Celebrating its 20th anniversary later this year, 'Alive or Just Breathing' stands the test of time with metalcore classics including "My Last Serenade," "Self Revolution" and "The Element of One." Stream or download the album here: lnk.to/KillswitchEngageAOJB
Crazy how old this is now. I remember being on MySpace trying to talk to some girl I liked from school, listening to this album every single day. Aside from that memory this album definitely changed my life for the better. Ended up playing in bands and meeting a lot of lovely people.
This album is perfect for me. Has all i love in metal music. Beautiful melodies, gutural voices, sweet clean vocals, acoustic guitars, powerful drums, killer guitar tones, blast beats, amazing backing vocals, the bass tone is a punch in the face. It has melancholy moments. The lyrcs makes me want to live with strenght and determination. It has it all!! I'm 40 years old right now, and still listen this when i need reload my energies to make a better day. Just like when i was 20. Thank you so much KE for you music.
I remember hearing this album for the first time at a friend's bedroom, in 2003. It was new, fresh, young, powerful, beautiful, angry. All at once. I had a few moments like that with music and it still amazes me every time, specially with "Fixation on the Darkness" intro. OMFG.
Ain't nothing like jamming this top level in my 2005 Thunderbird every morning on the way to work screaming every lyric right along with Jesse. Good times were had.
Disarm the Descent (the first KSE album after Howard left and Jesse returned to the band) is even better than daylight dies, and I'd say is as good as Heartache, if not maybe a little better than that. So many bangers. The hell in me, beyond the flames, time will not remain, in due time, the new awakening, no end in sight. So good.
@@thedeathofreason I have the same opinion. After this album, the one I like the most is Disarm the Decent and I remember that people threw hate at it at that time...
It really influenced the sound of metalcore and also, the sound and production of this album are just pure s-tier! It still has the old 2000 feeling but it’s still a timeless masterpiece
I'm with you, I've been listening for years and I don't get tired. Personally, I think that this should have been the style that this genre should follow. What's happening now, apart from the occasional band and of course the great power metal, I don't like the rest...
haven't listened to this absolute classic since *2004* mega thanks for the upload, this album is just as good at getting through the tough times as it was when it first released
I'm with you, I've been listening for years and I don't get tired. Personally, I think that this should have been the style that this genre should follow. What's happening now, apart from the occasional band and of course the great power metal, I don't like the rest...
I remember buying this when i was on the uss george Washington when it came out and listening it on repeat when we were on deployment in the persian gulf. They set the template for modern metalcore and the lyrics are so heartfelt and mean so much over 20 years later. Front to back a banger. Respect. Positivity and heaviness perfected. This album will always be in my heart
I feel the album. Great metal core album. Unfortunately have not listened to much of this album. Mainly heard kse with Howard. This album Great with the original vocalist.
New bands doesnt make good and heavy metalcore like the gold times, this kind of music tastes my teenager era. A great album for sure, heavy and melodic, brutal and beautiful in the same time!
Alive or just breathing by KSE The Oncoming Storm by Unearth The War Within by Shadows Fall Shadows are Security by AILD My 4 favourite metalcore albums Honor mention: The Fall of Ideals by All that Remains
Can someone explain why Jesses vocals sound so god damn good on this record specifically?(almost 80s metal vibe with the reverb?) Also why does the snare sound so good. The production and mix on this album is top notch, maybe best across the genre.
I'm with you, I've been listening for years and I don't get tired. Personally, I think that this should have been the style that this genre should follow. What's happening now, apart from the occasional band and of course the great power metal, I don't like the rest...
