July 23, 2009
Play Madden NFL ’09 with
Killswitch Engage
One of the leading bands of the New
Wave of American metal, Killswitch Engage, will play Madden NFL 09 with Xbox
LIVE Gold members July 29 in preparation for the upcoming NFL season and the
release of Madden NFL 10. If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold Member (if not, upgrade
now!), and you want a chance to play with Killswitch Engage, send a friend
request to the following Gamertag (Killswitch GWF1) and be online half an
hour before (1:00 P.M. ET) the Game with Fame session starts on Wednesday, July
29, 1:30 P.M. ET.
Howard Jones (vocals), Adam
Dutkiewicz (guitar), Joel Stroetzel (guitar), Mike D’Antonio (bass), and Justin
Foley (drums) make up the influential band Killswitch Engage and they have just
released their fifth major studio album Killswitch Engage. Previous efforts
included their debut which was also self-titled, Alive or Just Breathing (2002),
The End of Heartache (2004), and As Daylight Dies (2006). The new record uses an
outside producer, Brendan O’Brien, for the first time, and Dutkiewicz says the
band was striving for a new level. "We wanted to redefine who we are a little
bit," he says, "We did that by taking time to write together instead of showing
up and putting parts together." Guitarist Stroetzel notes the differences,
"There’s some more spacey, ambient stuff in the background, but not in the main
parts. It’s heavy and guitar-driven, but it’s a lot more textured." Frontman
Jones appreciates the changes but notes that the band is still Killswitch
Engage. "It’s still the same lunkheaded guys who get on stage and make fun of
each other," he says, "Nothing has really changed, except we have a few more
people who like us and we’re lucky."