As previously reported, singer Brian Fair recently commented on the track: “This song opens with my favorite riff on the record. It came out of Matt’s late night drunken riff bag, and the song built itself around the heavy vibe that it created. It is a four minute beat down!! The lyrics of this song are about the overwhelming self-medication of our world. There is a prescription for every mood these days, and people are turning into zombies. It's time to toughen up and face your reality, no matter how brutal it may be, otherwise you will just be reigning over a world of nothingness. The bridge features guest vocals from the one and only D. Randall Blythe aka Uncle Goddamn aka The Redneck Assassin of the mighty Lamb of God. Randy came down to the studio in VA to cook us dinner, and we put him right to work behind the mic. We layered his voice with Matt’s and myself to create the three part harmony from hell!!”
Spinefarm Records UK will be releasing Shadows Fall's fifth full-length album, Retribution, on September 14th. The album will be issued a day later (September 15th) in North America on the band’s own label, Everblack Industries, which was created in conjunction with Warner Music Group’s ILG, Ferret Music, and ChannelZERO Entertainment.
The new album was produced by Zeuss (HATEBREED, MUNICIPAL WASTE), with vocal production by Elvis Baskette (INCUBUS, ALTER BRIDGE).
Retribution track list: 'The Path To Imminent Ruin', 'My Demise', 'Still I Rise', 'War', 'King Of Nothing', 'The Taste Of Fear', 'Embrace Annihilation', 'Picture Perfect', 'A Public Execution', 'Dead And Gone'.