Adam Dutkiewicz played lead guitar and drums circa 1997-2000 with Aftershock, but then he attended Berklee college of music in Boston and leveled up fucking MASSIVELY. He studied production, audio engineering and bass guitar (notice how he only studied things he didn't know to evolve). So when they started recording stuff for KsE around the year 2000 he began polishing things up massively, and never stopped leveling up. The guy went on an absolute TEAR when it comes to production between 2000 and 2006. As for Jesse's vocals, this is unfortunately a sound we will never get again. Back in the 2000s Jesse used to spit blood after practices and gigs. Obviously this was not a good thing, but the positive part is the SCREAMS he laid out for KsE and "the empire shall fall". They were absolutely ungodly. During these years he put blood sweat and tears and practically destroyed himself to produce something, but that something was timeless. Listen to "Irreversal" by KsE to check excatly how fucking hard Jesse used to go at it
Yup. I was so excited to know of Melissa Cross because I thought many vocalists were going to be able to perform well into their 40s and maybe even 50s h with her help. I'm very happy Jesse and many more linked up with her but I think he's just a different man now. He's not in that dark place anymore. His screams sound very good but his songwriting is a lot more tame these days@jasonsudeikis26
Funnily enough the vocals were recorded in Jesse's bedroom so no hi-tech studios involved there. The snare was triggered by an Alesis sample and does sound incredible indeed. Without a doubt one of the most perfect and genre-defining albums ever to have been created.
@@TheRise08 I didn't know Jesse laid down the vocals in his own bedroom, that's crazy. Alive or just breathing and the first Times of grace record are really something else. I don't think anyone will be able to top those records
It’s beyond me this only has a few likes! To all of you who knew KSE before “Howard,” you are the real worthy fans… lol. Love you all! Adam, you’re a rock God
Why do you care about likes? They are meaningless numbers designed by corporations to provoke exactly the kind of tribal response you just gave. Though, your gatekeepy comment about "real" fans and the dig at Howard just shows you are exactly that kind of person.
My first time hearing it. I don't know why I've slept on this album for so long. I enjoy their later albums but for some reason never gave this one a chance. I now see that was a huge mistake!
Bought this on release , I was 16 at the time (or 15 can't quite remember) and my girlfriend at the time hated me for playing it in the morning before I went to work mwahahahahahahahahahahahahhaa ......absolute classic album!
2000's Killswitch Engage From Autumn to Ashes Shadows Fall Ill Niño All That Remains Save my teen's in more ways than one. I am the musician I am today because of them. Thank you all. 💪 ( ͡❛ ͜ʖ ͡❛) 👊
My favorite band in the world!!..admittedly i don't agree with them politically!! but it's ok to disagree with pple. But it's true that my favorite album "PERIOD ",..is As Daylight Dies!!! But i love them Both vocal & Lyrically!!!
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Celebrating its 20th anniversary later this year, 'Alive or Just Breathing' stands the test of time with metalcore classics including "My Last Serenade," "Self Revolution" and "The Element of One." Stream or download the album here: lnk.to/KillswitchEngageAOJB
Lllllllllll
This album has a special place in my heart specially the track number 9! 🖤🤘
👏👏👏👏👏🤘🤘🤘
Gracias por compartir!
20? Damn I'm old!
2023, still screaming Babylon you will fall!
We are going to 2024 and I am still excited when listening to this album and regretting that not all the bands in general followed this style.
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2024 🤌🏻🔥
Facts. Same here
2025
One of my favorite metalcore albums of all time, it really has stood the test of time
Crazy how old this is now. I remember being on MySpace trying to talk to some girl I liked from school, listening to this album every single day. Aside from that memory this album definitely changed my life for the better. Ended up playing in bands and meeting a lot of lovely people.
This album is perfect for me. Has all i love in metal music. Beautiful melodies, gutural voices, sweet clean vocals, acoustic guitars, powerful drums, killer guitar tones, blast beats, amazing backing vocals, the bass tone is a punch in the face. It has melancholy moments. The lyrcs makes me want to live with strenght and determination. It has it all!! I'm 40 years old right now, and still listen this when i need reload my energies to make a better day. Just like when i was 20. Thank you so much KE for you music.
Absolute pinnacle of metalcore, nothing has been able to touch this and probably never will.
@@vm221 Anything by Misery Signals is way better than this.
This Darkened Heart is my all time favourite Metalcore album, but damn this one is also really good!
