Killswitch Engage Marks Two Decades of ‘As Daylight Dies’ With Metal Injection Interview

The 20th anniversary of Killswitch Engage’s As Daylight Dies arrives later this year, and the band has paused to look back in an exclusive conversation with Metal Injection. The interview, published this week, gives the members space to reflect on a record that reshaped their career and, for a stretch of the mid-2000s, the sound of heavy music itself.

Released in November 2006, the album landed at a moment when metalcore was straining against its underground borders. Tracks like “My Curse” and “The Arms of Sorrow” carried the genre onto rock radio and late‑night television, turning Killswitch Engage into one of the era’s defining bands without smoothing over the aggression at the core of their sound. The Metal Injection sit‑down touches on how the songs were made, how the group weathered the sudden attention, and what the record still means to them now.

There is no track‑by‑track dissection promised here, no announcement of a deluxe reissue or a commemorative tour. The conversation seems to function more as a marker. Two decades on, As Daylight Dies remains a key text for a generation of listeners, and the band’s willingness to engage with its legacy on its own terms is what gives the interview its weight.