5 Killswitch engage riffs that will change the way you think about Metalcore

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This video is my favourite Killswitch Engage Riffs that will most likely make you think differently about metalcore!!
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Fixation on the darkness
Rose of sharyn
The End of Heartache
My Curse
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[@TriggerFingerRC]

Rose of sharyn was ma favorite song by any band for the longest time.

[@DallasLangdon]

Killswitch is one of those bands that I love. I'm not a huge fan of metalcore but bands like killswitch engage, Parkway Drive and All That Remains are bands that I listen to a lot.

[@IamTheDeathMachine]

Dallas Langdon those are the bands that do it right

[@commandconquerfitness1506]

Dallas Langdon bro those are more or less the best three metalcore bands

[@IamTheDeathMachine]

Don't forget As I Lay Dying despite all that's happened with Tim Lambesis you can't deny they were great

[@commandconquerfitness1506]

Pinche Salvaje True that. And that new group (Wovenwar? I think that's what they're called) that the old AILD members formed is pretty sick as well.

[@MasterUvPuppets]

Parkway Drive gets a lot less recognition than they deserve. I don't get sick of any of their songs

[@sunnyboruahdas]

My Curse will forever remain my favorite KSE song. I love this song so much, it was love at first listen for me

[@OhCapitainIAmSinking]

Sunny Das My Curse used to be my top Killswitch Engage song, until I heard Rose of Sharyn.

[@Em_dlg]

Sunny Das i played that song for literally 5 years straight.. Cldnt agree more,, love at first listen indeed!

[@nicolasjax8684]

InstaBlaster.

[@Robert048]

I'd say just pick anything from Alive or Just Breathing.

[@me-bk9er]

nailed it.

[@matthewoconnell1490]

Robert E Disarm the Descent had some insane guitar work. Adam is a pure fucking genius

[@keving457]

True that.

[@matthewoconnell1490]

Robert E ya i know. im literally a die hard killseitchbengage fan

[@nlightin]

And As Daylight Dies

[@DemonFang72]

I love Killswitch Engage, so much. They have such powerful vocals/lyrics and addictive riffs. They're one of the many bands that help me keep going through the dark times. I relate a lot to and enjoy their music a lot, and not only did you pick some great licks but you killed them! Clean guitar work, bro, keep it up!

[@screambluemurder101]

Had End of Heartache on in the car all last week. Still fucking brilliant. Take this oath is causing serious speeding.

[@JamieSlays]

+screambluemurder101 yessssssss

[@DheLiriouS.ArtworkS]

how the fuck did u choose 5 riffs dude, every single riff of them are amazing!

[@chuckchaos2110]

ive been digging Cut Me Loose, Strength of the Mind, and In Due TIme by KSE. i know it's newer, but i feel the message behind these songs. couple songs that i can just keep on repeat and not get sick of them

[@ballzDP-eh2yf]

Chip Douglas i as well, ive been diggin cut me loose too.

[@pandatech8754]

Love these songs as well, idk why everyone in the metal scene has such an issue with "new" music cause even the old stuff was new at one point

[@chuckchaos2110]

Panda Tech i was just trying to point out that i know the old songs too. some of those "metal elitists" jump your throat thinking you're jumping in on a band when they've been listening to them for awhile

[@pandatech8754]

Chip Douglas yea i wasnt talking about you but those metal elites the ones that only listen to pantera and anything else is not metal or if a band changes up they go crazy, thier is a dif between selling out and evolving as an artist but most ppl dont understand that

[@daintydiplomat]

Chip Douglas Incarnate is my favourite album of theirs. Not only have they poured their heart and soul into the album, but they have some awesome riffs and melodies

[@gordonramsayy5629]

the first album will remain in my heart vide infra was just amazing

[@JamieSlays]

its like the best thing ive ever heard!

[@michaelrud4351]

To this day, I still consider Adam D the greatest and most creative guitarist to ever grace the stage

[@highguy0678]

doubtful

[@mikehardesty8207]

Daylight dies is probably my favorite riff by KSE, eye of the storm is amazing too

[@JaxJordan35]

Arms of Sorrow is my favorite KSE song

[@dantheman6888]

Jordan Gallaher in due time has an amazing riff and the great deceit

[@TheAcePool]

Same

[@KattAD]

My fiancé is a huge CM Punk fan, so he would play This Fire endlessly.

[@alexsimmons8321]

Jordan Gallaher hey thanks

[@Beanie-Sandals]

Arms of sorrow is their best song ever in my opinion nothing beats it

[@21shredstar]

With so many good riffs in killswitch songs. Tho I bid farewell is probably one of my favourite songs. Pls do a top ten Darkest hour riffs or songs. Kris Norris is a legend!!!

[@JamieSlays]

+nathan cox yehhhhhhh I love the darkest hour also 😊

[@Chekanchik]

Just Barely Breathing has great riff in chorus!

