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Killswitch Engage Format: Audio CD

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1	Numbered Days
2	Self Revolution
3	Fixation on the Darkness
4	My Last Serenade
5	Life to Lifeless
6	Just Barely Breathing
7	To the Sons of Man
8	Temple from the Within
9	The Element of One
10	Vide Infra
11	Without a Name
12	Rise Inside

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Release Date: 21-MAY-2002

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.59 x 5 x 0.39 inches; 3.25 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Roadrunner Records
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 1980630
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2002
Run time ‏ : ‎ 44 minutes
SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 20, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Roadrunner Records
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000065894
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #94,569 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #336 in Thrash & Speed Metal (CDs & Vinyl)
- #426 in Progressive Metal
- #439 in Death Metal (CDs & Vinyl)

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Timbo

KSE kills it

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2023

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Great metalcore album. No BS

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Bipo

One of their better albums

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2022

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This is more of killswitch. It’s not anything special, but is good. The same could be said for about all their albums.

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Arturo Olivo Jr

Great album

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2020

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I never heard Killswitch Engage with Jesse Leach on vocals before. I have to say as I am impressed with this album as it's raw and heavy and just brutal. It kinda reminds me of Thrillseeker by August Burns Red who had Adam D of Killswitch Engage helped produced. Great album from these guys, if you never heard Killswitch's earlier stuff then get around to doing so. I never thought of doing it as I always preferred Howard Jones since he can sing as well as scream.

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Douglas Olsen

Classic Masterpiece

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2021

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What a fantastic album that got a new genre of metal started and gave notice on what KsE was all about. Any metal fan will enjoy this masterpiece.

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Craig Patrick

Their Best Work Hands Down!

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2021

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Bought the CD the day it was released as it still holds up! Jesses vocals are amazing

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Daniel

Perfect for a true Fan

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2011

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I will start by saying am a diehard Killswitch Engage Fan, I own every album and DVD. Now to the CD, Jesse leach's vocals are mind blowing and raw, You can feel the pain and love every lyric. The guitars are inventive and change throughout the songs. If you are a KSE fan even if you only like Jesse this is the perfect CD for you. The booklet gives insider details on the making of the album, the departure of Jesse and the entrance of Howard. Great CD it includes all of the original songs and extras.

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drxlspivey

One of killlswitch engage best album's

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2014

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a well done album, the thing i like about this album in particular is that with it being one of their first outings they have the audibly recognizable hunger and drive that good bands have when they begin. this album has all the hallmarks of a good metal album, great guitar work, a solid and thunderous percussion and singer whose voice fits the bands sound. check it out you won't be disappointed

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Matthew

Vinyl Purchase was worth it.

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2017

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The Vinyl version is just as good, if not better, than the CD version. It sounds very clear. It sounds exactly the way it should. Totally worth buying and the fact that it's a legit vinyl record from the band makes it all even better.

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Kingcrimsonprog

Building a revolution to heal nations...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2009

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When you look back at 2002's Alive or Just Breathing it's difficult to believe just how well this seminal and genre defining album has aged. Even now the music is just so fresh and exciting, who can listen to the crushing `Self Revolution,' without judging it an absolute genre classic ? Great music, great vocals and great production, the song is absolutely huge in every way, from the battery of the kick drum patterns to the very heavy riffs then the emotional impact of the well thought out and interesting lyrics. The whole album is so clever, balancing between light and shade in a way that no other band even gets close to.
Chugging riffs, uplifting guitar harmonies, catchy choruses and heavy double kick drum filled verses have always been the Killswitch sound, but this album is heavier and harsher than the bands later work, with songs like `Just Barely Breathing,' and especially `To The Sons Of Man,' having a much more aggressive and brasher sound than you may be expecting . The music is so well written, thoughtful and just plain good that it's not hard to see why the band eventually became so successful. The production is also amazing, the guitar sound is gigantic and the kick drum beaters absolutely pound your speakers, which is especially impressive when you think that it was self produced, with current guitarist (then drummer) Adam D handling a lot of the responsibilities in the studio as well as musically.
Adam is responsible for touches of piano, the superb heavy hitting and kick pedal abusing drum performance as well as a number of guitar riffs that would hint at his future position. On top of all that you still get Adam D's excellent backing vocals which are so good they always become a real highlight of any Killswitch song.
Pete Cortese, Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroezel have a distinctive playing style which mixes Fear Factory influenced staccato rhythms with quick twin guitar harmonies in a very particular fashion that is laced with both melody and agression. The album contains a lot of the finest work Killswitch have ever done, which still grace Killswitch concerts to this day such as the singles `Fixation of Darkness' and `My Last Serenade.'
Standout tracks include the brilliant fan favourite `Life To Lifeless,' the unique and ever enjoyable opener `Numbered Days' and the previously mentioned ` Just Barely Breathing,' which remains to this day one of the heaviest songs in the Killswitch catalougue.
Alive or Just Breathing is a undeniably classic album, and I can't recommend it highly enough.

