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. The album was released on September 15, 2009. It debuted at number 35 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album would produce singles for "Still I Rise" and for their cover of Ozzy Osbourne's "Bark at the Moon". The song "War" is an original composition but uses lyrics from the

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song

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Track listing

Bonus DVD (Deluxe Edition)

Live songs

Live from Bonnaroo (Music & Arts Festival) #Failure of the Devout #A Public Execution #Thoughts Without Words Live at The Crazy Donkey #

The Power of I and I #Forevermore

Instructional videos

Guitar World #King of Nothing #Still I Rise #Tip: Alternate Picking #Tip: Downstroke #Tip: Leads #Tip: Vibrato Drum Lesson #Still I Rise

Personnel

;Shadows Fall * Brian Fair –

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

* Jon Donais –

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 –

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a guitar technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse (music), pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., d ...

, clean vocals *Paul Romanko –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

* Jason Bittner –

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 ...

;Additional performer *

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– guest vocals on "King of Nothing" ;Production * 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 * Engineered and mixed by Zeuss *

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by Alan Douches *Vocals produced by Michael (Elvis) Baskette and engineered by Dave Holdredge *Artwork and layout by Sons of Nero *Photography by Jeremy Saffer

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control 2009 albums Shadows Fall albums Albums produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris