As Daylight Dies [ENHANCED] [SPECIAL EDITION]

Killswitch Engage

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 28, 2007)
• Original Release Date: August 28, 2007
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Enhanced, Special Edition
• Label: Roadrunner Records
• ASIN: B000SUKPPW
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,135 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
With their fourth album, 'As Daylight Dies', Killswitch Engage are proving that if you keep playing the game your way, you'll eventually change the rules for everyone else. 'As Daylight Dies' isn't just a testament to the band's original vision; it's also their strongest fusion of aggression, melody, rock and metal to date.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Killswitch shows the rest how it's done..., March 8, 2008

By	D'Ann "paganheart/metalsoul" (AZ) - See all my reviews

I have been a Killswitch fan since the first time I heard "The End Of Heartche" on the radio...it gave me chills. I'm an old-school metal chick who grew up on bands like Iron Maiden, Metallica, Judas Priest, Queensryche and, yes, Def Leppard but I had lost my faith and passion for the music. Killswitch Engage brought it back...THANKS GUYS!!! :-) I own all their CDs and their DVD and through them discovered a whole new generation of bands like Shadows Fall, Lamb Of God, Unearth, Chimaria, All That Remains, Underoath, Trivium, As I Lay Dying, Stone Sour and even Slipknot, all of whom are now favorites as well.

I brought a copy of this Special Edition CD mostly to get Killswitch's cover version of "Holy Diver" by Dio. It is truly a rare feat when a band can cover another band's song and remain true to the style and integrity of the original while still making it their own. Killswitch Engage pulls it off with ease. The CD contains three other songs not included on the original version of "Daylight Dies;" "Let The Bridges Burn" and "Be One" are strong enough to have been included on the original album--"Bridges Burn" has the sort of dynamics that could make it an opening track--but "This Fire Burns," written for a WWE pay-per-view special, sounds like the band mailed it in and could have been left off.

This package features a DVD with all three videos from "Daylight Dies": "My Curse," "The Arms of Sorrow" and "Holy Diver." It also includes "making of" documentaries for "Curse" and "Sorrow" but not for "Holy Diver," which is too bad, because that video is by far the best of the three. It's a very funny throwback to the elaborate mini-movies that music videos used to be, and it's worth seeing just for the sight of Adam D in drag. ;-)

All in all, the "Daylight Dies" special edition is a great package for both new and old Killswitch fans alike; my only complaint is why do record labels put out a CD and then come out with "Special Editions" much later? Maybe if more new releases were packaged with special features in the first place, CD sales wouldn't be in the massive slump they are now, even with the digital revolution.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love the album, November 6, 2007

By	Just "." (USA) - See all my reviews

Great album I also believe it's their best work yet, funny making of the videos. Love every song on it! if your a fan go and grab you a copy!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bought this to hold me over to the new Skinlab Live CD, April 10, 2008

By	Christian Anderson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Killswitch is one of my favorites....I like End of Heartache more, but this one is still excellent....I bought it while waiting on the new Skinlab live cd, SkinnedAlive to come out...so I'll see if this one grows on me.