s pretty much the first thing that comes up when you’re thinking about replacing. The third vocalist never works out. But we wanted to try everyone we could possibly think of. We had a really short list of names that we thought were appropriate, and Jesse was at the top. We tried out a bunch of people, you never know if there’s that diamond in the rough that you haven’t heard or sat down with and played with. You just never know what’s going to come out of a situation like that.

So we had a little audition in New York City, and Jesse was involved in that. We had started about 11:30 in the morning, and about every fifteen minutes it was a new guy coming in and auditioning. We were playing the same two to three songs over and over and over. So by 4 o’clock, we were shot. We didn’t want to play anymore. And then Jesse walked in, and this energy hit us. We proceeded to play like 12 tunes, like 'Bang, bang, bang, bang!' And they all just felt right and no one wanted to stop, and that’s the energy you need if you’re going to pick yourself up and keep going. We all felt it, looked at each other and said 'Wow! We haven’t felt like this with anybody who’s come through here yet, and there’s probably a good reason for that.'"

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