After greater than a decade away from the studio, Shadows Fall just lately reemerged with “In The Gray,” their first new music in over 12 years. Launched final December by way of their new label residence, MNRK Heavy, the only marks the start of a brand new chapter that feels each acquainted and forward-thinking.
“We’re simply so glad to lastly launch new music,” frontman Brian Honest informed the Thunder Underground podcast (by way of Blabbermouth). “We’re engaged on a full album’s price of fabric, however I really feel prefer it’s gonna drop type of in chunks after which hopefully the remainder of it suddenly type of factor.”
That “chunks” strategy speaks to the evolving panorama of how bands ship music nowadays. As Honest defined, “We simply could not sit on it. We have been simply so excited with how that tune got here out… it’s type of a unique world now too, the place you’ll be able to launch singles main as much as extra songs and retaining folks .”
Honest made it clear this isn’t only a reunion for nostalgia’s sake. The band’s power is concentrated on creating. “I am tremendous psyched to only be writing once more with the blokes, ‘trigger we did not know if that was gonna be type of a part of the deal after we began taking part in reveals once more,” he mentioned. “And the writing has actually grow to be the principle focus for the final yr and a half or so, which has been superior once more to type of get again in that mode.”
For longtime followers, “In The Gray” carries the hallmark traits of Shadows Fall‘s early materials. “After we first began type of writing music, we wished to ensure it was gonna be Shadows Fall music,” Honest defined. “As soon as we began writing, issues simply clicked proper outta the gates. And “In The Gray” was a type of songs that type of got here collectively fairly shortly too.”
That pure stream didn’t result in any hesitation when it got here to the music’s depth. “We wished to type of have the primary music fairly energetic, simply come out swinging thrash metallic fashion,” Honest mentioned. “It is bought an enormous, melodic refrain, however the remainder of it’s just about simply pedal-to-the-metal thrash… every part about it was simply type of an thrilling new chapter.”
The recording course of mirrored that power. Teaming up once more with producer Zeuss (Chris Harris), the band took a extra stripped-down strategy than in previous classes. “Earlier than we’d experiment with reamping one million various things and mixing tones and all this. This one we type of wished to make one thing that did not sound possibly as surgical and scientific as some metalcore or fashionable metallic’s type of gotten,” Honest famous. “We wished to deliver a bit of little bit of thrash power to it and a bit of extra of a uncooked — not essentially sonically uncooked, however just a bit extra live-ish strategy to it.”
Partnering with MNRK Heavy was additionally a deliberate alternative. “We talked to a couple labels, however only a few, ‘trigger we type of had an concept of what we wished to do and type of the kind of deal we have been in search of,” Honest mentioned. “They’ve a fantastic roster with everybody from Zakk Wylde and Ace Frehley, however then additionally Darkest Hour and Escuela Grind after which Excessive On Fireplace and Crowbar — simply so many killer bands. So, it actually made sense.”
Importantly, the label additionally supplied flexibility. “They have been actually keen to type of work with us on that degree of realizing the place the band is at this level in our life. In order that was an enormous a part of it. They usually’ve been killer to date,” he added.
With the music business now not tethered to strict album-tour cycles, Shadows Fall is embracing the liberty. “After we first have been round, you mainly put out a file yearly and a half or so, and you then toured nonstop,” Honest recalled. “And now there’s so many various shops, there’s so many various methods to get your music to folks… it’s good to have a label that has that ahead considering and type of is aware of methods to navigate the type of new manner of the music biz.”
As for the standing of the brand new materials? “Now we have a pair [of songs] which might be completely carried out which will want some combine [tweaks], however are tracked. After which we’ve got the instrumental tracks for lots. And we’re beginning to work on vocal demos,” mentioned Honest. “All mentioned and carried out, we’re gonna type of preserve simply writing and recording type of as issues come alongside, however we’ve got basis of, I would say, six or seven songs which might be just about there and tracked instrumentally.”
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