Killswitch Engage rose to fame with its 2004 release The End of Heartache, which peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200, and was certified gold in December 2007 for over 500,000 shipments in the United States. The title track, ' The End of Heartache', was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2005, and a live DVD titled (Set This) World Ablaze was released in 2005. Killswitch Engage have performed at festivals such as Wacken Open Air, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Ozzfest, Download Festival, Rock on the Range, Mayhem Festival, and the Australian Soundwave Festival. MTV has referred to Killswitch Engage as 'one of the founders of metalcore'. Killswitch Engage (abreviado Killswitch o KsE) es una banda estadounidense de metalcore melódico fundada en 1998, procedente de Westfield, Massachusetts (Estados Unidos).ĭurante el año de 1998, Mike D'Antonio, el bajista fundador, exploraba las escenas metalcore de Massachusetts, en busca de gente para formar una nueva banda.