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The Massachusetts metal mavens' seventh release is an almost supernaturally tight set of energized metal riffs, warp-power drumming, and throat-shredding vocals that finds Shadows Fall emerging from the sway of their more thrash-minded peers and setting the controls for the burning heart of prog. "In Effigy" kicks the album off with stunningly effective twin lead guitars and a crushing rhythmic attack, while the ambitious and strangely catchy "December" features singer Brian Fair alternating between tuneful, heavily treated synthesized vocals and his more customary guttural style.
Shadows Fall: Matthew Bachand, Jonathan Donais (vocals, guitar); Brian Fair (vocals); Paul Romanko (bass guitar); Jason Bittner (drums).
Alternative Press (p.210) - 4 out of 5 -- "Fair's vocals are as melodic as the lashing post-thrash-metal riffs that back him....Songs such as 'In Effigy' and 'This Is My Own' show off slickly produced shredding and pounding drums."
CMJ (p.27) - "Guitarist Johnny 'Rock 'N Roll' Donais's solos deftly rise and fall, while vocalist Brian Fair maintains comparisons to a younger, fitter James Hetfield."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.63) - "With danceable, battering-ram riffs galore and a backbone of thrashing steel, this is a crushing, exhilarating record crammed full of brilliant melodic flourishes Fallout From The War Music Shadows Fall Fallout From The War Songs Fallout From The War Music Fallout From The War Music Review Average Rating: (4.2 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews alright
noooooooooo i love this album but whats the go with track 11 the last track tease and plese its so stupid y do something that dosent really forphill the album same with the other 2 b4 that song hay! i love this album but that song just enoyed the piss out of me its just no for him!!!
Submitted by glenellis1 (coonamble nsw)
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This was long coming. Serving in the majors for 2007. The covers are stacked neatly to the end. These are like disposed B-sides and other ends that their weakest album to date in their catalog would get this treatment sooner than later. What's with the singer when the thump comes to thud? They've flipped two singers earlier in their career, then this? I know this man has Smiths blood written all over this record! Hah! Prove it after their first major-label debut release from Atlantic comes out. Tracks 7 & 8 are hard to come by when I heard them played on this record. Hmmm ...
Submitted by Hmmm ... (Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA)
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This cd is a great collection of songs and covers. Shadows Fall have made some great tracks that had not made it on their The War Within album. I bought this cd for the track "In Effigy", great vocals by Brian Fair. Nice that they also had "Deadworld" in their redone as well, The track "Going, Going, Gone" has great guitar and drum work as well. Buy this cd if you are truly a Shadows Fall fan, not a pretender.
Submitted by Bloodar (From The States)
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First of all, keep in mind people that this is really just stuff that didn't make it onto The War Within. Filler? Call it what you will, but don't bash these guys for deciding not to wait ten years before releasing this stuff to pacify their fans. Second, how can someone be so ignorant to say that the guitar work on this or any other Shadows Fall album is less than superb? It's obviously some stuck up player who thinks that if he can play what he's hearing, it's bad; otherwise, it's an idiot who doesn't play an instrument at all and therefore can't understand the time and effort that goes into learning how to play one at all, let alone as well as the players of this band. Third, I agree more or less halfway on the general opinion of Brian Fair (singer). I think that they should keep him, but fix him. Play Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets over and over again for him until he can't help but sing like James did. The bottom line is, get this if you really like Shadows Fall; otherwise, check out The War Within and/or The Art of Balance.
Submitted by Aaron Jay ((old school)Metallicaland)
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The drumming is not "insane" if you want insane drumming look at the drummers from Emporer and Dimmu Brogir. There's an example of insane drumming. All Bittner can do is double bass. And he's not even that fast. He's overated. Just like the guitar work. What's so special about their riffs again? Oh yeah, nothing. Theses guys can't hold a candle to a real player like Laiho, or even Peter Tatgren. Anyone who claims the guitars and drumming of Shadows Fall is above average doesn't know what they're talking about and obviously hasn't been paying attention to the metal scene very long. This band is a trend and it's already starting to die. And "Fallout from the war" is the proof.
Submitted by Shadows Fall sucks (Wallingford CT USA)
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