CD Review: Shadows Fall - The War Within

Shadows Fall continue to grow in popularity. “The War Within” is, and was poised to take them even further.

What you’ll hear when you get this album is a mixture of 80's thrash and the Gothenburg sound with a mixture of vocals, including hardcore shouts, death growls, and more than ever, lots of singing. In fact there’s more singing on this album than any of their previous album, keeping a main focal point of screamed verses and sung choruses.

With all the people ripping off Gothenburg, Shadows Fall do their melodies and harmonies better than many of the other melodic death metal and melodic metalcore bands. That being said, it’s a rather safe and pedestrian affair, which feels like Shadows Fall went to the studio and did things the right way, to just make another Shadows Fall album with even more sing along choruses. Essentially they’ve made the same album over again with more hit singles.

7/10

Shadows Fall
Century Media