Disarm the Descent is the sixth studio album by the American metalcore band Killswitch Engage. The album was released on April 2, 2013, under Roadrunner Records. It is the band's first album with Jesse Leach on vocals since 2002's Alive or Just Breathing. Killswitch Engage announced the return of Leach in January 2012, after vocalist Howard Jones parted ways with the group due to illness. The album received generally positive reception from professional critics. It debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200 48,000 copies in the U.S. in its first week, it also topped both the Top Hard Rock Albums Chart and the Top Rock Albums Chart.