shadows fall
17:38 Saturday, 9 December 2023
Shadows Fall recently announced a single anniversary show celebrating 20 years of their record The War Within. The show will take place at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ on March 16 and will now feature openers Fit For An Autopsy, Alluvial, and Nora. Tickets available here starting on November 3.
"20 years… cannot believe it will 20 years since Shadows Fall dropped The War Within on the world," said frontman Brian Fair. "This record changed my entire life and took me around the world. We had been surprised by the success of The Art Of Balance and definitely felt a little pressure to take things to another level, but we did not allow that pressure to change our vision of the band we wanted to be. Our goal was to allow all of our influences shine through while pushing metal into a new direction, creating the music we had always wanted to hear ourselves."
He continued: "The War Within may be the closest we have come to achieving these goals and that hard work and vision allowed us to get on our first arena tour, our first Grammy nomination, and countless other firsts along the way. Since this is an important birthday for the album, we wanted to play a special set to celebrate The War Within in its entirety, every track, some of which has rarely been played live."
"New Jersey has always had some of the craziest crowds we have ever played to so doing this show at The Starland Ballroom seemed like the perfect choice! Dirty Jersey has always felt like a home away from home to us and we have had so many full-on parties on that stage. We cannot wait to party there again! Start stretching now and get ready to come out of mosh retirement so we can give The War Within the birthday rager it deserves. See ya soon!"
Shadows Fall is currently in the studio recording their first new material since 2012's Fire In The Sky with producer Zeuss. You can check out teasers of the new material here and here.
