I was a broken, unconfident person.' Leach says he received support from his bandmates - 'I remember Adam and Joel taking me aside when we were doing our last interview together and saying, 'Hey, we love you, man. 'And I had just gotten married, and the band was on the road all the time. 'I was fighting pretty serious depression,' he explains. The latter record was a seminal entry in the then-burgeoning metalcore scene and helped to kickstart the so-called New Wave of American Heavy Metal movement that also included several other Massachusetts-bred acts, including Shadows Fall, All That Remains, and Unearth.īut just as Killswitch's star was rising in a serious way, Leach hastily jumped ship. The once, and now once-again, Killswitch frontman helped to found the Massachusetts-based band in the late '90s, and appeared on their first two albums, 2000's self-titled debut and the now-classic 2002 follow-up, Alive or Just Breathing. When it comes to Killswitch Engage, it should be noted that it has been many years since Leach has used words like 'we' and 'us' in conversation. Video of Killswitch Engage - In Due Time

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