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Springfield MA, United States (1996 – present)
Shadows Fall formed in 1996 in Springfield, Massachusetts and rose up as a prominent member of the bustling Massachusetts metal and hardcore scene that has recently produced bands such as Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, and Unearth. Guitar duo Jonathan Donais and Matt Bachand got together in ‘96 and had the original lineup complete within a year. These members were vocalist Philip Labonte, now with All That Remains, bass player Paul Romanko, and drummer David Germain.
Music from Shadows Fall’s early days can be compared to metal legends such as Metallica, Slayer, and Iron Maiden as their songs relied heavily on the start-stop tempo changes made famous by the aforementioned bands. The band also had alot of death metal influences at the time. They began touring the New England area and eventually were able to obtain open slots for acclaimed metal bands such as Fear Factory and Cannibal Corpse. In 1997, the band released it’s first full length album, Somber Eyes to the Sky, on Matt Bachand’s own Lifeless Records. This however, would be the only album the band would record with Labonte. He was replaced by current vocalist Brian Fair in 1998.
The band signed with the prominent underground metal record label, Century Media in 1999. Early during the following year, Shadows Fall released Of One Blood. Their sound was a still mixture of thrash, death metal, and hardcore with a little more hard rock influence thrown in due to the entry of the Brian Fair.
Music from Shadows Fall’s early days can be compared to metal legends such as Metallica, Slayer, and Iron Maiden as their songs relied heavily on the start-stop tempo changes made famous by the aforementioned bands. The band also had alot of death metal influences at the time. They began touring the New England area and eventually were able to obtain open slots for acclaimed metal bands such as Fear Factory and Cannibal Corpse. In 1997, the band released it’s first full length album, Somber Eyes to the Sky, on Matt Bachand’s own Lifeless Records. This however, would be the only album the band would record with Labonte. He was replaced by current vocalist Brian Fair in 1998.
The band signed with the prominent underground metal record label, Century Media in 1999. Early during the following year, Shadows Fall released Of One Blood. Their sound was a still mixture of thrash, death metal, and hardcore with a little more hard rock influence thrown in due to the entry of the Brian Fair.
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The War Within
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The Light That Blinds
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What Drives the Weak
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Enlightened by the Cold
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The Power of I and I
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Inspiration on Demand
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Destroyer of Senses
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Thoughts Without Words
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In Effigy
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illninodreadie wrote:
yeah 3,476,723
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dementedX14 wrote:
I thought they would have more plays than 3 million.
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MesmythCore wrote:
the new album is awesome [5]
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bleedthesky212 wrote:
Well hxcpunker, if you'll look at my plays you'll plainly see that I do not only listen to metalcore.
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Kattfan_93 wrote:
Saw them live yesterday and they WERE AWESOME :D:D:D:D:D
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Metal_made wrote:
the new album is awesome [4]
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hxcpunker wrote:
probably because the only thing you listen to is metalcore. If you're talking about early (somber eyes to the sky-of one blood) shadows fall then you're right, it's not metalcore but anything after of one blood is pure thrash/metalcore.
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bleedthesky212 wrote:
Shadows Fall are not metalcore, never have been. Why is every metal band on last.fm tagged metalcore?
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akansas13 wrote:
the new album is awesome [3]
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DeniiRocks wrote:
the new album is awesome [2]
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Tapsa44 wrote:
The new album is awesome...
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inhumanPUMPKIN wrote:
some people think trolling is underrated. those people are morons.
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DarwinsPitbull wrote:
Some people think that metalcore is not the 21st century equivalent of glam rock from the 80's. Those people are morons.
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Vitamin-fm wrote:
Мы ждем вас, парни!!!
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Reverie-I--I- wrote:
Whats up with that pic?
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PetrusLIVE wrote:
Finally a metalcore band thrashy enough to listen to, new album is kickass!
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knusp3r wrote:
the new album is just incredible :) i love it
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CorDarei wrote:
Their new album is...very nice. I like it a lot. Great ideas and realisations.
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PureAgony wrote:
CLOCK CHANGE 1 HOUR BACK NOW
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nixodem wrote:
new album is very good
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Shock And Raw Tour 2009
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Five Finger Death Punch
Academy 2, Manchester, United Kingdom
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