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Just like all my posts I wanna make it clear I donāt believe they have a bad song period. All their albums are good. But for ranking Iāve felt this way for a while.
ADD is perfect.
The 2009 self titled would be S tier for me if the production was better. Song wise theyāre no skips. And āStarting Overā is my favorite song. Like ever. Thatās the best song ever made.
EOH is a masterpiece but idc itās just not āSā tier to me. For me āSā tier has gotta be like hands down perfection. And ima be real, the title track is āokayā. Compared to the rest of the album I mean. When I was 13 it was the best song ever but in 2025 itās an immediate skip lol.
DTD is arguably instrumentally their best album. I still get chills whenever I hear āYou Donāt Bleed For Meā. Itās far from Jesseās best performance but I love the lyrics. I just cringe when I hear him scream so aggressively. Idk how that guy can talk.
Now ironically the 1st self titled I love Jesseās raw vocals. Kind of a contradiction I know but man he was making inhuman sounds. And just the idea that no one had ever heard this sound before is so cool. Songs like āNumb Sickened Eyesā and āRusted Embraceā are just so good manā¦folks really sleep on this project.
AOJBā¦ima get hate for this. But after almost a decade of hearing Howard sing the materialā¦I donāt wanna hear Jesse sing it. I know itās his songs originally. Butā¦weāre all thinking it. Iām just the only one who will say it. That DVD really ruined the album for me. Howard just bodies the songs so well and all the live performances on YouTube. Bro Iām sorry. Maybe if I was like 40 or something and I grew up with AOJB maybe it would hit different but manā¦Iām just being 100% honest with yāall.
Atonement is cool. The features are weird. Even Howard doesnāt really hit the sameā¦Signal Fire is so mid Iām sorry. Definitely Jesseās best vocal performance so far butā¦itās just ok. Got me thru the pandemic I guess.
Brock Lesā¦I mean Incarnate (lol) is so all over the place man. The songs are good itās just man the ups and downs are crazy. Definitely the weakest back half of an album theyāve ever made. Howeverā¦āLoyaltyā is a top 5 song and Iāll die on that hill.
The B sidesā¦I donāt even wanna go into it cuz I love this band and I know my opinions have already gotten me destroyed. So letās just say āno thank youā.
If you made it this far down my bookā¦it might not seem like it but I love Killswitch. Hell I wrote a novel for a tier list. Iām beyond passionate about this band and could talk about them all day long. Iām hyped for the new album, even though the singles areā¦wellā¦mid. But ima KSE lifer. Times of Grace, Sion, whatever they make in the KSE Multiverse ima listen. Even if I have to play āwe listen and we donāt judgeā ššš
Just like all my posts I wanna make it clear I donāt believe they have a bad song period. All their albums are good. But for ranking Iāve felt this way for a while.
ADD is perfect.
The 2009 self titled would be S tier for me if the production was better. Song wise theyāre no skips. And āStarting Overā is my favorite song. Like ever. Thatās the best song ever made.
EOH is a masterpiece but idc itās just not āSā tier to me. For me āSā tier has gotta be like hands down perfection. And ima be real, the title track is āokayā. Compared to the rest of the album I mean. When I was 13 it was the best song ever but in 2025 itās an immediate skip lol.
DTD is arguably instrumentally their best album. I still get chills whenever I hear āYou Donāt Bleed For Meā. Itās far from Jesseās best performance but I love the lyrics. I just cringe when I hear him scream so aggressively. Idk how that guy can talk.
Now ironically the 1st self titled I love Jesseās raw vocals. Kind of a contradiction I know but man he was making inhuman sounds. And just the idea that no one had ever heard this sound before is so cool. Songs like āNumb Sickened Eyesā and āRusted Embraceā are just so good manā¦folks really sleep on this project.
AOJBā¦ima get hate for this. But after almost a decade of hearing Howard sing the materialā¦I donāt wanna hear Jesse sing it. I know itās his songs originally. Butā¦weāre all thinking it. Iām just the only one who will say it. That DVD really ruined the album for me. Howard just bodies the songs so well and all the live performances on YouTube. Bro Iām sorry. Maybe if I was like 40 or something and I grew up with AOJB maybe it would hit different but manā¦Iām just being 100% honest with yāall.
Atonement is cool. The features are weird. Even Howard doesnāt really hit the sameā¦Signal Fire is so mid Iām sorry. Definitely Jesseās best vocal performance so far butā¦itās just ok. Got me thru the pandemic I guess.
Brock Lesā¦I mean Incarnate (lol) is so all over the place man. The songs are good itās just man the ups and downs are crazy. Definitely the weakest back half of an album theyāve ever made. Howeverā¦āLoyaltyā is a top 5 song and Iāll die on that hill.
The B sidesā¦I donāt even wanna go into it cuz I love this band and I know my opinions have already gotten me destroyed. So letās just say āno thank youā.
If you made it this far down my bookā¦it might not seem like it but I love Killswitch. Hell I wrote a novel for a tier list. Iām beyond passionate about this band and could talk about them all day long. Iām hyped for the new album, even though the singles areā¦wellā¦mid. But ima KSE lifer. Times of Grace, Sion, whatever they make in the KSE Multiverse ima listen. Even if I have to play āwe listen and we donāt judgeā ššš