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Shadows Fall first started in 1996 when guitarists Jonathan Donais and
Matthew Bachand came together to join the New England underground Metal
scene; the early line-up also included vocalist Phil Labonte, bassist
Paul Romanko and drummer David Germain.
The quintet released their debut album, "Somber Eyes To The Sky",
in 1997 on Bachand's label, Lifeless Records; this helped garner them
a lot of attention throughout their Massachusetts, USA, home.
In late 1998 Labonte, who joined All
That Remains, was replaced by vocalist Brian Fair and the band eventually
grabbed a worldwide deal with Century Media Records.
The group's first release for the label, 2000's "Of One Blood",
exposed the band to a worldwide audience as they went on tour with like-minded
acts such as Candiria.
Their third release, "The Art Of Balance", was issued in September
of 2002 and marked the introduction of new drummer Jason Bittner; the
record smashed at #15 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart; after
touring the world with the likes of Mushroomhead,
Avenged Sevenfold, Lamb
Of God and many more, Shadows Fall, headed back into the studio to
record its fourth album.
"The War Within", which appeared on shelves in September 2004,
took the band to new commercial heights, it cracked the top 20 of The
Billboard 200 list and its main single, "What Drives The Weak",
hit the top 40 of The Mainstream Rock chart.
Two yars later the Springfield-based group released "Fallout From
The War" which collected songs that were started but never completed
during the sessions for "The War Within" along with reworked
vintage material and three cover songs; this 11-track set was their final
release for Century Media and reached #83 on The Billboard 200 Albums
chart.
Shadows Fall then moved on to the Warner-associated Atlantic Records
to release their next full-length disc, "Threads Of Life". The
much anticipated collection, which features the single "Redemption",
arrives in stores on April 3.
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