[@s90004howie]

My fav song from AOJB

[@sdny7111]

Yeah I love that track .

[@jessedeleon4123]

Michael Tenkovski temple from the within is amazing too!

[@HugoStiglitz88]

my favorite KsE song. and yea, the riff in the chorus is epic. one of the best riffs I can play

[@AeonAxisProductions]

i just hate that it only plays the verse 1 time, that verse riff is fucking brutal

[@LaYamiUwU]

Sleep brings relief and the hope of a new day.... waking the misery of being without you....

[@JamieSlays]

+Marina Wulfstan haha such a great song

[@LaYamiUwU]

One of my favs of Kse :3

[@imperialwatch5218]

Marina Wulfstan Howard really writes some deep lyrics.

[@brunocampos4824]

Nice! Great rifs!

[@sillysiji5257]

and this why I love Killswitch Engage! Great job man, keep thrashing those strings!

[@Killthesefears]

Sounds so awesome, man!!! Excellent riffage. I like the way you play, too.

[@gordonroberts1308]

By far one of my favorite videos to date .that was awesome bro !👏👌

[@Killthesefears]

Seriously, bro. Thank you so much for this video. You made/make my heart so happy lol. Killswitch actually has SUCH amazing riffs and you did them such well justice.

[@turkeyjerkey111]

top 5 as i lay dying?

[@JamieSlays]

+Deshawn Dawkins ooooh yessss metalcore 👑

[@turkeyjerkey111]

They have some of my favorite riffs to play

[@LouieNJ]

Please, this. Man I miss AILD.

[@luluskywo]

I'm just discovering them now. So fucking mad too be too late.

[@turkeyjerkey111]

ApachE i started listening to them when their last album came out

[@smythie08]

AWESOME MATE!!! loved it

[@arlenbenksmma]

Amazing Bro! 🔥

[@_a_d_704]

Haven’t listened to metal in so long. My fav killswitch was the entire alive or just breathing album.

[@rangerscloud]

Damn, no Self Revolution as an honorable mention. That song is way too sick. Great video and covers. well done.

[@TheMetalhed82]

This was amazing.. Haven't heard much of Killswitch Engage but this will definitely make me check them out..!! Thanks !

[@JamieSlays]

yeah! do it! theyre such a great band :D

[@GreenTerror3003]

Sean Surrao Whaaaaa...... Really? Interesting :D

[@billymcgarrell]

Great tone and video love watching your top ten riffs

[@JamieSlays]

thanks mate! i appreciate it ;D

[@ericksilva9909]

brutal !!! very good video

[@JamieSlays]

+Erick Silva thanks Erick!! I'm glad you liked it 🙇 🙏

[@motivateme132]

Great job on the riffs dude! Love Killswitch

[@joeshmow9097]

Good stuff man!

[@jalenboybigt]

Completely awesome 🤘🏻

[@thedeadphreak7786]

Amazing.Truely amazing.Great job mate keep up the good work.✌

[@JamieSlays]

+Jester Moonshield thanks mate! I appreciate the support 🙏 🙇

[@bboypredator2006]

love kse fantastic video!

[@davidparker7974]

Their songs are all so much fun to play!! And they use such unique chord structures. I've learned a lot from trying to play their music

[@flavy1000]

Metalcore is really another way of thinking Music, riffs are so tough and so harmonic ,at times...That´s why I love this genre..Thks . for sharing, this will be a chance for me to know how to play some...I hope! Subscribed!

[@jasonblackburn1978]

Well this brilliant video just earned you a follower 🤘🤘. Such a killer band, my favorite song from them is Time Will Not Remain

[@hardtunes28]

I barely listen to metal anymore but your vids make me miss it. Dope playing man.

[@rjeff753]

You hit my favorites hands down. And in the new Signal Fire!!!🤘🤘👊👊

[@ssblu2112]

Sounds Amazing. Great tone and technique.

[@5thgendj]

Holy shit! Outstanding job man, so glad to find your channel! Great hands, great tone and mad skills, subscribe button engaged!

[@baseballchamp2214]

hay Jamie ur my favorite youtuber and u inspired me to play the guitar thanks so much and keep making videos ur awesome bro!👌

[@JamieSlays]

+jeremy acevedo aww thanks mate!! Really means a lot. Makes all of this worth while!

[@baseballchamp2214]

Jamie Oldfield 👌

[@serphalanges2283]

My band plays My Last Serenade. I like the riffs, especially the breakdown.

[@EdBMetal]

Awesome, you included all my faves :)

[@JamieSlays]

+Ed B yayyyy

[@quasimod0546]

You should do one of these for Trivium and Sylosis :DAnd my favourite killswitch song is Fixation on the Darkness

[@JamieSlays]

o0o thats a good idea! i love sylosis, mainly the old stuff though with jamie ;D

[@MagicCornFlakes]

TRIVIUM PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nlightin]

Darth Pisshead Sylosis is my favorite

[@nlightin]

Darth Pisshead Where the Sky Ends!

