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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.

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1	The Light That Blinds full track	1,147
2	What Drives the Weak	814
3	Enlightened By The Cold full track	566
4	Inspiration on Demand	500
5	The Power of I and I	489
6	Destroyer of Senses	485
7	Still I Rise	423
8	In Effigy full track	384
9	Thoughts Without Words	360
10	Redemption	319
11	King of Nothing	311
12	My Demise	298
13	The Path to Imminent Ruin	284
14	War	274
15	Those Who Cannot Speak	269

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Nejmen wrote:
8 hours ago

Kickass musicians, great songs.

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Nonclique343 wrote:
Wednesday morning

Better than most bands in their genre. Why does this get called Thrash though?

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markzerow wrote:
7 days ago

New album is pretty good!

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Zhoobs wrote:
9 days ago

New album is no "The War Within" but its deffs better than "Threads of Life" in my opinion anyhow :P

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wingkon wrote:
12 days ago

Still I rise from the ashes, from the ashes

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macsox wrote:
15 days ago

I know you kids like to categorize metal. I don't. I either like it or not. I like the new album, a lot.

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ugsux wrote:
18 days ago

new album is awzum !

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Vampremo wrote:
19 days ago

what a bunch of wankers! [2]

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Morbidvisions wrote:
20 days ago

Art of Balance was their peak for me, the War Within was enjoyable enough but too lightweight in comparison, after that it went mundane

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Rawenkeke wrote:
20 days ago

HAHAHA. huge failz at people saying they dont have more then 3mil and that dude comes along and rapes them in the face.

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Vicarious_Lord wrote:
21 days ago

Care to explain how, Wixztor? Betting you probably can't and should move on. Disagreeing by calling what I say "bullcrap" is merely a reflection of the level of cognitive function you have (or lack of). Gotta love how these randoms come and make senseless comments...

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White_Bait wrote:
23 days ago

what a bunch of wankers!

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Wixztor wrote:
24 days ago

@ Vicarious_Lord : bullcrap

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Vicarious_Lord wrote:
28 days ago

The new album is contrived, mundane and ordinary. They crucified Nuclear Assault's 'Critical Mass' among other things, too. They really peaked at The War Within and have rapidly gone downhill since, unfortunately. It's sad to say the least.

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deadsprt wrote:
28 days ago

seen 'em live yesterday/ it was fucking amazing party :D

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illninodreadie wrote:
30 days ago

yeah 3,521,798 plays.......

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analbead wrote:
November 2009

I thought they would have more plays than 3 million. [2]

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Megacorpse88 wrote:
November 2009

One of the few Metalcore bands i like.

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BrodieMck wrote:
November 2009

Cant wait guys :)

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DeThRayN wrote:
November 2009

the new album is awesome [6]

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