Switched On
The new wave of American heavy metal has produced one of the most important bands to shape the modern landscape, combining hardcore punk with headbanging riffs since 1999. It can only be the Massachusetts five-piece Killswitch Engage, consisting of Jesse Leach on vocals, guitarists Adam Dutkiewicz, and Joel Stroetzel, bassist Mike D’Antonio, and drummer Justin Foley.
This year marks the release of the quintet’s, celebrated by fans and critics alike all over the world. As the band pack more heaviness into their records than ever these days, it is a challenge for D’Antonio to get the lower frequencies heard among all that downtuned madness. With modern metal’s emphasis on ripping six-strings, do metal bassists have it harder these days, we ask?
