First Time Hearing Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache (Reaction!!) 

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The Howard era of KSE is 🔥

Killswitch Engage is at the apex of metal core, their blend of blistering riffs, solos, bass and drum thunder along with soul tearing screams woven with beautiful melodies is a true audio experience.. both lead singers Howard and Jesse bring it and are worthy of all the praise they get, buckle up for this ride it is truly unique 💯🔥

This album is one straight banger after banger. This era of Metal was great.. also Howard is a beast! Got to meet him at a small show in Brooklyn with light the torch

There’s a wrestler by the name of Roderick Strong who used this song as his entrance and his finishing move is named End of Heartache

Melodic metalcore is tricky to make palatable, but they do it well.Their cover of Holy Diver is great.

Thanks for reacting to Killswitch. Love it! Lots of great music from them. If you do a song called The Signal Fire you can see both singers who have fronted the band singing together.

The guitarist who sings back up vocals was on an episode of The Price is Right and it was hilarious and awesome seeing this tall ass, burly, metal head guy happier than a kid in a candy store to participate in the show. He didn’t do too bad, either. He won the whole thing including a little yellow car that he could probably barely fit inside of. It was never mentioned that he was in a band or anything, he was just a random guest like everyone else lol

Fun fact about the guitarist Adam, he went on the Price is Right and won both showcases on the showcase showdown

Love this song and love Killswitch! Howard Jones is a seriously underrated vocalist!

Literally the first time I requested this song and they actually took their time to do it🔥🔥thank you Rose of sharyn is another great song

I actually get choked up when someone not really interested in this type of music actually gives it a chance & actually LOVES IT !!!... as I do!!!... if more people would open their ears & hearts they will “feel” it too.... it’s a feeling more than a sound when this type of music is concerned... Thank you 🙏🏼

I've seen these guys 4-5 times over the last 20ish years from ballrooms to arenas and they blew it out of the water every time. Always high energy, funny between songs, always a blast!

I was at this show. It was epic, one of the best shows I've been too still to this date.

Howard Jones voice was and still is utter perfection. Also, the energy in that place during this was just phenomenal. I'd have given near anything to have been there in person. I get chills every time I watch this vid. 😍

This song was my gateway into heavier metal music. It holds a special place in my 💜

2:00 thanks man. We were an amazing crowd. It was a great show. I can even see myself in the crowd of the second song in this video lol

I’m almost 50 and only recently found KSE, Howard and Jesse are amazing. Through them I made my way to Trivium, In Flames and Parkway Drive . It feels like I’m a kid again in the 80s finding Metallica and Megadeth , except I get to ingest all their work over a short period.

I love this band and I'm glad you really liked this one! Do the studio version if you want, but also do "My Curse" and "The Signal Fire", as the others are saying down here as well.

I got to see them live a few times always a great show. My favorite memory was Adam introducing a song by saying "this is a song about when Howard went ice skating... darkness falls" this band is amazing should definitely check out the song rose of Sharon by kse. Keep up the content

5:15 Roderick Strong just debuted in All Elite Wrestling with this as his theme song

5:09 - CM Punk's first WWE theme was "This Fire Burns", which was sung by Howard Jones, who was the lead vocalist for KSE at the time.

Nice one polo! My last serenade next !Oh yeh let's go !

Their early albums are fire from start to finish....every song

I would listen to My Last Serenade by them but its a different singer that is equally awesome. After that I recommend their song Signal Fire that actually had both singers.

i was at that concert in worcester, ma at the paladium. hands down the single best experience ive ever had from a live show. such amazing energy and memories for a lifetime.

Howard Jones is a beast. He can sing, scream, growl, anything needed he can do. This is my favorite from them, but they’ve got so many good ones. They’ve had two vocalists though. Jesse Leach started with the band, Howard came along and then left the band, and Jesse is back now. They’ve got a song called “My Curse”. If you listen to it, please do the album version.

Thank you for reacting to this song! It really brought me back to my teen years (I'm in my mid 30s now)! KSE was definitely one of my top favorite bands from that time.

I saw these guys in concert years ago and it was unforgettable, the lead singer climbed the tower of speakers on the side of the stage and dove into the crowd then crowd surfed back up to the stage while still singing. I've been to a lot of concerts and their showmanship is the best I've ever seen.

