KILLSWITCH ENGAGE have checked in with the following announcement:

"Hi everyone,

A good friend of the band has recently had to battle pancreatic cancer. We would like to donate some of our personal instruments to help him deal with the high costs of care and surgery. All proceeds from these auctions will go directly to him. Thanks for your support, please check out the auction page at this location.

Big thanks to Caparison Guitars and Ibanez Guitars for always supporting us! Looking forward to seeing you on tour soon!"

Items up for auction include Mike D'antonio's signed MDB2 signature bass, Adam Dutkiewicz' signed Caparison PLM-3 guitars, and Joel Stroetzel's signed Caparison Dellinger 7FX guitar. Click the link above for details.

Killswitch Engage recently announced dates for the band's tour in celebration of the 10th anniversary of their 2002 album, Alive Or Just Breathing. They'll perform the album in full on the dates, which will include support from SHADOWS FALL and ACARO. A video presentation can be seen below.

Tour dates:

November

24 - San Bernardino, CA - NOS Event Center (California Metalfest VI)
25 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
27 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
28 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne
30 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theater

December

1 - Kansas City, KS - Beaumont Club
2 - Dallas, TX - Trees
4 - Tampa, FL - State Theater
5 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl
7 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
8 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
10 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
11 - Columbus, OH - Alrosa Villa
12 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
14 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
16 - Lancaster, PA - Chameleon Club
17 - Brooklyn, NY - Willamsburg Music Hall
18 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
19 - Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
20 - Portland, ME - State Theater

Killswitch Engage are among the acts confirmed for the Soundwave Festival 2013.

Acts confirmed include: METALLICA, LINKIN PARK, BLINK 182, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, THE VANDALS, THE SWORD, CHELSEA GRIN, THE CHARIOT, SHARKS, NORTHLANE, O’BROTHER, DR.ACULA, MILESTONES, A PERFECT CIRCLE, THE OFFSPRING, PARAMORE, SLAYER, GARBAGE, CYPRESS HILL, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, TOMAHAWK, STONE SOUR, BRING ME THE HORIZON, KYUSS LIVES, ANTHRAX, SUM 41, DRAGONFORCE, ALL TIME LOW, FLOGGING MOLLY, GHOST, DUFF McKAGAN’S LOADED, BILLY TALENT, MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK, MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE, THE AMITY AFFLICTION, SICK OF IT ALL, KINGDOM OF SORROW, FOZZY, THE LAWRENCE ARMS, SLEEPING WITH SIRENS, CANCER BATS, THE BLACKOUT, GALLOWS, MADBALL, FUCKED UP, VISION OF DISORDER, PIERCE THE VEIL, PERIPHERY, SHAI HALUD, OF MICE & MEN, THIS IS HELL, MISS MAY I, DANKO JONES, LUCERO, WOE, IS ME, THE WONDER YEARS, POLAR BEAR CLUB, WHILE SHE SLEEPS, CEREBRAL BALLZY, THE EARLY NOVEMBER, SUCH GOLD, SIX FEET UNDER, THE DEAR HUNTER, DEAF HAVANA, RED FANG, VERSUS THE WORLD, BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR, CONFESSION, CHUNK! NO, CAPTAIN CHUNK!, SYLOSIS, MEMPHIS MAY FIRE, CROSSFAITH.

The full dates for Soundwave 2013 are as follows

February

23 – Brisbane, Australia - RNA Showgrounds
24 - Sydney , Australia - Olympic Park

March

1 – Melbourne, Australia - Flemington Racecourse
2 – Adelaide, Australia - Bonython Park
4 - Perth, Australia - Claremont Showground

For tickets visit Soundwavefestival.com.