Editing Killswitch Engage (section)

===''As Daylight Dies'' (2006–2007)===
[[File:Killswitch Engage.jpg|thumb|left|Killswitch Engage performing in 2007]]
Killswitch Engage played the [[Reading and Leeds Festivals]] in August 2006, having already played Australian dates without Dutkiewicz, who was suffering from back problems and needed corrective surgery. On May 23, 2006, the song "This Fire Burns" was released on the ''[[WWE Wreckless Intent]]'' album.<ref name="Wwe: Wreckless Intent CD">{{cite web
|title=Wwe: Wreckless Intent CD
|publisher=CDuniverse.com
|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/7067002/a/WWE:+Wreckless+Intent.htm
|access-date=December 19, 2007}}</ref> The track was intended to be the new theme song for [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] wrestler [[Randy Orton]]; however, it was scrapped and later became the theme song for the [[Judgment Day (2006)|WWE Judgment Day 2006]] [[pay-per-view]]. "This Fire Burns" was used as the entrance theme for WWE wrestler [[CM Punk]] (along with his stables the [[Straight Edge Society]] and [[The New Nexus]]) from 2006 until 2011 and was later re-released as "This Fire" on the ''[[As Daylight Dies]]'' Special Edition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/raw/cmpunk/ |title=WWE: Superstars – Raw – CM Punk |access-date=January 9, 2010 |publisher=[[WWE]]}}</ref>

Recorded in three months, ''As Daylight Dies'' was released on November 21, 2006 and peaked at number 32 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart with 60,000 sales in its first week. ''As Daylight Dies'' proved to be one of their biggest albums yet.<ref name="Jay-Z Reclaims His 'Kingdom' With No.&nbsp;1 Debut">{{cite magazine
|title=Jay-Z Reclaims His 'Kingdom' With No.&nbsp;1 Debut
|author=Hasty, Katie
|magazine=Billboard.com
|date=November 29, 2006 
|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56552/jay-z-reclaims-his-kingdom-with-no-1-debut 
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929224555/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56552/jay-z-reclaims-his-kingdom-with-no-1-debut 
|archive-date=September 29, 2007
|access-date=December 17, 2007}}</ref> It also entered the Australian Albums Chart at number 29.<ref name="Australian charts"/> [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|Mixed]] by Dutkiewicz, the album received mostly positive reviews—Thom Jurek of Allmusic called it "a Top Five metal candidate for 2006 for sure".<ref name="As Daylight Dies AMG review">{{cite web
|title= As Daylight Dies AMG review
|author=Jurek, Thom
|website=Allmusic
|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r930742|pure_url=yes}}
|access-date=December 18, 2007}}</ref> ''[[Decibel Magazine]]'' contributor Nick Terry said "To call ''As Daylight Dies'' addictive would be an understatement. That it outdoes its already impressive enough predecessor could almost go without saying".<ref name="Engage your boners">{{cite magazine
 |title=''Engage your boners'' 
 |author=Terry, Nick 
 |magazine=Decibel Magazine 
 |url=http://www.decibelmagazine.com/reviews/dec2006/killswitchengage.aspx?terms=Killswitch+Engage&searchtype=2&fragment=True 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226042256/http://www.decibelmagazine.com/reviews/dec2006/killswitchengage.aspx?terms=Killswitch%2BEngage&searchtype=2&fragment=True 
 |archive-date=December 26, 2007 
 |access-date=December 18, 2007 
 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref> Cosmo Lee of ''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' commented "the album is astonishingly badly sequenced", though he praised the album as being "less emotionally heavy-handed, and a lot more fun".<ref name="Killswitch Engage Stylus">{{cite magazine
 |title=Killswitch Engage Stylus 
 |author=Lee, Cosmo 
 |magazine=[[Stylus Magazine]] 
 |date=December 5, 2006 
 |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/killswitch-engage/as-daylight-dies.htm 
 |access-date=December 17, 2007 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509180820/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/killswitch-engage/as-daylight-dies.htm 
 |archive-date=May 9, 2012 
 |df=mdy 
}}</ref> As of November 27, 2007, ''As Daylight Dies'' has sold more than 500,000 units in the US.<ref name="Success Keeping Killswitch Engage Out Of Studio">{{cite magazine
|title=Success Keeping Killswitch Engage Out of Studio
|author=Graff, Gary
|magazine=Billboard.com
|date=November 27, 2007
|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1047221/success-keeping-killswitch-engage-out-of-studio
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130142421/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1047221/success-keeping-killswitch-engage-out-of-studio
|archive-date=November 30, 2007
|access-date=December 18, 2007}}</ref>