@@xxLonniExx Yikes
Still jammin to this classic in 2024, who else?
I'm 55. Started listening to them a year or two ago. I'm hooked.
dude yes
KSE best album in my opinion 🤘🤘🤘
My first album from Killswitch Engage, amazing.
Incredible record that never gets old.
Blew my mind when I first heard it back in the day, opened the flood gates for me for metal. Flawless album, easy 5 stars.
Never stop coming back to this album. One of the best
So many great memories tied to these songs. One of the most Inspiring influential albums.
After all these years, still one of best metal core records from start to finish
I remember hearing this album for the first time at a friend's bedroom, in 2003. It was new, fresh, young, powerful, beautiful, angry. All at once. I had a few moments like that with music and it still amazes me every time, specially with "Fixation on the Darkness" intro. OMFG.
Fucking awesome album. Who else is jamming rn???
Right here
yes! still listening
Ain't nothing like jamming this top level in my 2005 Thunderbird every morning on the way to work screaming every lyric right along with Jesse. Good times were had.
The next song, and the drummer again rules. This album is so heavy.
This album got me through it.
I'm Alive.
37:20 one of the most beautiful instrumental interludes ever
Wow. I forgot how fresh this was and STILL is! Amazing, amazing
Killer album, brings back some epic memories. Never gets old. 😜💋🖤
THE TIME APROCHES!
The best lyrics on any album. Ever.
This, End of Heartache, and As Daylight Dies are true masterpieces.
Disarm the Descent (the first KSE album after Howard left and Jesse returned to the band) is even better than daylight dies, and I'd say is as good as Heartache, if not maybe a little better than that. So many bangers. The hell in me, beyond the flames, time will not remain, in due time, the new awakening, no end in sight. So good.
@@thedeathofreason that album is fucking AMAZING
@@thedeathofreason I’ll check it out. I haven’t heard any of there new stuff (the last album Howard did I I didn’t really like)
And disarm the descent , Atonement!
@@thedeathofreason I have the same opinion. After this album, the one I like the most is Disarm the Decent and I remember that people threw hate at it at that time...
Vocals on this album were superb
This album was ahead of its time
@@danoid6732 How so?
It really influenced the sound of metalcore and also, the sound and production of this album are just pure s-tier! It still has the old 2000 feeling but it’s still a timeless masterpiece
More powerful than ever before!! This brings me to a time in the past!!! ❤
I love how raw this motherfrrr is!!!!! ❤🤘🤘
Flashback from the past
Absolutely.
It’s like a high school reunion
This and Dillinger escape plan are some of my favorite late 90s early 2000s bands
Never gets old! One of my fave KsE, Adam D/Sneap projects! In my top 10 on a deserted island releases.
Rose of Sharyn got my attention, but this album got me listening to them, and is still my favorite.
I'm with you, I've been listening for years and I don't get tired. Personally, I think that this should have been the style that this genre should follow. What's happening now, apart from the occasional band and of course the great power metal, I don't like the rest...
My Last Serenade was how I got into KsE, and lead Me to buy this CD 'Alive Or Just Breathing'! 😊
@@C.J.R.
I don't get what You are saying!
This album will always slap. A true masterpiece
haven't listened to this absolute classic since *2004*
mega thanks for the upload, this album is just as good at getting through the tough times as it was when it first released
I'm with you, I've been listening for years and I don't get tired. Personally, I think that this should have been the style that this genre should follow. What's happening now, apart from the occasional band and of course the great power metal, I don't like the rest...
I miss Jesse's vocals from those days 😭
I remember buying this when i was on the uss george Washington when it came out and listening it on repeat when we were on deployment in the persian gulf. They set the template for modern metalcore and the lyrics are so heartfelt and mean so much over 20 years later. Front to back a banger. Respect. Positivity and heaviness perfected. This album will always be in my heart
I've always enjoyed this, but lately, it's taken on a deeper than ever meaning. It's hitting me so deeply
I know what you mean brother.
