Somber Eyes to the Sky

Somber Eyes to the Sky is the debut studio album by Shadows Fall, released in 1997 on Matt Bachand's own label Lifeless Records in America, while the European release was handled by Genet Records.[2] This was the band's last release and only studio album with lead singer Philip Labonte, who helped form All That Remains the following year.

Somber Eyes to the Sky
Studio album by Shadows Fall
Released	November 30, 1997[1]
Studio	Zing Recording Studios in Westfield, Massachusetts
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	48:34
Label	Lifeless Records
Producer	Adam Dutkiewicz, Jim Fogarty, Shadows Fall
Shadows Fall chronology
To Ashes (1997) Somber Eyes to the Sky (1997) Of One Blood (2000)

Background

Most of the album's songs had previously appeared on demo albums released by the band.

The songs "Lifeless", "Suffer the Season" and "Fleshold" originally appeared on the band's demo Mourning a Dead World, released in 1996.[3] The songs "Eternal" and "Somber Angel" were originally recorded and released on a demo EP in 1997.[4] "To Ashes" originally appeared on the 7" EP of the same name, which was also released in 1997; the EP also contained a re-recording of "Fleshold".[5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Philip Labonte, except where noted; all music is composed by Shadows Fall.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Revel in My Loss"		5:48
2.	"Pure"		6:11
3.	"Lead Me Home"	Instrumental	2:58
4.	"To Ashes"		5:53
5.	"Nurture"		5:16
6.	"Fleshold"	Matt Bachand, Damien McPherson	3:44
7.	"Eternal"		4:07
8.	"Suffer the Season"	Bachand, McPherson	4:12
9.	"Somber Angel"		6:36
10.	"Lifeless"	McPherson	3:44

Personnel

Shadows Fall

• Philip Labonte – lead vocals
• Jon Donais – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Matt Bachand – rhythm guitar, clean vocals
• Paul Romanko – bass
• David Germain – drums

Additional performers

• Violins by Carrie Beth Nickerson
• Additional sounds by Jim Fogarty

Production

• Produced and mixed by Adam Dutkiewicz, Jim Fogarty, and Shadows Fall
• Recorded at Zing Studios in Westfield, Massachusetts
• Mastered at Monkeyhouse Studios in Northampton, Massachusetts
• Artwork by Tobias Dutkiewicz
• Band photography by Scott Lee

References

1. • "Shadows Fall - Music on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
   • "SHADOWS FALL - Somber Eyes to the Sky". MetalMusicArchives.com. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
   • Shadows Fall - Somber Eyes to the Sky, retrieved 2020-06-04
2. "Interview with Matt Bachand" Archived 2013-01-27 at Archive.today. Jen's Metal Page. Retrieved June 20, 2007.
3. "Shadows Fall - Mourning a Dead World". Encyclopedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
4. "Shadows Fall - Eternal / Somber Angel". Encyclopedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
5. "Shadows Fall - To Ashes". Encyclopedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Retrieved February 3, 2020.