This verison is the best version of end of heartache . The energy and musicianship they play live is amazing. Pinch squeals all day ❤

05:14 Funny you should say that, cuz this was Roderick Strong's entrance music at one time. He still calls his finisher, "The End of Heartache".

Howard has an amazing voice. Every time I saw them live was insane. Rose of Sharon is a great song. Heavy!!

I’ve seen them like 7 times and they are amazing every time. End of Heartache was peak Killswitch in my life. I was like 20 when this came out. I went through shit to them lol Like you’ve really been touching on my teens/twenties metal playlist lol Slipknot, Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Killswitch, Rammstein, Korn, Disturbed, Rage Against the Machine, Evanescence. Acid Bath, Marilyn Manson, everything Mike Patton, KMFDM, are a few you haven’t done yet.

No, Sir... You are Absolutely Correct... It IS A Metal Ballad, But With The Proper Energy... Thats the best summary of This Masterpiece that ive ever heard... ...You, Sir, ...Are a Natural-Born Musical Savant!!🤟🖤

Whole album is brilliant, you should definitely spend some time with it! It will blow you away I think.

Studio version!!! YES!!

This was also my first KSE song. Heard it on the radio in like 2005-2006ish. Instantly fell in love. Howard's an incredible vocalist.

Best feeling ever for musicians when crowd sing with them

I find it awesome/hilarious you mentioned coming out to this song on WWE. CM Punk used “This Fire” by this same band as his entrance music and it is epic.

I was in that crowd. This is at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts, where they're from. Take it from someone from someone from Massachusetts, these are the hometown legends. I've played on some of the same stages as them back in the day. They were our heroes. PLEASE react to more of their music, sir. You will love them. They've had two different vocalists throughout the years, and their history and energy within the region is storied and unmatched. I suggest reacting to ANY song from this live performance, but if you're looking for studio versions of stuff, I'd recommend Rose of Sharyn, My Last Serenade, When Darkness Falls, Fixation on the Darkness, or new-ish stuff like Arms of Sorrow, In Due Time, The Signal Fire, they're amazing you can't go wrong just pick a song lol. Thank you so much for this reaction, man.

KSE with Howard 🤘🏼

On your note about walkout music. The wrestler CM Punk used to walkout to the song "This Fire Burns" by Killswitch Engaged.

I love how you didn't pause the song a million times. You could tell by watching that you were truly taking in the song and enjoying it.

Polo- It is subjective, you like what you like.

As a metal head, I always thoroughly enjoy seeing people enjoy my music. Excellent!

The music video has Howard just giving it his all also, he is just an amazing singer.

Killswitch Engage (or KSE for short...) from Massachusetts broke big in 2004 w/ their 2nd vocalist Howard Jones and the album 'The end of heartache' ... a record that sold gold (half million copies) in the US, followed by 'As daylight dies' (2006) which also sold gold... Unfortunately, Howard Jones left Killswitch Engage after 2010, citing health issues... He is currently recording & touring w/ his own band Light the Torch. Massachusetts cultivated a healthy metal scene that produced bands like Godsmack, Shadows Fall, All That Remains... Killswitch Engage was formed in 1999 and debuted their first album in 2000 w/ vocalist Jesse Leach... the band's line-up solidified in 2002 w/ Adam Dutkiewicz (drums), Joel Stroetzel (guitar), Mike D'Antonio (bass) for the 2nd album 'Alive or just breathing' in '02, which saw KSE sign w/ Roadrunner Records... Their sound was dubbed 'metalcore' which combined the extreme metal riffs w/ hardcore 'breakdowns' ... Adam Dutkiewicz switched to guitar, and the band were expected to tour heavily... However, vocalist Jesse Leach had gotten married and opted to step out of KSE in 2003... With the band slated to tour on Ozzy Osbourne's Ozzfest 2003, KSE hired vocalist Howard Jones and the band were a huge success on the road... Justin Foley (drums) eventually joined the band permanently. This concert was released in 2005 as a live DVD w/ the title '(Set this) World ablaze'. With high expectations, Killswitch Engage broke big commercially w/ the 2004 album 'The end of heartache'... which got MTV exposure and became the band's biggest-selling record... 'As daylight dies' was also another commercial success in 2006... KSE released another self-titled album in 2009... But this time, it was Howard Jones who opted to take a break as the band went on tour w/ vocalist Phil Labonte of All That Remains filling in... Following the tour, KSE amicably split w/ Howard Jones. Howard Jones would take time off, but returned in 2014 w/ the band The Devil You Know... they were re-named Light the Torch in 2018 (after 2 albums as The Devil You Know) and released 2 more albums. Adam Dutkiewicz had collaborated w/ vocalist Jesse Leach on a side project Times of Grace (their debut album 'The Hymn of a broken man' was released in 2011... a 2nd album 'Songs of loss & separation' was released in 2021)... KSE announced in 2013 that Jesse Leach (vocals) was returning to the band. KSE returned w/ Jesse Leach on vocals for the 2013 album 'Disarm the descent'... followed by 'Incarnate' (2016)... and 'Atonement' (2019)... Both Leach and former vocalist Howard Jones sang on 1 KSE track - 'The signal fire' 🔥🔥🤘🤘 More Killswitch Engage song suggestions - 'A bid farewell'... 'As daylight dies'... 'Rose of Sharyn'... 'Last serenade'... "Holy diver" (Dio cover)... 'My curse'... 'I am broken too'... 'Unleashed'... 'In due time'... 🔥🔥🤘🤘

Welcome to the wonderful world of Brother Jones! Howard is an amazing vocalist!!

I was at this show, was mid summer during an off day from touring on Ozzfest. Whole show was non stop energy. One of the best shows I’ve been to.

Bro, welcome to true music appreciation. When you can enjoy and understand music bc of the emotion and feelings and sound rather than what genre you're supposed to listen to, you take the blinders off and welcome a while new world of amazing music. There's so much good music out there. Subscribing bc I'd love to be a part of the journey. Much love bro.

Definitely listen to the studio version!!!

Searched your videos to get your views back up..we did that for another channel after they suffered way low views all of a sudden. He asked us to type his name in to search and watch share and like a few videos and we did and his views went way back up. I love your stuff and genuinely. 😊

It’s awesome you mention this as a walkout, back around this era, CM Punks walkout song was This Fire also by Killswitch. Another great song

Howard is mt favorite vocalist of al time. Hes so good live its insane

Signal the fire, my curse, Rose of Sharyn, all great KSE bangers worth a listen

There is a wrestler that uses this song as his entrance music..roderick strong..his finishing move is called the end of hearteache too

Love this reaction! Can’t stop watching that thing in the background

When I first heard killswitch, it was this song. My ex wife left me and took my son and for years I didn’t see him. I fought it in the courts and went threw a really bad period of depression in my life. For me, this song holds a completely different meaning. I would literally ugly cry every time I listened to it. I would pray that when my son got older he would give me a chance and not listen to the lies his mother fed him. When he turned 18 and we no longer had to deal with a broken legal system or his mother keeping it from happening, we started hanging out a lot and catching up and he moved in with me. After about 10 years and a lot of bad moments my heartache has finally ended and I could never be more happy. We are just alike and he and his fiancé just had my first grandson and it has made everything, every bad day, bad moments and tears shed worth it.

I want to see you react to this song every which way you can find it!!!

I miss Howard KSE so much, but I'm glad we have these amazing albums and songs!

both versions are amazing! his is an almost daily listen for me. im 55 and a born and bred metalhead. still love me some old school rap though. thats why i look for this kind of stuff. happy you like it. its a great group!

It's truly a great song. Nice reaction. 👍 Re: wrestling - CM Punk used to come out to 'This Fire Burns" by these guys back in the day. ✌️

Howard is a beast of a singer

Howard is forever in our hearts.

I fell in love with this band before this album came out and when it did, I got it as soon as I could. Learned this song on guitar and my band covered it a bunch of times. this song will always mean a ton to me. so glad to see you enjoy it for the first time. thanks for posting.

