KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and the band’s former singer Howard Jones have recorded 10 songs for his or her collaborative new challenge.

Earlier right this moment (Friday, August 18),Jones took to his Instagram to jot down that “13 demos” have been created for the as-yet-unnamed new group, which hopes to place the ending touches on the report “as quickly as potential.”

Jones left KILLSWITCH ENGAGE in 2012 and battled manic melancholy and bipolar dysfunction earlier than forming a brand new challenge, DEVIL YOU KNOW, with guitarist Francesco Artusato (ALL SHALL PERISH) and drummer John Sankey (DEVOLVED). Together with bassist Ryan Wombacher (BLEEDING THROUGH),they recorded and toured behind two well-received albums, 2014’s “The Magnificence Of Destruction” and 2015’s “They Bleed Purple”. In 2017, the band modified its identify to LIGHT THE TORCH.

Jones makes an look on KILLSWITCH ENGAGE‘s newest album, 2019’s “Atonement”, contributing visitor vocals to the track “The Sign Fireplace”.

Jones mentioned his earlier psychological well being points in a 2016 interview with Steel Hammer. He mentioned: “For lots of the time throughout the entire manic melancholy factor, I did not notice how dangerous I used to be. I believed the excessive ranges of tension I used to be experiencing was simply my lot in life, I did not notice that there was assist available for me to have the ability to take care of that. I believed that I used to be simply meant to really feel actually nervous round massive crowds. Now it is like being a child once more, as a result of I can take care of it, so I’ve obtained my ardour again and it is nice.”

Requested what made him get again into music after leaving KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, Howard advised Heavy New York: “Truthfully, I feel it was as a result of I used to be simply sort of uninterested in doing nothing and I do not do a lot else apart from music. I felt like I wanted to enterprise out as a result of I used to be principally agoraphobic for 3 years. It is sort of well-known. I went off the grid. I did not have a mobile phone for 3 years — I used to be gone. It felt, like, ‘Okay, possibly I ought to dip my toe in. I haven’t got to do it full time. I haven’t got to do what I do not need to do.’ That is all I used to be considering. I began shifting, I began doing issues. It was undoubtedly a wrestle, particularly for the primary few years. I used to be, like, ‘What am I doing?’ There’s been few issues in my life that has been constant apart from music. I simply did it. It simply took a while, then all the sudden, the spark confirmed up. I fell again in love with what I used to be doing. I actually cannot clarify it. It simply kind of occurred.”

Present KILLSWITCH ENGAGE singer Jesse Leach appeared on the band’s self-titled debut and sophomore album, “Alive Or Simply Respiration”, earlier than exiting the group. Jones took over on vocals for “The Finish Of Heartache”, “As Daylight Dies” and the 2009 self-titled set earlier than being dismissed from KILLSWITCH ENGAGE 11 years in the past and being changed by a returning Leach.

In 2012, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE bassist Mike D’Antonio advised Boston Globe that the band’s break up with Jones was necessitated by the singer’s wrestle with private points, together with diabetes that had gone untreated for a number of years. “It turned very obvious we needed to transfer on with out him,” D’Antonio mentioned. “Howard did not give up.”