Killswitch Engage is the fifth studio album by American metalcore band
Killswitch Engage. It was released on June 30, 2009 through
Roadrunner Records. It is the band's second album to be self-titled, the first being their
debut album. It was produced by
Adam Dutkiewicz and
Brendan O'Brien. It debuted and peaked at number 7 on the
Billboard 200, selling 58,000 copies in its first week, making it one of the band's highest charting albums to date. The album's reception from critics and fans has been generally mixed, with praise directed towards
Howard Jones' vocals and criticism directed towards Dutkiewicz's and O'Brien's production and the album's reliance on formula.