''Retribution'' is the sixth studio album by American
heavy metal band
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, ...
. 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
Bob Marley & the Wailers song
War
War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...
.
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
*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 featu ...
, 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 ...
*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
*Paul Romanko – bass
*Jason Bittner
Jason Bittner (born January 11, 1970 in Niskayuna, New York) is an American drummer, best known as the drummer for American metal band Shadows Fall. He is also the current drummer for Overkill since 2017, and was the drummer for the thrash meta ...
– drums
;Additional performer
*Randy Blythe
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– guest vocals on "King of Nothing"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 ...
and Shadows Fall
* Engineered and mixed by Zeuss
*Mastered
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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
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2009 albums
Shadows Fall albums
Albums produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris