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| 5.0 classic | Shadows | July 17th 06 |
The Art of Balance may have grabbed listeners' attention mercilessly, their second album Of One Blood remains the unsung hero of Shadows Fall's collection. Ranging from thrash to death metal and Gothenburg, no band has released an album quite like this. Riffs are again unique, technical, and harmonized to percfection. Jon Donais shreds his best solos ever in songs such as Of One Blood and The First Nobel Truth. Other tracks list Pure and Revel in My Loss are savagely brutal with a raw atmosphere. Only two albums into their careerm Shadows Fall had already mastered the art of covering both the insanely heavy and technical and the beautifully melodic ends of the spectrum.
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| 0.0 | Elmo | January 13th 22 |
gud ablum
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| 4.0 excellent | Xenorazr | January 15th 10 |
Even with fresh blood in the band, Shadows Fall managed to craft a still vigorous and engaging album with Of One Blood. Despite a chunk of the songs being redone with Fair on vocals, the music still feels fresh and manages to be almost on-par with its predecessor.
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| 3.5 great | Brain Dead | August 27th 06 |
This album, although a great one, cannot stand up to the later releases from the Shads. The brutal yet catchy riffs that are Shadows Fall's trademark are present, as are the soaring lead patterns and shredding solos. But it doesn't have quite the consistent quality of the later albums. Songs like Fleshold seem to be veering into BTBAM style tech-metalcore, not a style that fits Shadows Fall well. Other tracks force melody, such as the terrible Root Bound Apollo. Other tracks, such as Montauk, just suck. But that's not to say it's terrible. Crushing Belial, Of One Blood and To Ashes are all superb tracks that are highlights of Shadows Fall's career. Ultimately, this is an inconsistent release from Shadows Fall, but still has many excellent tracks that will keep you listening for a long time.
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| 3.5 great | Davey | April 26th 24 |
| 5.0 classic | MrDoe | November 9th 23 |
| 3.5 great | teo | October 10th 23 |
| 3.0 good | borkle | August 20th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Halez | May 31st 23 |
| 5.0 classic | KManoc1 | January 10th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | boff | June 27th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dubboop | March 1st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | February 15th 21 |
| 2.5 average | remi | October 28th 20 |
| 3.5 great | mEyck07 | November 18th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | September 24th 19 |
| 2.5 average | nbats | July 16th 19 |
| 3.5 great | josh | June 10th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Josh | March 9th 19 |
| 3.5 great | YuckFou | September 11th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Fear | December 27th 17 |
| 3.5 great | PWD | November 12th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | solrage | September 26th 17 |
| 3.5 great | ElSomni | September 14th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | March 22nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | January 26th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | mEyck97 | October 4th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | BDoms17 | October 29th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | mobb49 | February 4th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Axl752 | November 1st 13 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | August 31st 13 |
| 3.0 good | Xav | January 16th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Gbhill | September 8th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Spice | July 24th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Nero87 | April 20th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hunter25 | September 4th 11 |
| 3.0 good | true | August 14th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Nytro | January 28th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Emim | October 13th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | jmh886 | September 16th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | krinkle | August 21st 10 |
| 3.5 great | SHINFO | April 15th 10 |
| 3.5 great | DaTwig | March 19th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Ben101 | October 8th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | gafel | September 10th 08 |
| 5.0 classic | RAGE12 | May 6th 08 |
| 1.5 very poor | McP3000 | April 14th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | thetod | January 29th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Kyle Ward EMERITUS | January 16th 08 |
| 2.5 average | Valhall | December 22nd 07 |
| 2.5 average | DerMond | September 9th 07 |
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