The album's first single, "[[My Curse (song)|My Curse]]", peaked at number 21 on the [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks]] chart, and is featured in the video games ''[[Sleeping Dogs (video game)|Sleeping Dogs]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]'', ''[[Burnout Dominator]]'' and ''[[Burnout Paradise]]'' and is available as downloadable content for the ''Rock Band'' series. "[[The Arms of Sorrow (song)|The Arms of Sorrow]]" peaked at number 31 on the same chart. The band's cover of [[Dio (band)|Dio]]'s "[[Holy Diver (song)|Holy Diver]]", originally recorded for a ''[[Kerrang!]]'' compilation album titled ''High Voltage'',<ref name="Killswitch Engage Don Swords, Armor for ‘Holy Diver’ Video">{{cite web
|title=Killswitch Engage Don Swords, Armor for 'Holy Diver' Video
|publisher=MTV
|date=August 8, 2007 
|url=http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2007/08/08/killswitch-engage-don-swords-armor-for-holy-diver-video/
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225220831/http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2007/08/08/killswitch-engage-don-swords-armor-for-holy-diver-video/
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=December 25, 2007
|access-date=December 18, 2007}}</ref> peaked at number 12 on the Mainstream Rock charts.<ref name="Killswitch Engage Artist Chart History">{{cite magazine
 |title=Killswitch Engage Artist Chart History 
 |magazine=Billboard.com 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416054925/http://www.billboard.com/artist/305863/killswitch+engage/chart 
 |archive-date=April 16, 2013
 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/305863/killswitch+engage/chart 
 |access-date=December 31, 2009 
 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref> Early in 2007, the band had to cancel three of its European tour dates with [[The Haunted (Swedish band)|The Haunted]] due to Dutkiewicz's back problems. He required emergency back surgery and was replaced on the tour by [[Soilwork]] guitarist [[Peter Wichers]].<ref name="Killswitch Engage explain tour postponement">{{cite magazine
|title=Killswitch Engage explain tour postponement
|magazine=[[NME]]
|date=January 16, 2007
|url=https://www.nme.com/news/killswitch-engage/25862
|access-date=December 18, 2007}}</ref>

Due to Dutkiewicz's back problems in early 2007, he was replaced by [[Damageplan]] and The Mercy Clinic frontman [[Patrick Lachman]] during the No Fear Tour.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=67450 |title=Ex-DAMAGEPLAN Singer To Play Guitar For KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – Feb. 20, 2007 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=February 20, 2007 |access-date=December 30, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827125920/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=67450 |archive-date=August 27, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Dutkiewicz recovered and was able to finish the No Fear tour, and the band began filming its video for ''As Daylight Dies''{{'}}s second single, "[[The Arms of Sorrow (song)|The Arms of Sorrow]]". On August 6, 2007, Dutkiewicz was forced to leave the Warped Tour so he could fully recover from his back surgery and continue daily physical therapy. He was replaced by Killswitch's [[guitar technician]] Josh Mihlek for select songs, until his return on August 14, 2007.<ref name="Video Interview">{{cite web
|title=Video Interview
|publisher=RoadrunnerRecords.co.uk
|date=October 23, 2007 
|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/artists/KillswitchEngage/ 
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131202001/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/artists/KillswitchEngage/ 
|archive-date=January 31, 2008
|access-date=January 1, 2008}}</ref>