Killswitch Engage share ‘Aftermath’ video

Killswitch Engage – Jesse Leach, vocals; Adam Dutkiewicz, guitar; Joel Stroetzel, guitar; Mike D’Antonio, bass; and Justin Foley, drums – released their latest album THIS CONSEQUENCE on February 21, via Metal Blade. Get it here. The album arrived alongside a hugely successful Winter/Spring 2025 tour, yielded a Top 10 single with “I Believe,” and landed the band on the covers of Revolver and Outburn.

The album was another reminder of why KsE, who have earned several gold and platinum certifications alongside three Grammy nominations, remain one of the most enduring bands of the modern metal scene.

Now, the band proudly shares the evocative video for “Aftermath.” For this video, KsE collaborated with some of the world’s leading environmental groups to highlight damage being done to Earth and things we can all do to help stop it.

“‘Aftermath’ is a song about the realization of a tragic event or a war, and the strength it takes to rebuild and the hindsight of the loss, betrayal, and madness that transpired while going through it all,” Leach explains. “I think we can all relate to this in one way or another. We see daily the tragedies of humanity as well as the destruction of a place we call home. We have taken so much from our planet and ripped the scales in the incorrect direction.”

The singer continues, “This song is not just a desperate song with a sense of sadness and anger – it is a call to arms. I’m urging my fellow humans to rise above the helplessness and despair. I want people to see we need to put one foot in front of the other and start to rebuild our lives. Be it from an abusive relationship, a financial hardship, a death of a loved one, or mourning yet another disaster unleashed upon the natural world.”

Leach finishes, “We all have power to create change. To me, this works perfectly with the various organizations we partnered with for this video. We all have a responsibility to the amazing place we call home. All of us can make a difference big or small by just contributing to righting the wrongs and repairing the damage we have inflicted on our planet. Our hope is to inspire others to help contribute to keeping our home safe and clean for future generations. It starts right here and right now with us.”

Learn more about how you can help at the links below and here.

Basel Action Network
Clean Water Action
Riverkeeper
Save Coastal Wildlife

KsE will returned to the road last week on the massive Summer of Loud Tour, co-headlining alongside Beartooth, I Prevail, and Parkway Drive. All dates are below. Get tickets here.

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ON TOUR
WITH SUMMER OF LOUD:
6/21 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
6/22 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
6/24 – Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre
6/26 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavillion
6/27 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
6/28 – Houston, TX _ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
7/01 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
7/02 – San Diego, CA – Gallagher Square at Petco Park
7/05 – Irvine, CA – Great Park Live
7/06 – Concord, CA – Toyota Pavilion at Concord
7/08 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
7/09 – Denver, CO – The JunkYard
7/11 – Somerset, WI – Somerset Amphitheater
7/12 – Green Bay, WI – Capital Credit Union Park
7/13 – Tinley Park, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
7/15 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
7/16 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
7/18 – Mansfield, OH – Inkcarceration*
7/19 – York, PA – York State Fair*
7/20 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
7/22 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
7/23 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
7/24 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
7/26 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
7/27 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
*Festival

Killswitch Engage first shook the structure of heavy music upon climbing out of snowy industrialized Western Massachusetts in 2000. A musical outlier, the band pioneered a union of thrashed-out European guitar pyrotechnics, East Coast hardcore spirit, on-stage hijinks, and enlightened lyricism that set the pace for what the turn-of-the-century deemed heavy. 2002’s Alive Or Just Breathing became avowed as a definitive album, being named among “The Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the Decade” by Decibel and celebrated by everyone from Metal Hammer to Revolver. Not only did they bust open the floodgates for dozens to follow, but they also garnered three GRAMMY® Award nominations in the category of “Best Metal Performance” in 2005, 2014, and 2019, respectively, a gold certification for The End of Heartache [2004], and a platinum certification for As Daylight Dies [2006]. The group landed three consecutive Top 10 debuts on the Billboard Top 200 with Killswitch Engage [2009], Disarm The Descent [2013], and their career high best bow at #6 with Incarnate [2016]. The latter two releases, along with 2019’s Atonement, would also both capture #1 on the Top Rock Albums and Top Hard Rock Albums charts. The band’s total streams are nearing 3 billion to date, while they’ve remained consummate road warriors who’ve sold out countless headline tours and have shared stages with everyone from Iron Maiden to Slipknot to Slayer to My Chemical Romance to Mastodon to Parkway Drive, which is a testament to their ability to cross genres and appeal to all fans of hard rock. KsE have remained a featured attraction at every major North American and European festival through the years. The band is celebrating an astonishing, 25-year career as one of the most vital and genre-defining bands of the ’00s and continues its incredible legacy.