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[freezingpoison]

I actually like Jesse's voice rough like this way better than the studio version of it :)

[juussttee]

@freezingpoison Everyone say that he cant sing live , but when I'm listening to it I find pretty good with this voice.

[freezingpoison]

@juussttee Yeah, I agree 100%. I don't really care about others' comments, as long as I enjoy whatever I'm listening. They say Jesse's better on the album, I like him better live.

[juussttee]

@freezingpoison Maybe he should watch his clean voice a bit because some times he cant sing the right notes , but his aggressive vocals are impressive

[lineaculpa443]

omg there harmonies are amazing!!!!

[BFMVHeadbanger]

So what if every not isnt in Key his soul and passion is fucking brilliant not enough singers have that

[DimebagDisciple]

@BFMVHeadbanger yeah but he cant hit the notes he hits in the studio, when you can hit the notes and with soul, then it rules! (christina aguilera) (LOL!)

[juussttee]

@DimebagDisciple Think about it , Adam mixed the album and he put the voice way to high for Jesse , dont blame Jesse , blame Adam to lift the pitch of the notes like this

[DimebagDisciple]

@juussttee why's it Adam's fault ? he's in charge of making the album sound amazing. it does. Jesse, as the live vocalist, is in charge delivering it Live. he doesnt.

[juussttee]

@DimebagDisciple He should have made an album and thinking ''is Jesse will able to sing it , is it his vocal register'' , when you make an album man you should think about those things.

[DimebagDisciple]

@juussttee yeah but he sung it on the album lol :P so it should be his register. and its not to do with register, its just Jesse's overall singing is just not good - like in this video - the first couple of lines are horribly out of tune, but not in a particularly difficult area of register.

[juussttee]

@DimebagDisciple If he sounds as bad as that in those videos when he's singing cleanly , he should have a reason because when you see other videos of him live , he is impressive.

[DimebagDisciple]

@juussttee i've never seen a video of him singing well live. can you send me one man? maybe im just not watching the right shit.

[juussttee]

@DimebagDisciple He has some videos who he's singing awsomely , but saddly not in clean.

[DimebagDisciple]

@juussttee oh :S well i personally am not really a fan of his screaming, even on the album, i dont really like it.

[guitalionstalion7]

If I died hadden written that song I would die happy

[oakshir]

actually... this is one of jesse leach's better performances. doesn't seem too drastically out of tune, and hes just showing some wicked passion. much respect.

[StealYaMind]

TOG = Adam D , mixing,guitars,vocals.. probably the basslines too.. wow Jesse fell off

[Faebass]

Theres obviously something wrong with Jesse. He's never this bad live. He probably screamed his voice raw, or maybe he's just sick.

[Andrewscott2388]

Don't get any better than this

[MRchurch100]

he is an amazing singer, pure soul, pure passion, I dont know what you other guys are on saying he's not good live

[juussttee]

@MRchurch100 just because he probably screamed a lot the day before , or he's sick , maybe both

[appleipodtouch2g]

@pagnozzi214 No that is what roadrunner said, he really left because he missed his wife, and just needed to be alone with her an take a break

[appleipodtouch2g]

@DimebagDisciple Tired has nothing to do with it. Imagine playing a show every night for 5 or 6 days, is your voice going to be 100%? No, and I'm really exited to hear them live when they start touring in a couple of months, lets hope for some footage!

[spencyjones]

jesses voice is raw as fuck thats wats good about it fool great to see musicians having fun and ripping it up good work seeing em in 2 weeks sic

[deadlydare]

Jesse was sick here

[808kezia]

adam d's voice gives me the biggest boner

[xKillShockx]

@808kezia Ever since he started singing a little bit on The End of Heartache, I've wanted him to have a solo album lol. Can he play bass? He can play everything else for sure.

[werockyourfaceoff]

@xKillShockx i think he did bass on the hymn of a broken man album. he can totally do a solo album.

[jdmimport13]

Sounds like Jesse is sick during this. Do you know how hard it is too sing with just a HINT of a cold? I know what he can do live, that's all Im concerned about. Every singer has their bad days just like anyone else.

