Shadows Fall are again with “Within the Gray,” their first new track in 12 years. The band has additionally inked a brand new report cope with MNRK Heavy.
The Boston steel act launched seven albums from 1997 via 2012, earlier than occurring hiatus in 2015. The band reunited to play a live performance in December 2021, and has been enjoying sporadic exhibits ever since.
“Within the Gray” options Shadows Fall’s traditional lineup of singer Brian Truthful; guitarists Jonathan Donais (additionally a present member of Anthrax) and Matt Bachand; bassist Paul Romanko; and drummer Jason Bittner. The track is a riff-heavy observe with Truthful delivering guttural verses and a clean-sung refrain.
Together with the track’s launch, Truthful issued a prolonged assertion addressing the one, the band’s return to the studio, the brand new report deal, and plans for the long run:
“We’re extremely excited to share our first new music in over a decade with our single ‘Within the Gray’ and are proud to announce our partnership with MNRK Music Group. When Shadows Fall first received again within the apply house to arrange for our reunion exhibits, we didn’t know if it might result in new music, however the pleasure of jamming collectively and all the riffs that Jon had floating round in his head led us within the path virtually instantly. The thought started flowing, the vitality began constructing and new songs started taking kind out of the the chaos.
‘Within the Gray’ is a full-throttle thrasher that incorporates all the components which can be the bedrock of the Shadows Fall sound, but additionally provides new components and approaches that developed within the latest previous whereas all of us explorer different musical avenues. Lyrically, I used to be making an attempt to place into phrases and describe the bodily manifestation of the load and crushing energy that may include despair, that feeling that the load of gravity is crashing down on you or being trapped at the hours of darkness waters of our personal thoughts, making an attempt to rise to the floor and take a breath. It may be an awesome and lonely place however there’s at all times a lightweight on the finish of that tunnel and we at all times must preserve striving for a brighter day and escaping the gray.
“We need to sincerely thank everybody for the a long time of assist that you’ve got given Shadows Fall and we can’t be happier to be again and rocking as soon as once more. Crank up ‘Within the Gray,’ elevate these horns to the sky, and bang your head as laborious as you’ll be able to. Keep tuned for extra music and information quickly…”
Concerning the brand new report deal, Scott Givens, MNRK’s SVP of Rock & Steel, said, “While you get the possibility to signal a genre-defining band like Shadows Fall, you do it. We at MNRK are proud they’ve chosen to work with us as they enter the subsequent section of their profession.”
Shadows Fall will play a December twenty first present at The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of their fourth album, The Conflict Inside (choose up tickets right here).
Watch the video for “Within the Gray” under.