Melodic Death Metal band from USA [Boston, Massachusetts]
Tracklist:
01. Lifeless
02. Suffer The Season
03. Fleshold
04. Forever Lost
05. A Souls Salvation
06. Deadworld
Bass – Mark Laliberte
Drums – David Germain
Guitar, Vocals – Jonathan Donais, Matthew Bachand
Vocals – Damien McPherson
Demo tape; recorded in November 1996 at Zing Studios.
Produced by Jim Fogarty.
It all started in 1996 when guitarists Jonathan Donais and Matthew Bachand got together and started writing music as a side project. Soon both realized that the product was exciting and rewarding enough to make their conjunction a full-time unit, and eventually in the summer of '97 an outfit rounded out with bassist Paul Romanko, drummer David Germain and vocalist Phil Lebonte became a powerful force in the New England underground metal scene. Boasting a European-influenced style of aggro-death metal, SHADOWS FALL (the name comes from an short underground comic series published by Vertigo/DC in the early '90s) became very visible opening throughout the northeast for the likes of Fear Factory, Cannibal Corpse, Staind, Hatebreed and many other world-renowned acts. The band entered Zing Studio to record their self-financed debut album, Somber Eyes To The Sky, in late 1997, and the band name began to spread rapidly throughout the US. Although the band released the album in the States by themselves, good independent promotion landed Somber Eyes... in the CMJ Loud Rock Top 10 Chart (the highest charting album from an unsigned band in the trade magazine's history), and Genet Records in Belgium licensed the album to the European territories immediately (since then the album has been through two pressings on CD and vinyl in Europe and has sold 11,000 units between both continents). What set SHADOWS FALL immediately apart from other bands was that they excelled and were accepted in the metal, hardcore and noise scenes, which is reflected by the numerous and different styles of bands that they regularly share the stage with.
Thanks to Petroff7575 for finding this demo and sharing it!
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