[pagnozzi214]

i prefer jesse over howard any day as the front man of KSE... but it looks like he is in pain singing this song. he left the band originally due to blowing out his voice, and by the looks of it, he is going to do the same thing again... i love jesse's vocals, but adam d brings out the best in him - it just shows you how much of a genius adam d is in the studio... jesse has always had problems hitting notes live, and 10 years later, it looks like he hasnt approved. the new CD will be great thou!

[thnk4urself]

@pagnozzi214 it has nothing to do with adam, listen to his other band the empire shall fall. find videos of him tracking that album, he can sing as good as anybody, it has nothing to do with Adam D. Not that Adam D isn't a phenom in the studio but on hymm of a broken man there wasn't a whole lot adam had to do that he hasn't had to do with Howard or any other singer.

[DimebagDisciple]

@thnk4urself oh ok. you may be right my friend, i haven't really checked out that stuff - but im still not wrong. adam d is an incredible producer and i still believe he is responsible (at least partly) for getting such amazing performances out of Jesse.

[pagnozzi214]

@thnk4urself i still believe it has a lot to do with adam. his other band, empire shall fall and seemless, while much different than KSE, the vocals do not sound as good as they do on the KSE albums and the times of grace album... i believe adam brings out the best in jesse when it comes to vocals... to listen to his vocals in that band and empire shall fall its hard to believe its the same person at times... even listen to the song he did on the road runner records album...

[mrbuddha2026]

Why can't people just accept the fact that Jesse sucked at this performance? Come on, I know you love the band and all. I also like the band a lot. And don't give me that "he just woke up" or "voice fatigue by touring, screaming, etc.", or even the famous one; "Let's see you do better". As much as I like the band, I have to admit that Jesse sucked during this performance.

[thnk4urself]

@mrbuddha2026 well if you can admit this performance sucked than why are you rejecting viable reasons to why he sucked? all singers do damage to their vocal chords, especially metal singers, not only that but jesse was sick in this video. people are accepting he sucked, you're just not accepting why he sucked so take your own critisicm because it applies to you to

[mrbuddha2026]

@thnk4urself Whatever dude...

[sleezye777]

You guy's go on tour for a few months and sing and scream everyday constantly and do little acoustic sets in between and see how your voice holds up. We are only human.

[pagnozzi214]

@sleezye777 i prefer jesse over howard any day of the week as the front man for KSE, but jesse has always had a lot of problems with his voice - he originally left the band due to blowing out his voice, and as you can see here, it looks like he is pain when he is singing. it wont be long again until he hurts his throat again if he doesn't change it up... adam d is a genius in the recording studio and makes him sound amazing - jesse has problem doing it live thou.

[NE0nugget]

Looks like Jesse's back with Killswitch Engage!

[mrbuddha2026]

@NE0nugget Full time member? Those are awesome news. But wouldn't the two bands sound almost the same? I'm not saying is a bad thing, though.

[mjmanoni]

for all those who think they can judge jesse's voice by his live performances, keep in mind of a few things....

1. THIS KEY IS VERY HIGH TO SING IN!!! This is C#m, and he's singing in the range of what is more appropriate for a woman to sing in. HE IS A BEAST!!!

2. Even the greatest singers struggle with vocal fatigue ESPECIALLY WHILE ON TOUR.

3. What you hear on the record is a well rested vocalist who has the advantage of studio editing.

4. LETS SEE YOU DO BETTER....

[juussttee]

@mjmanoni I have to say that you're totaly right , but the scale has nothing to do it could be one octave lower and it still would be in c# minor, it just depend of the pitch and in wich octave the singer will sing

[DkAAmetalfan]

@mjmanoni Well you keep in mind that

1. They wrote this song in that key. The only thing beast about him is his beard his voice is terrible.

2. Vocal fatigue is no excuse for this mess.

3. Your use of 'studio editing' is very loose.

4. Millions of people on youtube could do way better.

Dont get me wrong I have met him and he is a really nice guy but this was just a complete disapointment, and thats what he is known for.

[juussttee]

This video proved that Jesse can sing live !!!

[reach1337]

@juussttee did we watch the same video?

[juussttee]

@reach1337 Ok his voice is maybe a bit too rough for acoustic and I heard few mistakes but in overall I found it good

[hitok12]

fkin loved it, and its the 1st song i heard from them :)

big killswitch fan though :D

[BFMVHeadbanger]

So much soul in his voice

[werockyourfaceoff]

adam and jesse let their souls shine toward the end. amazing.

