Howard Jones
Howard Jones onstage
Background information
Genre(s)	Metalcore
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Label(s)	Ferret Records Roadrunner Records
Associated acts	Killswitch Engage Blood Has Been Shed

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Biography

Jones resides in New England, where both his bands originated. His first success was in Connecticut with the band Blood Has Been Shed. This article is about the region in the United States of America. ... Blood Has Been Shed is a metalcore group from Connecticut. ...

After the release of The Novella of Uriel, the band went on tour, but Jones was eventually approached for a bigger project. Howard Jones replaced the lead singer of Killswitch Engage, Jesse Leach, in July of 2002, shortly after the release of Alive or Just Breathing, Killswitch Engage's Roadrunner Records debut album. Jesse David Leach is an American musician from Massachusetts, best known as the lead singer of the hard rock/groove metal band Seemless and the former lead singer of the metalcore band Killswitch Engage. ... Alive or Just Breathing was a music album released on May 21, 2002 by American metalcore band Killswitch Engage through Roadrunner Records. ...

Meanwhile, Blood Has Been Shed released their third album, Spirals in 2003. Critical reviews were mixed, with some saying the album was a bit stray from the music found on I Dwell and Novella, while fans found it to be the band's most sonically-challenging album yet.

The first time fans heard Jones with Killswitch Engage was on a re-recording of the track "Fixation on the Darkness" on Alive or Just Breathing. Later, he would be heard on the song "When Darkness Falls", which was first released on the soundtrack for the movie Freddy vs. Jason. Finally, Killswitch Engage released their first album with Jones as the new singer, as well as Blood Has Been Shed drummer Justin Foley. The End of Heartache would spawn two successful singles, "Rose of Sharyn" and the Grammy-nominated title track, "The End of Heartache". There was a minor spot of controversy with some fans over the Grammy nomination, as the song that was picked was a remixed version that would eventually appear on the Resident Evil: Apocalypse soundtrack. The differences between the original recording and the remixed version are the fact that the song is sung in a traditional singing style rather than using the original scream track that appears on the album, and several sections of the song have been shortened for a more commercialy dynamic vision. Alive or Just Breathing was a music album released on May 21, 2002 by American metalcore band Killswitch Engage through Roadrunner Records. ... Freddy vs. ... Blood Has Been Shed is a metalcore group from Connecticut. ... Alternate Cover Re-release cover The End of Heartache is the 2004 album by American metalcore band Killswitch Engage. ... Resident Evil: Apocalypse is the sequel to the 2002 film Resident Evil from Screen Gems, written by Paul W. S. Anderson and directed by Alexander Witt. ...

In November 2006, Killswitch Engage released their fourth album (and second with Howard Jones) entitled As Daylight Dies. The album has already spawned the single "My Curse", and it has been cited by the band through numerous interviews that the album recalls influences from bands in the NOLA music scene, as well as metal bands like Pantera and Machine Head. NOLA redirects here. ...

Despite his front man role in Killswitch Engage, Jones is still the lead singer for Blood Has Been Shed. Killswitch Engage (often abbreviated as KSE or Killswitch) is a Grammy nominated metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts. ... Blood Has Been Shed is a metalcore group from Connecticut. ...

Aside from singing, Jones has also taken on the role of a manager to new and upcoming artists. Currently, he manages two bands, Twelve Tribes, Mikoto, and also the producer Zeuss. Twelve Tribes is a metalcore band, from Dayton, Ohio, USA. Originally established in 1998, the group is currently signed to the independent record label Ferret Music. ... Mikoto (命) is a character in the Samurai Shodown series. ...

Discography

With Blood Has Been Shed

• I Dwell on Thoughts of You (September 21, 1999, Ferret Records)
• Novella of Uriel (February 20, 2001, Ferret Records)
• Spirals (March 11, 2003, Ferret Records)

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With Killswitch Engage

• The End of Heartache (May 11, 2004, Roadrunner Records)
• As Daylight Dies (November 21, 2006, Roadrunner Records)

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Guest Appearances

(not in chronological order)

• Roadrunner United – All-Star Sessions ("The Dagger")
• Every Time I Die – Last Night in Town ("Punch-Drunk Punk Rock Romance")
• 36 Crazyfists – Rest Inside the Flames ("Elysium")
• Demon Hunter – Summer of Darkness ("Our Faces Fall Apart")
• Throwdown – Vendetta ("The World Behind")
• Eighteen Visions – Vanity ("One Hell of a Prize Fighter")

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References

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