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Mike D'Antonio
D'Antonio with Killswitch Engage in 2016
Background information
Birth name	Michael D'Antonio
Born	(1973-05-19) May 19, 1973 (age 51)
Genres	Heavy metal metalcore hardcore punk thrash metal
Occupation	Bassist
Years active	1991–present
Member of	Killswitch Engage Overcast Death Ray Vision

Michael D'Antonio (born May 19, 1973) is an American musician, best known as the bass guitarist and founder of the metalcore band Killswitch Engage. He is also the founder and bassist of the bands Overcast and Death Ray Vision.

Career

D'Antonio's writing influences include old New York Hardcore bands like Cro-Mags, Leeway, Madball and Agnostic Front, and he cites Cliff Burton of thrash metal band Metallica and Harley Flanagan of the Cro-Mags as personal influences.

D'Antonio formed the band Killswitch Engage after the demise of his band Overcast in 1998.

All of Killswitch Engage's album artwork and tour merchandise is designed by D'Antonio, who is a graphic artist. D'Antonio's company, DarkicoN design, produces artwork for bands such as Shadows Fall, Unearth, All That Remains, New England Metal and Hardcore Fest and Crowbar.

D'Antonio's latest side project band is Death Ray Vision.

Equipment

D'Antonio uses his signature Ibanez basses and an EBS bass rig.

Discography

Overcast

• Expectational Dilution (1994)
• Fight Ambition to Kill (1997)
• Reborn to Kill Again (2008)

Killswitch Engage

• Killswitch Engage (2000)
• Alive or Just Breathing (2002)
• The End of Heartache (2004)
• As Daylight Dies (2006)
• Killswitch Engage (2009)
• Disarm the Descent (2013)
• Incarnate (2016)
• Atonement (2019)

Death Ray Vision

• Get Lost or Get Dead (EP) (2011)
• We Ain't Leavin' Till You're Bleedin' (2013)
• Negative Mental Attitude (2018)
• No Mercy from Electric Eyes (2023)

References

1. "Mike D'Antonio: From Bassist to Graphic Designer, From Killswitch Engage to Baptized in Blood". Archived from the original on August 8, 2016.
2. "Comb Magazine – Exclusive Interview: Mike D'Antonio of Killswitch Engage & Death Ray Vision". www.combmagazine.com.

External links

• Killswitch Engage official website Retrieved January 27, 2005.
• Ibanez Signature D'Antonio MDB1 Bass Guitar

• American heavy metal bass guitarists
• American male bass guitarists
• Living people
• 1973 births
• Killswitch Engage members
• 21st-century American bass guitarists
• 21st-century American male musicians
• 20th-century American bass guitarists
• 20th-century American male musicians