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===''The End of Heartache'' (2004β2006)=== ''[[The End of Heartache]]'' was released on May 11, 2004, and peaked at number 21 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 38,000 sales in its first week,<ref name="Usher Keeps Rolling At No. 1">{{cite magazine |title=Usher Keeps Rolling at No. 1 |author=Whitmire, Margo |magazine=Billboard.com |date=May 19, 2004 |url=https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000513474 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218124344/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000513474 |archive-date=December 18, 2007 |access-date=December 7, 2007}}</ref> and it also peaked at number 39 on the [[Australian Albums Chart]].<ref name="Australian charts">{{cite web |title=Australian charts |publisher=Australiancharts.com |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Killswitch+Engage&titel=The+End+Of+Heartache&cat=a |access-date=December 17, 2007}}</ref> The album went on to sell more than 500,000 copies in the U.S and was certified gold on December 7, 2007.<ref name="Gold and Platinum">{{cite web |title=Gold and Platinum |publisher=RIAA.com |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |access-date=December 17, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050454/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |archive-date=June 26, 2007 |df=mdy }}</ref> The album received mostly positive reviews, with Jon Caramanica of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' calling the album a "stunning collection, retaining much of their signature musical brutality".<ref name="Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache ">{{cite magazine |title=''Killswitch Engage β The End of Heartache'' |author=Caramanica, Jon |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 19, 2004 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/killswitchengage/albums/album/5243697/review/6383805/the_end_of_heartache |access-date=December 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226204444/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/killswitchengage/albums/album/5243697/review/6383805/the_end_of_heartache |archive-date=December 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> Eduardo Rivadavia of [[AllMusic]] commented "[[guitar riff|riffs]] upon riffs are piled sky-high into each number that follows, it's the unpredictable rhythmic shifts used to build and then relieve internal pressure that fuel the Killswitch Engage power source".<ref name="The End of Heartache - Killswitch Engage">{{cite web |title=The End of Heartache β Killswitch Engage |author=Rivadavia, Eduardo |website=Allmusic |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r690951|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=December 17, 2007}}</ref> "[[The End of Heartache (song)|The End of Heartache]]" became the main single for the movie ''[[Resident Evil: Apocalypse]]'', and in 2005 the song was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]] for the [[47th Grammy Awards]]. In late 2004, ''The End of Heartache'' was re-released as a special edition album, with a second disc featuring various live performances, a Japanese bonus track, and a re-recorded version of "Irreversal". During the summer of 2005, the band returned for Ozzfest, and on November 1, 2005, ''Alive or Just Breathing'' was re-released as part of Roadrunner Records' 25th anniversary. On November 22, 2005, the live DVD ''[[(Set This) World Ablaze]]'' was released, which contained a live concert at the Palladium in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], an hour-long documentary, and all the band's music videos. The DVD was certified gold in the US on April 8, 2006.<ref name="Gold and Platinum"/>
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