[@cereallukas256]

Trivium Is definitely one of the best metal core bands out there

[@JHSweStormHD]

Damn those guitar skills! You inspire me alot Jamie, keep the videos coming :)

[@JamieSlays]

+Linus Stenberg thanks mate! I appreciate the support 🙏 🙇

[@williamhowells6461]

I'm seeing them tomorrow! I can't wait!!

[@JamieSlays]

+William Howells in Newport??

[@GusaRoli]

OMG superior perfection!!!

[@R.DrewWhitson]

One of the most underrated youtubers and definitely the most friendly to the fans!

[@JamieSlays]

Thank you! 🙇‍♂️

[@R.DrewWhitson]

For real man humility is a lost art for most people. Glad a few of you guys still possess it. 🤘

[@justinmarks3254]

Love the dimebucker/ reversed ('59?) neck pickup combo, m8. Great vids

[@peterjgrant]

I've been playing for a few months. I started with some AC/DC and moved onto PWD/Carrion for the past two days. It's still early and I'm figuring out the whole metal playing style. But your videos help me a lot. I think My last Serenade or something by KSE will be next! Thanks again Jamie!

[@hungaake1506]

Nice list breh. Keep doing you as long as you're having fun and not causing any harm. Only thing slightly off is timing but hey, I do it too cause playing is just exciting as hell.

[@JamieSlays]

Exactly! Thanks bro

[@JamieSlays]

Thanks!

[@Saiko_Drums]

Good choices, well played and nice shirt \m/

[@JamieSlays]

+PatrickMcovers haha thank you mate 🙏

[@zeyadzayed5710]

Man your guitar skills are beyond amazing keep on kicking ass man. And do one for best Opeth riffs please and thank you

[@benphillips7409]

loved End of heartache (big thumbs up!)

[@gasiousgiant]

Thank you for sharing.

[@dbaldwinify]

I know this isn't a new video but I just had to say, great choice on riffs. Those have to be on my favorite riffs from killswitch also! Your a bad ass guitar player! Great video man.

[@definitelynotgore]

Do one of these for Lamb Of God! :)

[@JamieSlays]

+Eddie's Guitars I think I might :)

[@jom3194]

ABSOLUTELY! I beg you to do it! ^^ Btw, +1 sub from me! Have a nice day!

[@JamieSlays]

thanks jonathan!! ^_^

[@JamieSlays]

Eddie's Guitars I did one!!!

[@brentkelly9974]

Just play some of marks parts and I’ll be happy 😁

[@cassianowinsche2907]

KSE IS FUCKING BAND ,THEY ARE THE FATHERS OF METALCORE !!! IS A FUCKING BAND this fire burns is good riff

[@JamieSlays]

+Cassiano Winsche yehhhh they were so ahead of their time

[@cassianowinsche2907]

yes years 2000 my last serenade incredible !!! the element of one,fixation on the darkness

[@cassianowinsche2907]

you are incredible , good man you are a monster of the guitar !! Metalcore is your face

[@DerekCosgrove]

Damn! Well played Ol' boy!

[@DIETRYING001]

tight playing!

[@IamTheDeathMachine]

I am a beginner just purchased my ibanez rg & hope to someday be as good as you bro. love the vids keep on shredding! *subscribed*

[@gavinjuge1961]

I really love your videos man. You influenced me to start playing metal guitar and your videos have really helped. You have a really cool and uplifting happy personality, and I think anyone that thinks metalheads are satanists should watch your videos. I think they'd have a change of opinion :D

[@JamieSlays]

aww thankyou so much!! :) x

[@devinsinclair5254]

Dude.. your riffing is perfection.. and that guitar sounds so damn good.. I didn’t hear a missed mute or open string ringing too long or a missed note of any sort.. which is the guitar player not the guitar.. just clean and perfect.. good job dude. I love killswitch btw..

[@xmsparker]

Hell yea bro 👊🏼

[@mitchellbrubaker2652]

Saw them with Avatar, Volbeat, and A7x back in September. Top 10 favorite bands for sure. Love Killswitch. +1 sub btw. Love your videos man 🤘

[@juanmahdez94]

First time on your channel. Nice vid. Keep it up!

[@JamieSlays]

Juan Hernández thanks!

[@Mytube6138]

Amazing to see a top five video that's 8 minutes long. No unnecessary theatrics, no dumb memes, and no bullshit, just a guy jamming out with music he clearly loves. Great stuff

[@JamieSlays]

Thankssssss 😊

[@javieralarcon6316]

Amazing video dude. Good songs KSE are awesome

[@JamieSlays]

yeah they are!

