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. 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.

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. The songs "Eternal" and "Somber Angel" were originally recorded and released on a demo EP in 1997. "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".

Track listing

Personnel

;Shadows Fall
;Additional performers
;Production