Shadows Fall – Sänger Brian Fair, Gitarristen Jonathan Donais und Matt Bachand, Bassist Paul Romanko und Schlagzeuger Jason Bittner – sind mit einem brandneuen Song zurück, bevor sie mit ihren Metal-Kollegen Killswitch Engage aus Massachusetts auf Tour gehen.
„Souls Devoured“ ist eine geradlinige Metal-Hymne – genau so eine, wie sie die Band seit Jahrzehnten mit voller Energie und Lebendigkeit schreibt. Freut euch auf galoppierende Soli, dreistimmigen Gesang, massive Melodien und tiefgründige Texte.
Die Band hat auch das Video zum Song veröffentlicht: Shadows Fall – Souls Devoured (Official Music Video)
Das Quintett, das in den 2000er Jahren als Vorreiter der amerikanischen Metal-Szene „New Wave“ bekannt wurde, hat Ende 2024 seinen Vertrag bei MNRK Heavy bekannt.
„Shadows Fall have always been a band that lets all of our influences and ideas show in our music and have never been afraid to mix and match genres within our sound,“ verrät Fair einen Einblick in den Entstehungsprozess. „‚Souls Devoured‘ is a great example of that style of songwriting where we let it all hang out. It opens with a huge groove and rock riff before transitioning into a black metal-inspired verse to add a little evil to the party. Things open up into a half-time chorus that has an almost Pantera-style vibe before we inject some melodic death metal into the bridge and solo section. On paper, that can sound a bit schizophrenic, but we always try to have a cohesiveness and underlying theme that keeps it all unified. It’s a song that captures what I believe is the true essence of Shadows Fall by bringing in elements of our past but with a clear eye towards the future. It has familiar elements but sounds like nothing we have ever written before.“
Fair spricht offen über das Thema und sagt: „Lyrically, the song is about finding yourself trapped in an apocalyptic event where demons and disasters have begun to consume the world. It’s about fighting for survival as the planet crumbles around you and you realize the only way to survive it is to fight fire with fire. We spend most of our lives trying to quiet the evil voices in our mind or denying they exist but in this scenario tapping into that darkness and letting the personal demons out may be the only way to survive the terror.“
Er schließt: „Facing pure evil by becoming that evil yourself. You know, heavy metal type shit! I usually write from a personal or philosophical place but ‚Souls Devoured‘ allowed me to step outside of that box and tap into a dark form of storytelling that fit the intensity and foreboding vibe of the instrumental side of it. Bang your head and get into it!“
