Light the Torch
Powerful, anthemic metalcore defined by soaring baritone vocals and massive rhythmic hooks. High-energy music for resilience and personal breakthroughs.
Powerful, anthemic metalcore defined by soaring baritone vocals and massive rhythmic hooks. High-energy music for resilience and personal breakthroughs.
Light the Torch represents a significant evolution in the American metalcore scene, particularly as a vehicle for the iconic vocals of Howard Jones. Originally formed as Devil You Know in 2012, the group underwent a rebranding in 2017 due to legal complexities with a former member.
This shift coincided with a musical refinement, moving away from the more chaotic elements of traditional metalcore toward a structured, anthemic sound often categorized as alternative metal. The band's identity is inextricably linked to Jones's legacy in Killswitch Engage, yet Light the Torch carves out its own space by emphasizing hook-driven songwriting and themes of personal redemption, sobriety, and mental health. Critically, they are praised for their 'all killer, no filler' approach to album construction, maintaining a high-fidelity production standard that appeals to both the active rock radio demographic and the core metal community. Their influence is felt in the 'modern melodic' wave of metal, where the vocal performance is treated with the same weight as the guitar work.
Shares clean-to-scream transitions, alternative metal, cathartic, hard rock (detail)
Shares melodic metalcore, empowering, alternative metal, cathartic (signature)
Shares alternative metal, cathartic, hard rock, screaming (subgenre)
Shares clean-to-scream transitions, staccato palm-muted riffs, alternative metal, cathartic (detail)
Cassette uses generative AI to enrich its catalog. How we use AI →
