SHADOWS FALL (US) - THREADS OF LIFE (LP+ BONUS 7")

“We just wanted to write a full-on metal record,” says Brian Fair, lead singer of Shadows Fall. “We were like, ‘I don’t care what’s going on, nowadays — let’s write some fucking metal!’ I mean, that’s always been our attitude, but this time we went even further into our rock and thrash roots.” Threads Of Life, the new album by Shadows Fall, is a bracing blast of extreme heavy metal, a heady brew of old-school sensibilities and cutting-edge hard rock delivered with passion, precision and a refreshing lack of pretension. Dubbed “the reigning purveyors of everydude metal” by Revolver magazine, the hard-touring, beer-chugging Massachusetts quintet has handily surpassed the high standards set by their critically feted 2002 release, The Art Of Balance, and its even-more-acclaimed 2004 followup, The War Within — the latter of which had sold over 270,000 copies to date, and received a Grammy nomination for the track “What Drives The Weak”, amazing feats for an independent release. One of the original forces behind the New Wave of American Heavy Metal and undisputed leaders in that scene, Shadows Fall are currently on the verge of propelling themselves into the classic metal pantheon with Threads Of Life. TRACKLISTING: 01. REDEMPTION 02. BURNING THE LIVES 03. STORM WINDS 04. FAILURE OF THE DEVOUT 05. VENOMOUS 06. ANOTHER HERO LOST 07. FINAL CALL 08. DREAD UPRISING 09. THE GREAT COLLAPSE 10. JUST ANOTHER NIGHTMARE 11. FOREVERMORE DISC #2: 01. REDEMPTION (LIVE)