Artist · chart history
Shadows Fall
Band Springfield United States Formed 1995
Shadows Fall formed in 1995 in Springfield, United States. Shadows Fall has 7 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2002–2007. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Inspiration On Demand”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #46. The station that charted Shadows Fall most often is WCCC The Rock (Hartford, CT), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
Shadows Fall came out of Springfield, Massachusetts, fusing thrash, metalcore and melodic death metal into something that could shred and sing in the same breath. Philip Labonte, later of All That Remains, fronted the first album before Brian Fair took the mic, and David Germain drummed on the first two records. By 2002 the core lineup was set: Fair up front, Jonathan Donais and Matt Bachand trading guitar leads, Paul Romanko on bass and Jason Bittner joining full-time on drums.
The Art of Balance, from 2002, brought "Thoughts Without Words", and The War Within in 2004 brought "Inspiration on Demand" and the galloping "What Drives the Weak", which earned a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance. Threads of Life followed in 2007, and its "Redemption" got the same nod, with "Another Hero Lost" alongside it. Fire from the Sky, in May 2012, reunited them with Adam Dutkiewicz, who hadn't produced them since the debut.
They announced an indefinite hiatus in August 2014 and wrapped a farewell tour the next summer, but played again at home in Massachusetts in December 2021, and in 2024 released "In the Grey", their first new music in twelve years.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Shadows Fall on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inspiration On Demand | 2 | #46 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | Thoughts Without Words | 1 | #33 | – | 2002 | |
| 3 | What Drives the Weak | 2 | #71 | – | 2004 | |
| 4 | Redemption | 1 | #71 | – | 2007 | |
| 5 | Another Hero Lost | 1 | #80 | – | 2007 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 71 | Redemption | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2007 |
| 2007 | 80 | Another Hero Lost | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2007 |
| 2005 | 46 | Inspiration On Demand | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 284 | What Drives the Weak | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 314 | Inspiration On Demand | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
| 2004 | 71 | What Drives the Weak | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2004 |
| 2002 | 33 | Thoughts Without Words | KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002 |
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