Jesse Leach shares a timeline about Killswitch Engage’s new material

The frontman of Killswitch Engage, Jesse Leach, revealed in a recent interview with Scott Davidson of Chicago’s Rebel Radio that the additional tracks he and his bandmates recorded during the sessions for their most recent album, “This Consequence” (2025), will eventually be released, as per Blabbermouth.

[We recorded a total of] 14 [tracks], and four [were] left off. One got re-released kind of quietly on a compilation to raise money for an animal shelter. It’s on CD now. And then I think we’re working with the same company again to put one more song out with that. And then the other two we hope to see out in the next couple weeks as a B-side seven-inch.

Jesse made this statement when Davidson pointed out that many bands these days are more concerned with releasing one or two songs at a time rather than a full-length album.

I’m also not opposed to doing EPs. I think it’s actually a really good idea to just knock some stuff out. We’ve never done it, but we’re talking about maybe just doing EPs for fun. And it makes that whole process of putting a record out quicker. And we also will write all these songs, and some of them don’t even make it on the record, so why not just focus on five or six of the really good ones and put out an EP or a seven-inch or a 10-inch with exclusive vinyl and fun stuff like that, collectible stuff. So we’re talking about all that fun stuff for the future.

Jesse responded as follows when asked when he and his bandmates from Killswitch Engage want to start working on the sequel to “This Consequence” in the studio.

I’d say we’ll end up doing something probably early next year or mid-next year. It all depends on what the demand is for touring and where everybody’s head is at. It’s hard to write while we’re touring, and we’ve got, like, three back-to-back tours. But the conversations have definitely started.

Jesse described the Killswitch Engage songwriting process in more detail.

Everybody does their own demos, between those [other] four guys [in the band]. They all submit demos of either just riffs that make sense together or full complete songs with drums and everything. And then everybody sort of picks it apart and works on it together.

I love watching somebody come with a few riffs and then somebody else has a riff. I like watching that happen. In this last recording cycle, we were in a room together jamming. It was, like, four or five sessions of that, where somebody would come with a cool riff, and then you see somebody else’s lightbulb go off on their head, and they’re, like, ‘Oh, I got an idea,’ and seeing it take shape in real time. I love when that happens.

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ON TOUR:
WITH MACHINE HEAD, IRON REAGAN, + HAVOK:

• 6/6 — Milwaukee, WI — Milwaukee Metal Fest*
• 6/7 — South Bend, IN — Four Winds Field
• 6/9 — Raleigh, NC — The Ritz
• 6/11 — Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Paramount
• 6/12 — Boston, MA — Roadrunner
• 6/13 — Bethlehem, PA — Wind Creek Event Center
• 6/14 — Washington, DC — DC Warped Tour*
• 6/16 — Orlando, FL — Hard Rock Live
• 6/17 — Atlanta, GA — Tabernacle
• 6/19 — Dallas, TX — South Side Ballroom
• 6/20 — Houston, TX — Bayou Music Center
• 6/21 — San Antonio, TX — Boeing Center at Tech Port
• 6/23 — Albuquerque, NM — Revel Entertainment Center
• 6/24 — Tempe, AZ — The Marquee
• 6/25 — Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Palladium
• 6/27 — San Francisco, CA — Warfield

*KsE Festival Appearance

WITH MACHINE HEAD + MALEVOLENCE:

• 8/5 — Ottawa, ON — Hard Rock Live
• 8/7 — Victoriaville, QC — Rock La Cauze*
• 8/8 — Toronto, ON — QET
• 8/9 — London, ON — Centennial Hall
• 8/11 — Thunder Bay, ON — Community Auditorium
• 8/13 — Winnipeg, MB — Burt Block Party*
• 8/14 — Saskatoon, SK — TCU Place
• 8/15 — Edmonton, AB — River Cree Entertainment Centre
• 8/16 — Dawson Creek, BC — Ovintiv Centre

*KsE Festival Appearance

WITH MACHINE HEAD, RIVERS OF NIHIL, + JUDICIARY:

• 9/19 — Cleveland, OH — Jacobs Pavilion
• 9/20 — Louisville, KY — Louder than Life*
• 9/21 — Moline, IL — The Rust Belt
• 9/23 — Denver, CO — Fillmore Auditorium
• 9/24 — Salt Lake, UT — Union
• 9/25 — Missoula, MT — Kettlehouse Amphitheater
• 9/27 — Spokane, WA — Gesa Pavilion
• 9/28 — Portland, OR — Roseland
• 9/29 — Tacoma, WA — Temple Theatre
• 10/1 — Sacramento, CA — Aftershock*

*KsE Festival Appearance