[fallingraceofficial]

why does everybody try to find something good in jesses vocal performance??is it forbidden to say that terrible???guys listen!!!nearly every note is wrong!and by the way could please anybody send me a link of him singing the chorus "fight for life" live and gets the tone???why is everybody afraid of saying the truth that their record is autotuned as fuck and jesse is not able to sing like he does on the record live. They got a record deal with roadrunner records so he should make a good job!

[ellis0896]

@fallingraceofficial Hahahahahahah shh

[TweakedCast]

man theres voices sound weird. Sounds like Jessie, he has to cough or something. And Adam sounds a bit like he's tired

[UnrealSoldier666]

I never believed in God until i was lost, hopeless and begged for something or someone to believe in... Im not saying i just randomly chose to believe in him, its made me feel alot better knowing that since i do and now go to church and pray that im never alone and its made life alot more happy.

[Lordrazor14]

Adam's got the same acoustic as me!! D:

[CrypticMajesty]

@Lordrazor14 Lucky bastard!

[DimebagDisciple]

on the bright side, the difference between how shit Jesse is live (its true) and how absolutely breathtakingly good he is on the album (also fucking true) just shows how good of a producer Adam D is lol :P

[appleipodtouch2g]

@DimebagDisciple who knows, killswitch said his audition was so good, that it was absolutly breathe taking, mabe hes worked on his voice over the past year. besides, he was in the middle of a tour when he did this.

[DimebagDisciple]

@appleipodtouch2g yeah you could be right, but to me, this isnt the voice of a great live singer slightly tired. its more just like a bit shit :S i hope im wrong though koz i fucking love KsE and ToG !

[thnk4urself]

@DimebagDisciple he's not a great live singer but he is an amazing singer period. I think it's he gets way too into the songs when he sings live and does damage to his vocal chords almost every night he goes out there. Because when he doesn't sing often he sounds incredible live. the show he did with KsE in new york a few years back when they were touring with Phil Labonte, was just incredible. And watch any live videos with his other band, the empire shall fall, he's totally on point with them

[thnk4urself]

@DimebagDisciple not at all. the difference is in the studio Jesse is well rested, and he can do the screaming and singing seperately. It has nothing to do with Adam, find any footage of jesse tracking vocals, he sounds perfect. he can't do it live for whatever reason and in this video he was sick

[BFMVHeadbanger]

@DimebagDisciple Jesse isnt shit live this is just a bad video if seeing videos of him live and he is fucking brilliant

[DimebagDisciple]

@BFMVHeadbanger every live video of Jesse i've seen, he's been shit :S

[mrbuddha2026]

This guys always inspire me to throw my electric thru the window and play my acoustic XD

[z0mgzt0m]

Jesse just woke up before they performed this btw :P

[whispersihearyour]

is joel just helping out? or is he actually in the band?

[RBSfilms1]

@whispersihearyour

He's just touring with them joel and adam are still in kse

not the best time for jesse but I would'nt sing very well if I just woke up too lol.

still amazing!

[whispersihearyour]

@RBSfilms1 hahah i hear that. thats cool though. jesse has a lot of soul which is why i like his vocals.

[GuitarPlayer96100]

adam d...................beast voice

[mouth4war90]

he sounds amazing. sounds dirty and raw.

[m4ssee]

0:33 Joel: "The fuck is this?"

[TheGroundBeef]

@m4ssee HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA SO TRUE!!!!!!!

[killswitchfan89]

fuck it im growing my beard again

[illbeurcheapnovelty]

@killswitchfan89 The beard good sir, is ALL THAT IS MAN.

[SuperAllister18]

it's just the wear and tear of touring he' always has a good voice, it was not working for him that day

[DarthBleh]

Jesse's voice is like that for touring so much. If you don't have a proper technique your voice wears off with constant screaming. Adam D's never been a good live singer though.

[Drakeshit]

dude, I think Jesse is just ill or something. you can tell.

[Mesaman101]

Please be true that he was sick and just woke up because this is horrible.. dont get me wrong the song is dope but come on..

[TheHaZMaTBand]

I remember hearing Jesse was either sick or just woke up before this, hence his iffy voice. Either way, 10x more soul and power than most other modern musicians

[Akitox3]

I love his voice :o

[foxychick82]

adam sounds like the bare naked ladies!...lmao!

