The War Within

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The War Within
Shadows Fall studio album

Publication
(s)

2004

Label (s) Century Media

Genre (s)

Metal

Title (number)

10

running time

42 min 21 s

occupation
  • Guitar : Matthew Bachand, Jonathan Donnais
  • Bass : Paul Romanko

production

"Zeuss" (Chris Harris)

Studio (s)

Planet Z, Hadley

chronology
The Art of Balance
(2002) 		The War Within Threads of Life
(2007)

The War Within is the fourth studio album by the US metal band Shadows Fall . It was released on September 20, 2004 by Century Media .

Emergence

After the release of the previous album The Art of Balance , Shadows Fall were on tour for over a year . After the concert tour ended, the band was put under time pressure. Both the management and the record company Century Media wanted to quickly release a successor. This applied pressure inspired singer Brian Fair to write the song "Inspiration on Demand". In a period of six months the band wrote ten songs, all of which were used for the album.

Was added The War Within the studio Planet Z in Hadley. The album was produced and mixed by "Zeuss" (real Chris Harris). Drummer Jason Bittner only needed seven hours to record his parts. The mastering was done by Alan Douches. Music videos were shot for the songs "The Power of I and I" and "What Drives the Weak".

Track list

  1. The Light that Blinds - 4:58
  2. Enlightened by the Cold - 3:02
  3. Act of Contrition - 3:40
  4. What Drives the Weak - 4:43
  5. Stillness - 4:53
  6. Inspiration on Demand - 3:52
  7. The Power of I and I - 3:34
  8. Ghost of Past Failures - 4:12
  9. Eternity Is Within - 4:07
  10. Those Who Cannot Speak - 5:17

reception

Uwe “Buffo” Schnädelbach wrote in his review that Shadows Fall with The War Within have become the “missing link between Thrash and Metalcore with their own niche” and gave the album 8.5 out of ten points. For Christof Leim from Metal Hammer “the disk cracks like hell”. He praised the guitar work and certified Jon Donnais, playing some "fabulous solos". Leim gave the album six out of seven points. The online magazine In Your Face was more critical, and its reviewer Ralf criticized the fact that the songs slip by quickly over the length of the album without being perceived as a sledgehammer. The album received six out of ten points.

The War Within reached number 20 on the US album charts . In total, the album sold over 300,000 times in the United States. In the book Best of Rock & Metal by the German rock-hard magazine, which lists the 500 strongest metal and hard rock albums of all time, according to the rock-hard editors, The War Within took place 370

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chris Leibundgut: “It doesn't work like that!” In: Rock Hard, October 2004, page 32
  2. ↑ Anzo Sadoni: "Riffs in the Post Parcel". In: Metal Hammer, September 2004, page 30
  3. ↑ rockhard.de: Shadows Fall - The War Within
  4. ^ Metal Hammer, October 2004, p. 110
  5. ↑ in-your-face.de: Shadows Fall - The War Within ( Memento from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ billboard.com: Shadows Fall Album & Song Chart History
  7. ↑ blabbermouth.net: SHADOWS FALL Frontman Discusses New Album  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.roadrunnerrecords.com  
  8. ↑ Rock Hard (Ed.): Best of Rock & Metal - The 500 strongest discs of all time . Heel Verlag , Königswinter 2005, ISBN 3-89880-517-4 , p. 60 .