Fixation on the Darkness. Headbangers Ball. MTV. One Saturday night back in the day.
Sounds like a great time. I've seen them 5 times I think. So much fun 😁.
song # 4 Last Serenade-my new favorite song. Of course it's because the drummer does rule.
Whoo it sounds great. I had never heard 'bout that band.
Dang
I feel the album. Great metal core album. Unfortunately have not listened to much of this album. Mainly heard kse with Howard. This album Great with the original vocalist.
New bands doesnt make good and heavy metalcore like the gold times, this kind of music tastes my teenager era. A great album for sure, heavy and melodic, brutal and beautiful in the same time!
@@AlefyOliveira Code Orange, Vein, Jesus Piece, End, Palm.
This is a good one. I’m in.
Alive or just breathing by KSE
The Oncoming Storm by Unearth
The War Within by Shadows Fall
Shadows are Security by AILD
My 4 favourite metalcore albums
Honor mention: The Fall of Ideals by All that Remains
Couldn't agree more with that list, but I would have to add in
Haste the day - burning bridges
The showdown - Chorus of obliteration
Can someone explain why Jesses vocals sound so god damn good on this record specifically?(almost 80s metal vibe with the reverb?)
Also why does the snare sound so good. The production and mix on this album is top notch, maybe best across the genre.
I'm with you, I've been listening for years and I don't get tired. Personally, I think that this should have been the style that this genre should follow. What's happening now, apart from the occasional band and of course the great power metal, I don't like the rest...
Adam Dutkiewicz played lead guitar and drums circa 1997-2000 with Aftershock, but then he attended Berklee college of music in Boston and leveled up fucking MASSIVELY. He studied production, audio engineering and bass guitar (notice how he only studied things he didn't know to evolve). So when they started recording stuff for KsE around the year 2000 he began polishing things up massively, and never stopped leveling up. The guy went on an absolute TEAR when it comes to production between 2000 and 2006.
As for Jesse's vocals, this is unfortunately a sound we will never get again. Back in the 2000s Jesse used to spit blood after practices and gigs. Obviously this was not a good thing, but the positive part is the SCREAMS he laid out for KsE and "the empire shall fall". They were absolutely ungodly. During these years he put blood sweat and tears and practically destroyed himself to produce something, but that something was timeless. Listen to "Irreversal" by KsE to check excatly how fucking hard Jesse used to go at it
Yup. I was so excited to know of Melissa Cross because I thought many vocalists were going to be able to perform well into their 40s and maybe even 50s h
with her help. I'm very happy Jesse and many more linked up with her but I think he's just a different man now. He's not in that dark place anymore. His screams sound very good but his songwriting is a lot more tame these days@jasonsudeikis26
Funnily enough the vocals were recorded in Jesse's bedroom so no hi-tech studios involved there. The snare was triggered by an Alesis sample and does sound incredible indeed. Without a doubt one of the most perfect and genre-defining albums ever to have been created.
@@TheRise08 I didn't know Jesse laid down the vocals in his own bedroom, that's crazy.
Alive or just breathing and the first Times of grace record are really something else. I don't think anyone will be able to top those records
What an album 😭
best metal album of all time
Probably you don t know anything about metal ..its a good album but not the best of all time
It's up there when it comes to metalcore or perhaps even hardcore.
"Vanilla" taste, lmao.
@@xxLonniExxmetal fans when someone doesn’t listen to the shiteaters, Bowelmovent, or fecalfrenzy
@@bassboss1234 Lmao, I don't even listen to those bands.
Great memories from high school ❤️
Lost spirit..almighty guide us lost fallen spirits 🙏
24:10 Nothing beats this breakdown!!!
Jeden z najlepszych albumów w tej działce.
It’s beyond me this only has a few likes! To all of you who knew KSE before “Howard,” you are the real worthy fans… lol. Love you all! Adam, you’re a rock God
Why do you care about likes? They are meaningless numbers designed by corporations to provoke exactly the kind of tribal response you just gave. Though, your gatekeepy comment about "real" fans and the dig at Howard just shows you are exactly that kind of person.
