Guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz’s Mesa Boogie is found understage, miked with a Shure SM7 and a Heil PR 40.
Guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz
Guitarist Joel Stroetzel, bassist Mike D’Antonio and fill-in vocalist Phil LaBonte
Guitarist Joel Stroetzel uses a Splawn Nitro 100-watt head with KT-88 tubes for his main tone, and a Fuchs Clean Machine 1×12 combo for his clean tone.
On this tour, the opening acts and Killswitch Engage are all mixed on the same board, so front-of-house engineer Jordan Coopersmith opted for a Digidesign D-Show.
Killswitch Engage guitar/bass tech Josh Mihlek
Justin Foley’s kit is miked with Sennheiser 901 and Heil PR40 (kick), Audio-Technica AE3000 (snare top/bottom, rack tom), AT4021 (hi-hat, ride), AT4040 (floor toms), 4050 (overheads) and Shure Beta 98s (cowbell, crash, china).
Justin Foley’s kit is miked with Sennheiser 901 and Heil PR40 (kick), Audio-Technica AE3000 (snare top/bottom, rack tom), AT4021 (hi-hat, ride), AT4040 (floor toms), 4050 (overheads) and Shure Beta 98s (cowbell, crash, china).
Justin Foley’s kit is miked with Sennheiser 901 and Heil PR40 (kick), Audio-Technica AE3000 (snare top/bottom, rack tom), AT4021 (hi-hat, ride), AT4040 (floor toms), 4050 (overheads) and Shure Beta 98s (cowbell, crash, china).
Justin Foley’s kit is miked with Sennheiser 901 and Heil PR40 (kick), Audio-Technica AE3000 (snare top/bottom, rack tom), AT4021 (hi-hat, ride), AT4040 (floor toms), 4050 (overheads) and Shure Beta 98s (cowbell, crash, china).
Killswitch Engage onstage
Killswitch Engage onstage
Killswitch Engage onstage
Killswitch Engage onstage
Bassist Mike D’Antonio uses an Ampeg SVT-VR bass head. “We don’t mike his cab anymore; we’re currently using three DIs: an Avalon, a rackmount SansAmp and the DI on the bass head,” says guitar/bass tech Josh Mihlek.
Monitor engineer Nate Moore mixes on a Digidesign Profile loaded with the standard VENUE Pack Pro plug-ins, including Smack! on vocal channels, BF76 on bass and Fairchild 660 on snare.
Fill-in vocalist Phil LaBonte and guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz
Fill-in vocalist Phil LaBonte and bassist Mike D’Antonio
Drum tech Sean McCall
Guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz
Guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz
Guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz
Guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz
Guitarist Joel Stroetzel uses a Fuchs Clean Machine 1×12 combo for his clean tone.
Guitarist Joel Stroetzel
Guitarist Joel Stroetzel
Fill-in vocalist Phil LaBonte
Fill-in vocalist Phil LaBonte
Fill-in vocalist Phil LaBonte
Guitar tech Tom Cavanaugh
