Shadows Fall Enters The Studio
Shadows Fall entered the studio in late-August to begin pre-production for their new album, and Atlantic Records debut. Here's an update from drummer Jason Bittner:
"Well everyone, as of 2 weeks ago we started pre-production for our new album with our producer Nick Raskulinecz. He flew out from LA on a Monday evening, and by Tuesday afternoon we were in our rehearsal room slowly dissecting all of the material that we currently have written for our Atlantic debut.
First off, I think everyone was impressed...Nick was pretty stoked with our material and ambitions, and the band was extremely excited and impressed by Nick's ideas, let alone his never-ending enthusiasm! We put a solid 6 hours in the 1st day just jamming and revamping. Later on that night brought a well-deserved evening at the bar discussing what we would do once we got in the studio.
Day 2 brought the seeds for 2 more new songs, as well as a day of actually demoing the tunes for the first time in their new forms. At this point everyone was shot, so we all decided to be smart, stay in and get some rest.
Day 3 brought another new song to the table...Matt, Jon, and Paul had a wedding to go to so we ended early, I went home to NY and Brian and Nick worked on vox for the rest of the day.
The last day, I was informed that it was going to be a vocal day only, so I stayed home to rest my arm which at this point was hamburger (Damn tendonitis!!)!! At the end of the day, Brian had a good 7 tunes demoed out vocally with some great new ideas, and Nick got on a flight back to LA.
All in all, we had a great 1st run. We can't stop talking about how much we think Nick is helping to add some more dimension to this band that we never thought existed, but don't start worrying yet, we're not cutting our hair and selling out, this record is still going to be heavy as hell!"
Source: Lambgoat
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14 Comments on "Shadows Fall Enters The Studio"
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3. writes:
Fallout was a collection of songs that werent finished when production wrapped on "The War Within" with some rare tracks and covers thrown in.
They're no longer tethered to Century Media so there is no obligation to push themselves or a b-side collection....
Further more, major labels are a little heavy handed when it comes to deadlines, especially with debut albums(for Atlantic anyway), and even more specificly with high risk acts (metal, experimental etc) , they fullfilled their contract with CM so it means more music for fans sooner.
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5. writes:
their sound has changed so much over the years. now its almost as if they are on the verge of putting an album out of radio rock tunes. i love these guys, and what they've done for the underground metal scene along w/ LOG, Mastadon, and bands like that is phenomenal, but im really not all that excited about hearing their new stuff considering the last to albums sounded almost excactly the same.
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10. writes:
Well it will be a major label debut so it may be better and it may be more focused towards a mainstream radio audience. Only time will tell. This next one will most likely sound better in the recording aspect. But only they know if they'll change their sound for the label.
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11. writes:
I've been a fan since pre-Art of Balance, but was not in the know when Of One Blood was new.
I happen to enjoy all of their albums at least in part, with Art of Balance being my favorite overall and War Within having some of the bands most jaw dropping (Light that Blinds, Enlightened by the Cold) moments.
Both boast what I consider to be tasteful levels of vocal and instrumental melody and at least decent (certainly not classic) lyrics. Heavy is rarely sacrifced in terms of speed and complexity....
But I -would- be let down if the band took on much of the pace and sound of "December"...one of the three covers on Fallout...That would pretty much kill it for me.
12. writes:
well im just sayin that those albums were dissapointments for me not just cuz they didnt have it heavy i just think it sounded kinda stupid...sure there were a few songs i liked but i just dont like those albums overall...they just didnt "click"....but i really hope they dont try to go all "mainstream" sounding...that usually ends up being terrible for metal bands in my opinion...
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14. writes:
i agree that the art of balance was their best cd, but of one blood was excellent as well. im pretty sure the change in their sound began w/ the art of balance. i liked that progression. they changed singers from phil labonte to brian fair after one album so that didnt really affect it that much. however, the progression and positive gains they made w/ art of balance is being sold down the f***in river for radio friendly hooks and all that good stuff. they are a band that like LOG deserve some reward for the path theyve recently paved (w/in the last 10 years) for heavy music, but i wont be picking up any new shadows fall stuff anytime soon....highly dissappointing
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1. OpethSuck!!! writes:
So, one tour and their back in the studio. That's kinda weird to me. Shouldn't they be touring their asses off promoting their record? Anybody know how many albums they sold of the Fallout From The War by chance? Must of been some good sales for just one summer tour that's all I gotta say.