Best news I've heard in awhile from Shadows Fall

In a recent interview with the Rock it Out! Blog, Shadows Fall frontman Brian Fair was asked about plans for a new studio album.

This is what he had to say:

"We've been talking about the new record. We haven't really started writing, but me, Matt [Bachand, guitar] and Jon [Donais, guitar] were talking, [and] we wanna write a really fast, technical thrash record this time around — really just kind of keep it nice, brutal and heavy."

As a long time Shadows Fall fan, I just want to say 'hell yes!' This is the news a lot of us old school fans were waiting to hear, and while I do like a lot of the slower more melodic Shadows Fall songs, the heavier stuff on Of One Blood, The Art of Balance and The War Within is still where it's at.

Let's hope the band delivers on its word. If so, Shadows Fall might just be my favorite modern metal band once more (Retribution was great in my opinion, but it takes a lot to make up for Threads of Life).

Heavy Metal Tuesday: Shadows Fall and The Black Dahlia Murder Web streams

Shadows Fall's Retribution and The Black Dahlia Murder's Deflorate are both currently streaming online. I have had the Deflorate for awhile and it is definitely one of the band's best. I am waiting until I get my preordered copy in the mail to hear Retribution.

Click here for Shadows Fall.


And here for Black Dahlia Murder.


Update: Dying Fetus's album Descend Into Depravity is also available for your listening pleasure online now. It's BRUTAL!



Remember if you end up liking any of these albums to go support metal and buy one either online or at your favorite store. This Tuesday has many big releases, so I made a list below.

Tuesday Metal Release List:
* Ace Frehley- Anomaly
* Megadeth- Endgame
* Shadows Fall- Retribution
* The Black Dahlia Murder- Deflorate
* Dying Fetus- Descend Into Depravity

Shadows Fall Perform "Still I Rise" on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Shadows Fall rocked Jimmy Fallon's 5-year-old smirk right off his face last night. View the carnage below.

Shadows Fall: "Still I Rise" Video

The Shads are back! I dig this track more than most of the stuff on "The War Within"! Good guitar work and the video is alright, even if the whole MMA thing is becoming redundant. I am psyched for the new CD now. Hopefully the rest of "Retribution" is as good or better.

Shadows Fall - Still I Rise

Where's Your Crown King Nothing?

Shadows Fall put up the new song King of Nothing on its MySpace page. The track features Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe doing some guest vocals and it sounds like the band is getting back into its heavy sound.

I tried to get into "Threads of Life", but it just seemed like generic metal for the most part with mediocre production. Which is hard for me to say because Shadows Fall have always been one of my favorite newer bands.

If this track is any indicator we will have something that will at least be on par with "The War Within" if not "The Art of Balance".

UPDATE: Song available below. Also download available here.

Shadows Fall Seek "Retribution"

Shadows Fall has been one of my favorite metal bands of the past decade after releasing metal classics, "Of One Blood" and The Art of Balance". The band saw commercial fame with its release "The War Within" and signed to Atlantic Records.

The band's momentum was at an all time high, but then crashed after they released the mediocre "Threads of Life" album.

Now the band has started its own independent label by way of which it will be releasing the new CD "Retribution" on September 15.

Hopefully Shadows Fall will reclaim its former glory and prove to fans that there are still many more raging years of metal to come.

Check out the band playing the new song "Retribution" live. My metal heart fills with hope.



UPDATE: New album cover below. Nothing too fancy, looks like a badge/seal of some kind.