[Psychoguy99]

jesse isnt the best singer in the world. im not gonna lie. i still personally think hes really good. but he has 1 thing alot of musicians dont have...SOUL

[Abreakinthelight]

@Psychoguy99 unfortunatly mate i think thats him after a fare few gigs and hes prbubly nackard his vioce XD

[nathanhale23]

Jesse's seen better days..

[AllAmericanJake21]

that was sick!!!

[paarbalgoon]

yo llego a ser cualqiera de los guitarristas y me muero de verguenza... y vaya si fuera jesse desde luego no se me ocurre volver a acer un acustico.

[SpankyMcGrits]

sorry but this sux

[komer666]

Jesse sound's like a black dude, no offense xD

[TheSuperScaryMonster]

Jesse looks so much like the dudes from four year strong with that beard!

[BFMVHeadbanger]

Jesse has so much power and emotion in his voice is incredible

[thnk4urself]

yea he definetly fucked up his voice or has a cold. when I first heard the album, knowing jesse I thought it seemed a little ambitious, sounds great but I knew it would be very difficult to reproduce consistently live. Jesse is still the best ever

[Reality717]

Hey, if everybody have ears can hear, Jesse have a cold, our something, it's not his normal voice ;)

[BFMVHeadbanger]

@Reality717 he woke up just before that

[Reality717]

@BFMVHeadbanger If you say so :)

[BFMVHeadbanger]

@Reality717 when i was watching the forgotten one live at the same place thats what the said so im just taking there word for it

[drewsly1]

he blew his voice out in a previous concert that's why his voice sucks

[guitartedoutlaw]

@drewsly1 naw. he had a cold and he had JUST woken up. Try singing on key with those two factors. I saw them live and he nailed every damn song.

[nevertruster]

0_o sings likes shit, hearing how he can sing this is ridiculous

[MartyFriedmanRulez66]

did Jesse blow out his voice? I KNOW he sing better then this, this is still beautiful, the heart and emotion he puts into it

[MisterPurple91]

Since when did they replace Jesse with a wookie?

[chargamer]

Can't take this seriously

[TrantaLocked]

you can tell jesse has been singing WAY too much this year. his vocal chords are nearly ripped apart.

[wegil606]

This song is beautiful. It's a shame that it's available only on extended edition. And btw. What's on that DVD in european version?

[doseofreality100]

adam sounds like he should be in bare naked ladies. hahaha

[andrewmassacre1]

@doseofreality100 Nah, he's just a huge Phil Collins fan :)

[s33dless1134]

he woke up before this so thats y he sounded shitty and not so good. but hey who cares hes the best there is.

[cjs342011]

Joel rockin the mastodon shirt. nice.

[perfectduck21]

Jesse's voice was tired. He doesn't sound like that normally.

[ibanezslinger350]

adam has by far the better voice

[Varrio142]

love ths song, adam nd jesse rok, thnx times of grace 4 keepin our hope nd love still goin in our lives, luv thr vocals fuk wat othr say bot thm, ppl who complain about thm dont no how to sing or evn write lyrics frm deep within thr heart nd mind

[xxMisterJxx]

what is up with Jesse's voice here? It's pretty bad.

[ellis0896]

@xxMisterJxx It might just be tired because of a tour or something but he has got a good voice like

[appleipodtouch2g]

Holy mother of unpooped stool Adam has a great voice

[8of9]

Hey look! Its white Kimbo Slice singing! hahaha. Jesse is unreal 99% of the time u haters.

[crisjim4]

u can tell hes hitting the right notes but i know it sucks to sing sick

[beeman4266]

Haha I have that same mastodon shirt!

They sounded great too.

[chargamer]

Oh god I can't even take this seriously!!!!!!

[johnsieds]

that is an awesomely meaty beard

[MrPerfectlyWrong]

so much emotion....

[rgkse]

I saw them in Portland and Jesse was flawless...You have good times and bad times i guess...oh well..Still cool.....

[gianma93]

is jesse auto-tuned in the album? his voice seems to be really lower, sometimes he seems in pain, while he growls.

[falco1407]

@gianma93 he had just woke up and was sick they said :P

[sceprent]

I know Jesse never sounds that great live not as amazing on the album.. but this is horrible. Did he mess up his vox again? Adam sounds perfect and he's multitasking. What the hell is going on? Sick?

