Of One Blood (album)

Of One Blood
Studio album by Shadows Fall
Released	April 4, 2000 Rereleased: April 15, 2008
Recorded	1999 at Planet Z in Hadley, Massachusetts
Genre	Melodic death metal, Metalcore, Thrash Metal
Length	46:01
Label	Century Media
Producer	Chris "Zeuss" Harris
Shadows Fall chronology
Somber Eyes to the Sky (1997) Of One Blood (2000) Deadworld (2001)
Singles from Of One Blood
"To Ashes" Released: 2000 "Of One Blood" Released: 2001

Of One Blood is the second studio album by Shadows Fall, released on April 4, 2000. On this release, the band improved the sometimes muddy and ill-defined production of their debut, Somber Eyes to the Sky. This was the band's first release on Century Media Records, featuring Brian Fair on vocals (replacing Philip Labonte). This is also the last album featuring the drummer David Germain, and the last album of the melodic death metal era of Shadows Fall. The album was remixed by Zeuss and remastered by Alan Douches for a reissue, which was released April 15, 2008. The re-release also contains new and updated artwork.

"Root Bound Apollo" was originally an Overcast song (Brian Fair's former band), but it was not released on any recording made by the band until 2008, on the compilation Reborn to Kill Again.

Sound style

This is the last album in which the band shows melodic death metal elements, with long guitar solos, tremolo picking, acoustic interludes within the songs, keyboards and blast beats, including a more death growl-like vocal style of Brian Fair, more similar to Philip Labonte in Somber Eyes to the Sky.^{[citation needed]} In the next albums, the band would compose shorter songs and screaming style vocals.

After this album, the band decided to leave the overall melodic death metal sound to find its own sound, "more inspired in hard rock and thrash metal", guitarist Matt Bachand states on a interview after releasing the band's next album, The Art of Balance^[1]

Re-recordings

Three songs from this album—"Fleshold", "Revel in My Loss", and "To Ashes"—were re-recorded from Somber Eyes to the Sky. All three new versions still contain Phil Labonte's vocals on some parts of the songs.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All music composed by Shadows Fall, except where noted.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Pain Glass Vision" (music: Ray Michaud, Zeuss, Shadows Fall)	(instrumental)	0:48
2.	"Crushing Belial"	Brian Fair	5:25
3.	"Of One Blood"	Fair	4:45
4.	"The First Noble Truth"	Fair, Matt Bachand	4:14
5.	"Fleshold"	Bachand, Damien McPherson	3:37
6.	"Root Bound Apollo"	Fair	6:19
7.	"Revel in My Loss"	Philip Labonte, Bachand	5:27
8.	"Montauk"	Fair	4:22
9.	"To Ashes"	Labonte, Bachand	6:01
10.	"Serenity"	Fair	4:58

Personnel

Shadows Fall

• Brian Fair – vocals
• Jonathan Donais – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Matt Bachand – guitar, backing vocals
• Paul Romanko – bass
• David Germain – drums

Additional performer

• Ray Michaud – keyboards

Production

• Produced, engineered, and mixed by Zeuss
• Mastered by Keith Chirgwin and Morgan Walker
• Art direction, design, and layout by Tom Bejgrowicz
• A&R – Tom Bejgrowicz
• Photography by Jason Hellmann

2008 reissue

• Remixed by Zeuss
• Remastered by Alan Douches
• Reissue coordinated by Steve Joh
• Photography by Jason Hellmann, Alex Solca, and Morgan Walker

References

1. ^ Shadows Fall bio “This time, instead of eight Gothenburg death metal songs, we have ballads, rock songs, thrash tunes.”