Yea yes yes… more Killswitch please. I’m here for the TOOL videos, but I’ll stay for the Killswitch

Polo: Glad you found Killswitch! So just to make sure it's said, as I'm sure it will be said a million times by other fans: Do not listen to "Official" versions of Killswitch Engage music videos. They contain an alternate version that does more singing than the growls/yells during certain parts. When presented with both versions, I would argue that it degrades the overall feel of the song during these parts (these parts were written to be yelled, not sung, it's more of an afterthought). Lyric videos are a pretty safe bet, but read the comments first to see if there are a bunch of people complaining that it's "not the album version" to be sure. ;) Don't need you to get crucified by fans for innocently listening to the non-album versions. Cheers!

Amazing song !!

this song is the lyrical manifestation of a Time Machine 🖤

Everything Howard Jones touches turns to gold. He is talent incarnate

This live version is a killer!!! I like it more than a studio probably. The vibe is so strong.

I was in that crowd, crazy to think its been almost 20 years already...time flies.

This man is one of the best metal vocalists out there. Versatility is insane

Yes! Studio version! Maybe clean version too. Love this!

Best part of this reaction is just watching your face go from blank to smiling.

Hey Polo this singer is Howard Jones , the original singer and current singer is Jesse Leech , Howard filled in the time when Jesse left the band. Jesse was singer from 99-2002, and 2012 - present . Howard was 2002 -2012 Ive seen KSE twice, they were on the tour with Slipknot and they were amazing only to be followed by Slipknot and then I saw them on their own tour with "light the torch " as an opening act. Light the Torch is Howard 's new band. At the end of KSE set Howard came on stage and did some songs with KSE as the vocalist and then they did this song with with Howard and Jesse sharing vocals. Both times were amazing but with Howard and Jesse sharing this was a different experience.

Been listening to KSE since 2002. Love both singers. Great workout music for sure.

Yes Polo!!! It was a matter of time before you got to this one! This is my go to song when I need to release some emotion!!

Seen them open for Lamb of God in Minneapolis. Absolutely killed it, and the Armory is an amazing venue.

I saw them way back in the day. They were pretty damn good live.

Howard Jones is amazing! I loved his vocals in this band as well as his other projects 💕

The glory days of KSE!!! Howard may have not been the original lead singer but they were by far the most successful with him and deservingly so! So epic

How did I miss this?! Love it. Thanks Polo

It's ironic that you mention this as wrestling music: for a while when he was in the WWE, CM Punk used to come out to one of their songs called "This Fire".

Thank you for keeping such an awesome open mind and for such a fun review video. Mad respect for someone who clearly genuinely loves music. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to more reaction vids now that I subscribed 👍

Killer tune, I've loved it since the 1st listen, great reaction man!!🤘😎🤘

There are at least 2 studio versions that I know of. There's an album version and the radio edit. The radio edit has less screaming btw lol.

The WWE Wrestler CM Punk used to walk out to their song “This Fire Burns”. It was and still is my favorite intro music for a wrestler. 🤘🏻

Dude! Thank you for doing a live version! I’ve seen them a couple times and this took me back! Goosebumps! PLEASE!! PLEASE!! PLEEEAASSEE!!! Do “Rose of Sharon” for us! That song… man it gets me! I lost my baby brother a couple years ago and it seriously helps me cope.

people not giving adam Dutkiewicz back vocals are simply breath taking, whether it jesse or howard on vocal duties, he compliments their vocal styles so well ..... cm punk had another killswitch engage song as his entrance music, he had one of the best entrance pops at the money in the bank vs john cena

Love the open mind brother, keep up the great work

One of my all time favorite bands!! Thanks for this Polo. Much love and peace my man.

I’ve met Howard around 15-16 years ago. As Day Light dies tour. Still one of the best damn show’s.

This song got me through a lot. This song has been amazing for a long long long long long long time. You're awesome for reacting to it and I'm happy you love it

My Favorite song of theirs 🤩.

Something I just noticed this time seeing the live version. The way he hold the mic to change the way it picks up his voice, you can see him open and close his hand around the top (perfect example is at 7:33 of this video he opens his hand at "my" singing "for the end of my"), I thought it was a edit of his voice for the studio version, but he's replicating it live by doing that so it must have been what he did from the beginning.

Such a great performance. Glad you enjoyed it mango

My top 3 all-time favorite live band.

The song was used for Rodrick Strong's entrance theme while he was in the Pro Wrestling Indies!

I went to this show and it was so electrifying! Good good times 🤘