Killswitch Engage - The Arms of Sorrow

What this video is

Released in 2007 as the second single from Killswitch Engage's 2006 album As Daylight Dies (Roadrunner Records), 'The Arms of Sorrow' arrived during the peak commercial moment for melodic metalcore. The album was certified platinum in the US, and this single charted at No. 30 on the US Mainstream Rock chart. The video debuted on the band's MySpace profile on April 26, 2007 — a gesture emblematic of the mid-2000s…

Why it matters

Killswitch Engage were widely regarded as central architects of melodic metalcore, blending New England hardcore aggression with Swedish melodic death metal melody. 'The Arms of Sorrow' exemplifies the subgenre's hallmark duality — crushing riffing and clean melodic choruses — and its video's…

The director

Lex Halaby is a Los Angeles-based music video and commercial director who studied film at UCLA. He directed multiple videos for Killswitch Engage and is known for work with Hoobastank, Panic! At The Disco, Bad Religion, Atmosphere, Cobra Starship, Mudvayne,…