I do not think that you are in the position to call someone a real KSE fan or not?
Ahh to be in highschool again. This was the summer jam the year it came out.
Perfect album
thank you for uploading....
This album brings me some of the best memories from my past.
It’s so good cos it’s also so positive
This album kicks ass!
🍃Much thanks for very good songs!! Yes,yes,songs is good,true!!🌾
On to something trully special with this, Amazing album and band, one I'll be listening to till the day I die, could've been the next Metallica ❤️🤘🤟
Super 💥👌
Prior to your show. It will be fun to have a ‘ Let’s Get into your Previous Pants’ runway show 🤘
Smooches
Amazing 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
In case no one mentioned it, the drummer rules.
the drummer is the now guitarist and producer, adam D. And yes his drum writing is amazing,.
2022 never gets old
2024!
My first time hearing it. I don't know why I've slept on this album for so long. I enjoy their later albums but for some reason never gave this one a chance. I now see that was a huge mistake!
I could make love to this album
Very good Abum! See you in copenhagen 22 of August! =)=)
Eddie G....old friend of mine.....need to see my old friend from high school and is Florida. ..look me up EG ..would love to see you again ❤
The best , the best..............
Bought this on release , I was 16 at the time (or 15 can't quite remember) and my girlfriend at the time hated me for playing it in the morning before I went to work mwahahahahahahahahahahahahhaa ......absolute classic album!
2000's
Killswitch Engage
From Autumn to Ashes
Shadows Fall
Ill Niño
All That Remains
Save my teen's in more ways than one.
I am the musician I am today because of them.
Thank you all.
💪 ( ͡❛ ͜ʖ ͡❛) 👊
Thanks,I Love It🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Periphery is awesome im glad to be here
what does this have to do with Periphery ? LUL
Periphery are not bad, but You won't find them here! 😅
I don't know why I wasn't more into Killswitch back then, I was more into Pantera, Cryptopsy, In Flames and not that order...
you like Groove metal/nu metal... and that's normal.
Metalcore was my introduction to metal, and then i get more in older stuff.
Always my favorite album
I came here from They Might be Giant's "Istanbul". Tonal whiplash is real.
What a fuckin album
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este es el mejor disco para mi
Es bien hardcore para mí uno de los mejores, la calidad es tremenda 😈
Ohio here as well! Check! This is PHENOMENAL!
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....me biskies are tingling.... 👀
When clean singing in metalcore didnt equal shit
WTF??? This is groove metal and noting else other!!!!!!! 🤘
This a Masterpiece, Fuck label, this a Classic 💀
Legend of Posthardcore /metalcore //
This isnt post hardcore is melodic metalcore
This has nothing to do with Posthardcore
Not post hardcore but surely hardcore, hence metalcore.
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Trying to like this album but it won't let me.. so here 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Fuckin outstanding. Danke.
Melhor album do KSE.
Old School 😈
Uhmm... really cool
❤️❤️❤️❤️
All the songs are amazing, however the first five songs are so perfect that I feel let down by the rest of the album, which of course is madness.
Amazing how we all love different stuff.....no6 is my favourite!
@@adamrichardson4332 It is an unreal album.
Yeaa
Hello lods good morning sending fullpack support please connect thank you godbles
My favorite band in the world!!..admittedly i don't agree with them politically!! but it's ok to disagree with pple. But it's true that my favorite album "PERIOD ",..is As Daylight Dies!!! But i love them Both vocal & Lyrically!!!
potatoes *faaaalllll* to dust
Where them time stamps at??
in the description
kinda got a slayer vibe at some points
JESUS WILL RISE, HIS POWER, AND SATAN, FALLS!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@covenant157 🤣🤣🤣🤣
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💯💯💯👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
✌🏻🤘🏼✌🏻
just barely breathing parece uma música cantada pelo vocalista do disturbed
???
35:37!
36:15