''Deadworld'' is an EP only released in

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by American heavy metal band

Shadows Fall Shadows Fall is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1996. Although Shadows Fall has experienced several line-up changes, for most of its recording career, Shadows Fall has been composed of guitarists Jon Donais and ...

."Deadworld (EP): Shadows Fall"
Spirit of Metal Webzine. Retrieved May 14, 2012. The song "Stepping Outside the Circle" was re-recorded in 2002 for the band's third studio album '' The Art of Balance''. The EP's title track, "Deadworld", originally appeared on the band's 1996 demo ''Mourning a Dead World''.

Track listing

Personnel

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Brian Fair Brian James Fair (born May 30, 1975) is an American musician from Massachusetts, best known as lead vocalist of the metalcore band Shadows Fall. He graduated from Milford High School in 1993, and went on to study literature at Boston Universit ...

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vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

Jonathan Donais Jonathan Donais (born April 5, 1979), also known as Jon Donais, is an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist for thrash metal band Anthrax since 2013, and as co-founder of metalcore band Shadows Fall. Career Early career and ...

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lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

Matt Bachand Matt Bachand (born May 2, 1977) is an American guitarist. He has strong death metal and thrash metal influences. He is rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the metalcore band Shadows Fall, and the bassist for Act of Defiance. Biography He ...

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, backing vocals * Paul Romanko –

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Derek Kerswill Derek M. Kerswill (born April 5, 1973 in Wilmington, Delaware) is an American musician best known for his drumming in the bands Unearth, Seemless, Kingdom of Sorrow, and multiple fill-ins/studio projects. While no longer on the road, he conti ...

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

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David Germain David Germain is a drummer who has played in several bands including Shadows Fall and Jaya the Cat. He was born in the United States, but is currently living in the Netherlands. Biography Germain formed his first band with Tom Kennedy (guit ...

– drums (tracks 3–5) ;Production * Tracks 1–2 produced by

Zeuss Christopher Harris (born April 1, 1972), known professionally as Chris "Zeuss" Harris or simply Zeuss, is an American record producer. Biography Zeuss is best known in the worlds of hard rock, heavy metal music, hardcore punk, and metalcore. H ...

and Shadows Fall, and engineered and mixed by

*Tracks 3–4 recorded live at

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studio in

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on April 16, 2000 *Track 5 recorded live at

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on November 26, 2000 * Artwork by Kirk Maetani, Satoshi Wakita, Maiko Tanimoto * Photographs by Jiro Maetani

References

Shadows Fall albums Century Media Records EPs Metalcore EPs Albums produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris {{Japan-album-stub