This Consequence
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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – THIS CONSEQUENCE – ALBUM REVIEW
After everything that the group have been through over the past quarter of a century, it’s a surprise that we still get to enjoy new Killswitch Engage music. You can probably pinpoint half a dozen times where the band could’ve called it quits, but their endurance has instead distinguished them as one of the most loved bands from their scene.
‘This Consequence’ represents their ninth studio album and finds the band on autopilot somewhat. With a (rare for these days) limited amount of pre-release singles, play was pressed on this album waiting to be wowed, but whilst the listen is enjoyable enough it fails to deliver the sucker-punch expected.
2019’s ‘Atonement’ did a lot to establish Killswitch Engage as an unyielding creative force, and this record follows largely in the same vein. For a band tough that carry a, perhaps unfair, weight of expectation you can’t help but want a little more.
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More energy? More diversity? More personality? It’s hard to narrow down what’s missing but undeniably a spark of some sort is lacking. That said, at just ten songs and thirty-five minutes the album doesn’t drag. It has that Killswitch Engage heart and will hold its own against offerings from lesser bands.
Killswitch Engage have always combined their heavy sound with some heavy themes and again on ‘This Consequence’, the group channel their recent challenges and experiences into their art. It’s a safe release which does well to capture their established melodic brand of metalcore and document their passionate monologue.
This isn’t what you’d class as a bad album by any stretch of the imagination, it’s just very formulaic for a band that has always managed to set themselves apart.
The album will sit fine in their arsenal, but the lack of a spark will eliminate it from any conversations regarding what their best album. That though, is a testament to the incredible body of work that the band have already created more than a criticism of this latest record.
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