HOWARD JONES

FIRST MAKING HIS mark with Blood Has Been Shed at the turn of the millennium, Howard Jones has become a prevalent figure in metalcore for his exceptional work with Killswitch Engage, Devil You Know and Light The Torch. With Light The Torch returning with a stellar blast of frenetic riffs and colossal choruses on their second record, You Will Be The Death Of Me, Hammer caught up to one of metalcore’s most distinctive and expressive vocalists to talk mental health, how it felt to re-collaborate with his Killswitch bandmates, and why no two journeys are the same.

SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO SAY ‘WHAT THE HELL’ AND DO IT

“I don’t know when this all became a real thing for me! Some guys asked me to be in a band and I was like, ‘OK, I’ll give it a shot!’ That’s how it all started. I’d been in