Interview with Jesse Leach of Times of Grace / Killswitch Engage
We had the pleasure of interviewing Jesse Leach of Times of Grace and Killswitch Engage over Zoom video!\xa0
Churning depths of plaintive sorrow, stark self-examination, and moving soundscapes unfold in TIMES OF GRACE, with flashes of cathartic power and an undercurrent of insistent urgency. It\u2019s all a meditation on absence, grief, bewilderment, and rebirth, summoned with harrowing authenticity.\xa0
The Hymn of a Broken Man\xa0arrived in 2011, nearly a decade after Leach\u2019s exit from Killswitch Engage, the pivotal New Wave Of American Heavy Metal band the duo co-founded with friends in 1999. The first music from TIMES OF GRACE materialized during Dutkiewicz\u2019s arduous recovery from near-crippling back surgery. A collection of songs the multi-instrumentalist and producer knew would suit his once and future bandmate. The first album earned acclaim from\xa0BBC Music,\xa0The Aquarian, and\xa0Rock Sound. It willfully upended expectations, with flourishes of shoegaze and ambiance in its songs.\xa0
Now, ten years after TIMES OF GRACE first surfaced, comes the follow-up.\xa0\xa0
Comfortably stretched beyond the parameters of what came before, without sacrificing an ounce of integrity, TIMES OF GRACE weave between pensive, heavy, midtempo rock, riffs, and atmosphere. The pair\u2019s vocal interplay makes for a rich, dense, and enthralling concoction, powering through various trips through dark nights of the soul and mind-expanding excursions into the wild.\xa0Songs of Loss and Separation\xa0benefits wildly from the powerhouse performance of ex-Envy On The Coast drummer Dan Gluszak, who toured behind the first album and is now an official member of the band.
The sprawling second album from TIMES OF GRACE channels a dissonant, menacing, and unrelenting depression. Haunting romanticism and deep spiritual yearning collide in beautiful melancholy. It\u2019s a diverse but singular statement, like the most beloved work of classic bands.\xa0Songs Of Loss and Separation, insistent in its bluesiness, bleeds distortion and emotion, like a nerve, exposed.\xa0
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