[@skit1191]

The last songs track was missing, but these are my favorite KSE songs. Well done.

[@angelmedinanieves8935]

Boy!! New subscriber here!! Keep it up!!

[@nerosbigtoe5834]

I would put their cover of holy diver on my top ten list

[@JMPK23]

Love all these songs. Theres some newer songs that give these songs a run for there money though. Turning point, cut me loose, signal fire. Not nostalgic but are very good

[@tomaskhalil3680]

That was a great video and I don't listen to Killswitch Engage much. My favorite song by them is My Curse! 🤘🏽🎸

[@rocksoldierperu]

Thanks Man. Although I can hear Killswitch's songs, but I could not remember the pleasure to play their songs.

[@enthused7591]

"Starting over" and "Save me" are two of my favorite as well. I don't know of a Killswitch song that doesn't have addictive riffs though. My favorite guitars of any band really.

[@shinobymaster]

Quality video as always! great pick of songs even though Element of one or this is absolution would have there place in the list. makes me wanna grab my guitar haha!

[@shinobymaster]

their* place, wtf is wrong with me

[@JamieSlays]

+Shino haha thanks mate. I'm glad you liked it 🙏

[@screambluemurder101]

FIXATION!!!! Worth waiting three weeks for! Cheers brethren!

[@JamieSlays]

+screambluemurder101 aww thanks 😊 I've been working on it for a while

[@mckinnonerario2883]

Been watching a ton of your vids but havent seen any exodus. Their riffs seem like they would be right up your alley!!

[@Logan0123]

Killswitch Engage - Rusted Embrace Alive or Just Breathing - Vide Infra or Numbered Days The End of Heartache - A Bid Farewell As Daylight Dies - Reject Yourself Killswitch Engage - Reckoning The Hymn of a Broken Man (Times of Grace) - Hope Remains Disarm the Descent - The Call Incarnate - The Great Deceit Serpentine Dominion (Serpentine Dominion) - Jagged Cross Legions Pretty good playlist I would say

[@MartinUglow]

Nice playing as always! Killswitch riffs have a great groove to them! Top 5 Opeth Riffs next?

[@JamieSlays]

+Martin Uglow I love opera. I think I'll do it 🙏

[@RrVvEeNn]

you mean Opeth right? :v

[@JamieSlays]

+Jamie Oldfield hahahahaha yeh. I mean opeth...>,>

[@kennethhealon21]

That’s such a beautiful guitar

[@thekadju2450]

Wow,people not bashing on you cause of the Slipknot t-shirt :D, awesome video dude!

[@relaxingismygame3876]

Nice!

[@sloth_e]

It's so good to hear killswitch without lyrics. I can't stand lyrics about depressed states of mood. It just reminds me of everything I'm trying to avoid with music. And the music alone in killswitch is killer. Both Howard and Jesse have amazing voices and the production on thier voices is perfect. The lyrics are perfectly crafted aswell. So much so, I can handle them haha. Bla bla bla awesome work man. I've watched this about 6 times now. 🤟

[@chaoticnebula9952]

Was really cool seeing some of my favorite KSE riffs played. Good video man! Try some lamb of god :)

[@JamieSlays]

+Vince Scipione yeah I'm definitely gonna do LOG!! do you have any requests 🙏🏻

[@9036dust]

Love the schecter brah!

[@craigsmith7416]

wow, just wow. love KSE, ever since I first saw Last Serenade. Love your Pokémon stuff, do you PoGo, too.

[@JohnnyWunderboy2]

My Last Serenade feels one massive sick riff. Awesome riff after awesome riff. So fucking good

[@snapascrew]

good video, i'll expect an updated version to be uploaded once you learn how to play my last serenade. lol.

[@JamieSlays]

Haha what do you mean. What was wrong?!

[@kutcholazaga3684]

Oohhh,, Love those pickup set. I know those pickups.!!

[@smithjason5887]

OMG! I felt like I was back in Uni again. Used to jam these songs with my mates. How I miss being a student.

[@mecaesbienmal20]

Reject Yourself is the best for me. Great video. :)

[@wilson0213]

Amazingly enough, my 5 favourite KSE songs

[@mateozarate3471]

You deserve soo much subs

[@JamieSlays]

+Mateo Alejandro Zarate Perez aww thank you. I am going to keep trying 😊

[@VideoScope]

Great video. Adam D. is a beast. My favorite riffs though comes from System of a Down - Spiders. and Lamb of God - Laid to Rest

[@Killthesefears]

Love the way you play, it’s so correct lol.

[@David932z]

Cool I never learned anything from Killswitch engage going to work on some

[@Barcenevas]

Rose of sharyn for sure

[@MarkDelRossi]

That was awesome. Top 5 Trivium riffs ?

[@n.k.92]

Adam D. is just such a fucking BEAST in writing riffs, it makes me wanna cry ... just awesome