Backstage with Joel of Killswitch Engage!

August 2009, Cover Stories, Interviews

By Ryan Sat, Aug 01, 2009

The new, self-titled album from Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE sold 58,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 7 on The Billboard 200 chart. Their third album, "As Daylight Dies", has just been certified gold. Killswitch Engage landed themselves on the mainstage of the Rockstar Mayhem Festival alongside Bullet For My Valentine, Slayer, and Marilyn Manson. Coming off Disturbed's "Music as a Weapon" Tour these guys have been non stop touring and it has paid off big time. We had a chance to talk to Joel backstage on the Denver stop of the Rockstar Mayhem Festival. He was a truly down to earth nice guy who totally rocked out when he took the stage.....