I had been anticipating the Killswitch Engage/Devil Wears Prada/Dark Tranquility show at the Palladium Ballroom for about three months (ever since I got the email from Ticketmaster). For those who don’t know these bands, their genre is largely considered “metalcore,” a type of heavy metal incorporating both singing and screaming vocals into the music.

On month two, week three, when I was reading the Palladium’s website for the 107th time to make sure the show was still on, I saw tiny writing on the bottom of the ticket purchase page. Could it really be a number for their rep over at Roadrunner Records? One phone call, 15 emails and two weeks later I was sitting on a couch backstage at the Palladium trying not to sound like a giggling groupie as I asked Killswitch Guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz a bunch of random questions.

Jennifer Wayne: So you are on tour with a Christian metalcore band (The Devil Wears Parada). Is it different than being on tour with, say, Rob Zombie?
Adam Dutkiewicz: No different. We go hang out and have a beer after the show. Party.

JW: Why did you start a metal band?
AD: Boredom.

JW: You formed in Massachusetts. Is that a really big “metal” city?
AD: Oh yeah! A lot of metal.

JW: Who influenced you in wanting to get into metal?
AD: A lot of Swedish metal bands like Carcass and At the Gates.

JW: You recorded your last album with a different producer, in two different cities. Will you do that again?
AD: Every album before that had been recorded in Massachusetts. I really like home. So, no. We probably won’t do that again.

JW: Oh so you don’t like sharing a tour bus with a bunch of metal dudes?
AD: It smells. It smells like meat and dude. Smells like farts.

JW: Gross.

If you haven’t been exposed to Killswitch Engage, I urge you to pre-order the new God Of War Soundtrack featuring the new and unreleased track “My Obsession.” I have been fortunate enough to already have a listen and the whole album is a must for metal or video game fans.