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Not a Fanboy

Absolutely brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 15, 2007

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I only recently started listening to Killswitch Engage when I saw them on Rockworld TV a few weeks ago. I saw Howard Jones belting out a live version of `The End of Heartache' (from the album of the same name) and thought that it was worth a closer listen.

Bought the album and liked all the tracks on it. Very impressed - but I could also understand why they weren't more widely know or more successful.

Anyway, I did like `The End of Heartache' and also bought `As Daylight Dies', which again is a good album. However, I was aware of the earlier work (and the previous front-man Jesse Leach) as I had read reviews by fellow fans on Amazon, with titles such as: `The death of Killswitch..."

After having listened to this album, I can only say that I whole heatedly agree with that assessment.

This album is so much more emotive, angry, brutal and engaging than the latest offerings. There are some true classics tracks contained on this CD, whereas I think the only classic on `The End of Heartache' is the track with the same name.

This is without doubt a `must have' in anyone's metal collection.

The differences between `Alive or just Breathing' and `The End of Heartache' are quite stark when you listen to them back-to-back.
`The End of Heartache' is more guitar rift driven than `Alive or just Breathing', and it is done in such a way that the rifts are the main focal point of the music and the drumming/beat are inconsequential. This gives the whole album a very `tame' feeling, despite Howard Jones' brilliant vocal work.
(Side Note: I was listening to `The End of Heartache' and my girlfriend commented "... isn't that a bit commercial?" - which says it all. Normally her ears bleed if I ever play anything `un-commercial'!!).

In contrast, `Alive or just Breathing' has much more dominant drumming, the vocals are more screaming than signing, and the rifts less dominant - which gives the album a rawer, harder - brutal feel to it.
I tend to nod my head listening to `Alive or just Breathing' much more than I would to `The End of Heartache'.

I can't even count the number of times I have listened to this album since I bought it (about a week ago). I am, at the moment, listening to it repeatedly (whilst trying to fix my bloody IPod) and it just gets better and better.

If you are a fan of metal, buy this album and enjoy every minute of it.
Albums like this don't come up very often.

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Kerstin Reinhardt

Killswitch Engage ❤️🖤❤️

Reviewed in Germany on October 27, 2022

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Killswitch engage pur 😊 cd in top Zustand aber innen wo das Booklet drin steckt ist eingerissen und außen kleine Gebrauchsspuren. Ist aber ok da gebraucht.

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Frabzi

Einmal drin im Cd-Player, geht die Scheibe nicht so schnell wieder raus.

Reviewed in Germany on July 10, 2012

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Habe mir diese Cd vor kurzem bestellt. Kannte zuvor nur "The Element Of One". Und da ich dieses Lied sofort ins Herz geschlossen habe, musste ich einfach die ganze Cd haben, ohne die anderen Songs ansatzweise zu kennen.
Und ich muss sagen es hat sich gelohnt. Die Gitarren sind geil und dann noch die Stimme von Jesse Leach gehen sofort ins Ohr.

Ich war nie wirklich ein Fan von Bands die screamen/shouten/growlen. Aber bei Killswitch Engaged merkt man so viel Gefühl in den Liedern. Und am besten kann man die Gefühle in der Musik mit shouten UND clean Gesang rüber bringen.

Hab selbst bisschen mal mit "gesungen" bei den Liedern. Und ich konnte die Musik noch viel besser fühlen.
Die Lieder gehen einfach gleich ins Ohr. Meist beginnt der Sänger zu schreien und sich zu verausgaben und dann kommen die gefühlvollen Parts im clean Gesang. Sodass man einfach einen Ohrwurm bekommt. So wird auch kein Lied langweilig.

Dieses Album ist echt eine Empfehlung.

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randy187

Expensive, but decent.

Reviewed in Canada on February 9, 2018

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Vinyl was a bit pricy at 40$ and it is pressed on thin vinyl and mine has a small warp at the beginning of the record, but aside from that it plays perfectly, sounds great and has a really nice gatefold and sleeve with nice stories and pics on the inside.

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