[falco1407]

@sceprent yes sick and tired

[Obsiviction]

0:51 - Adam is a cyborg, rawr!

[m4ssee]

@Obsiviction

Oh god, laughed my ass off! xDD

[Obsiviction]

@m4ssee Haha, glad to hear it :)

[ekyyM]

well on the other video the radio station posted saying Jesse had just got out of bed xD

you can hear his soul though, fucking love him

[SniperKush420]

favorite band of all time.. cant believe i got to meet them

[mgs19901]

@SniperKush420 dam u lucky i wanna meet them

[mgs19901]

adam is the fucking best, he is times of grace and killswitch!

[SniperKush420]

@mgs19901 fuck yeah dude. hes my idol

[mgs19901]

@SniperKush420 me too man hell yea u rule haha

[falco1407]

his voice is perfect i dont see a problem with soul behind it and not technology

[specialbru]

guys everyone is human, dont expect a radio show to sound like a produced album.

[xLeveler]

Jesse is trying to sing with his metal voice is the problem... He's got to find his beautiful voice. He gets it at the end though!

[aslucalaydying]

Jesse isn't that off, has anyone tried singing his parts? He's also using his "head voice" at almost all the time, he has some very high notes to hit...but yeah I've heard him sing better

[TheLegendOfRiki]

Jesse just SUCKS ASS at singing! I now realize that. Either that or he's just having a bad day.

[LEGiTdistortion]

@TheLegendOfRiki If you listen he kinda coughs in the beginning of the song.

[m4ssee]

@TheLegendOfRiki

He is having a bad day but he still isn't that great..

[silvercolt2000]

buena rola saludos a toda la banda

[Torbearr]

Dang...Adam sounds killer here.

[RahRah658]

Yeah, he sounds very ill here. That is NOT a normal Jesse sound.

[kayRobbins13]

when i saw them on 8/7/11 adam did not sing at teh show cause he was sick, and i talked to him after the show.. so maybe jesse was sick, he sounds like it...and then adam caught it from him ....but jesse is one of the most amazing singers ever

[ArthurRudess]

Adoro Killswitch, Adoro Times of Grace, adoro a Jesse pero... en vivo su voz suena del asco, a penas y puede cantar, parece como si él mismo fuera a colapsar!!! No cabe duda que grabar en estudio hace maravillas. Hay una versión igualmente acústica (en la edición especial) de Willing, en la cuál, ahora, dudo mucho que haya grabado Jesse... la verdad para mi es decepcionante. Hacen canciones que ni siquiera ellos pueden cantar...

[DustinAndNatasha]

I like Jesse as a writer but when it comes to singing Howard hardly messes up. I am talking about singing....not screaming. I like Jesse and Howard but it is difficult to decide who sings better.

[keky55]

Nop...you are wrong even in KSE live Jesse sucked at clean vocals...so yea...

[ErlendRagnaMusic]

good to hear Jesse and Adam singing together again! i miss the original kse....

[JustinVanDyke]

Yeah jesse must have been sick that day cause normally hes %100 better.

[ryukishin4]

Jesse is amazing in this!

[rcklrckl]

I really like how jesse doesn't sing all good but sings with heart, always.

[XxInTheUnblindxX]

@rcklrckl He really sounds like hes got a cold. Ive never heard him sound like this before.

[SniperKush420]

@rcklrckl dont get it twisted. he sounds GREAT live lol. saw them in new orleans a few months ago

[angelajustinperez]

@rcklrckl jesse just woke up before this so thats y he sounds kinda shitty

[Genobe27]

@rcklrckl i have to say there are moments where i dont harmonize corectly i think maby that wasent planned they may have had spair time and than he just wasent in the zone bc he does have a good voice probly just wasent his day

[TheHaZMaTBand]

@rcklrckl He had just woken up before they did this, had no time to warm up. Even so he can belt his heart out

[sk8atimfy]

@rcklrckl very true! I really miss Jesse's singing from AOJB though

[WRXcess]

@rcklrckl to be fair recordings and shows they modify your voice. look at that rebecca black bitch... not to mention he doesnt really do many acoustic songs lol

[rossapher24]

Do you have any footage of you interviewing them or anything?  Or just these songs?

[Unblind898]

Awesome!