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Band
Killswitch Engage
Title
The End of Heartache
Type
LP/EP
Company
Roadrunner
YOR
2004
Style
Metalcore/Hardcore
Popular Reviews
9/10/2004 - Review by: Frank Hill
Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache - 2004 Roadrunner Records Reviewed by: Nailer

Track Listing
1. A Bid Farewell
2. Take This Oath
3. When Darkness Falls
4. Rose Of Sharyn
5. Inhale
6. Breathe Life
7. The End Of Heartache
8. Declaration
9. World Ablaze
10. And Embers Rise
11. Wasted Sacrifice
12. Hope Is...
Their third release on Roadrunner Records and a major ass-kicking CD from Killswitch with quick cuts from sharp power grooves to whipping thrash breaks; from throat blistering screams to pleasant melodies with little of the slurred metalcore vocals of their Ozzfest contemporaries. It's an American version of the Gothenburg sound that's not as mean as the drunken roundhouses of Pantera, heavier and more sonically dense than Disturbed and more accessible than Lamb of God. This is the metal you'll be hearing for the next few years.

"The End of Heartache" is the perfect gift for the MTV generation metalhead in need of power and passion to transform youthful indirection and isolation towards a mature independent strength and resolve. It's self-help positivism within crushing brutality without going the rebellion road. Consistent massages and a solid production from Andy Sneap put this one in my Best of 2004 so far. If you like the video for "Rose of Sharyn", then just pick up the entire CD and be ready for those gang shouts on "Hope Is..."

Bottom Line: Hard as nails, modern metal.

Score: 8.5 of 10


--Nailer 09.10.04
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ALL REVIEWS FOR: KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
TITLE
DOR
COMPANY
 REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
Disarm The Descent
2013
Roadrunner
Eric Compton5/10/2013
3.5
The End of Heartache
2004
Roadrunner
Frank Hill9/10/2004
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