''Of One Blood'' is the second studio album by

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 Jon Donais (lead guitar, b ...

, released on April 4, 2000. It was the band's first release on

Century Media Records Century Media Records is a heavy metal record label with offices in the United States, Germany and London. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million. Background Century Media was founded by Robert Kampf and Oli ...

, featuring

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 University ...

, and the last to feature drummer

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 (guita ...

. A remastered version of the album, along with the band's 2001 Japanese EP ''

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'', was released under the title ''Fear Will Drag You Down'' in Europe and Australia, containing new and updated artwork. Metal Temple gave that version of the album a score of 7 out of 10.

Track listing

Personnel

Shadows Fall

– lead vocals, lyrics on (2-4, 6, 8, & 10) *Jon Donais – lead guitar, backing vocals *

Matt Bachand Matt Bachand (born April 29, 1977) is an American guitarist. He has strong death metal and thrash metal influences. He is rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the heavy metal band Shadows Fall, and the bassist for Act of Defiance. He is k ...

– rhythm guitar, clean vocals, lyrics on (4, 5, 7, & 9) *Paul Romanko – bass guitar *

– drums

Other personnel

;Lyricists *Damien McPherson – on "Fleshold" *

Phil Labonte Philip Steven Labonte (born April 15, 1975) is an American singer from Massachusetts, best known as the lead singer of the metalcore band All That Remains. He is the former lead vocalist for Shadows Fall, was the touring vocalist for Killswitc ...

– on "Revel in My Loss", & "To Ashes" ;2008 reissue * Zeuss – music on "Pain Glass Vision" Remix *

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ed by Alan Douches * Reissue coordinating by Steve Joh * Photography by Jason Hellmann, Alex Solca, and Morgan Walker ;Additional performer * Ray Michaud – keyboards, music on "Pain Glass Vision" ;Production *Produced, engineered, and mixed by

Zeuss Christopher Harris (born April 1, 1972), known professionally as Zeuss, is an American record producer, mixer, guitarist, composer, and songwriter. Biography Zeuss is best known in the worlds of hard rock, heavy metal music, hardcore punk, and ...

*Mastered by Keith Chirgwin and Morgan Walker * Art direction, design, and layout by Tom Bejgrowicz * A&R – Tom Bejgrowicz * Photography by Jason Hellmann

''Fear Will Drag You Down''

''Fear Will Drag You Down'' is a

compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tr ...

consisting of remastered versions from ''Of One Blood'' and their 2001 Japanese EP ''

''. It was released in Europe and Australia.

Track listing

*Tracks 13 and 14 were recorded live at 88.9

WERS WERS (88.9 FM) is one of Emerson College's two radio stations (the other being campus station WECB), located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Programming features over 20 different styles of music and news, including live performances an ...

studio on April 16, 2000, in Boston, Massachusetts *Track 15 was recorded live at

CBGB CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in Manhattan's East Village. The club was previously a biker bar and before that was a dive bar. The letters ''CBGB'' were for '' Country'', '' BlueGrass'', and '' Blues'', Kri ...

on November 26, 2000, in New York City

Personnel

;Shadows Fall *

– vocals * Jonathan Donais – lead guitar, backing vocals *

– guitar, backing vocals * Paul Romanko – bass *

Derek Kerswill 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. He was also invited to play in the heavy meta ...

– drums (tracks 1–2) ;Additional musicians *

– drums (tracks 3–15)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Of One Blood (Album) 2000 albums Shadows Fall albums Century Media Records albums Albums produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris