Retribution (Shadows Fall album)

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Retribution
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 15, 2009
Genre
Length46:03
58:43 (bonus tracks)
Label Everblack Industries
Producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris, [1] Shadows Fall
Shadows Fall chronology
Seeking the Way: The Greatest Hits
(2007)
Retribution
(2009)
Fire from the Sky
(2012)
Singles from Retribution
  1. "Still I Rise"
    Released: August 11, 2009 [2]
  2. "Bark at the Moon"
    Released: March 15, 2010 [3]
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Retribution is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Shadows Fall. 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. [10]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Shadows Fall, except where noted

Album tracks
No.TitleLength
1."The Path to Imminent Ruin"1:13
2."My Demise"6:59
3."Still I Rise"3:59
4."War"3:40
5."King of Nothing" (feat. Lamb of God's Randy Blythe)4:15
6."The Taste of Fear"4:08
7."Embrace Annihilation"5:11
8."Picture Perfect"3:55
9."A Public Execution"6:07
10."Dead and Gone"6:35
Total length:46:03
Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Bark at the Moon" (Ozzy Osbourne cover)4:14
12."Age of Quarrel" (Cro-Mags cover)4:55
13."Critical Mass" (Nuclear Assault cover)3:30

Bonus DVD (Deluxe Edition)

Live songs

Live from Bonnaroo (Music & Arts Festival)

  1. Failure of the Devout
  2. A Public Execution
  3. Thoughts Without Words

Live at The Crazy Donkey

  1. The Power of I and I
  2. Forevermore

Instructional videos

Guitar World

  1. King of Nothing
  2. Still I Rise
  3. Tip: Alternate Picking
  4. Tip: Downstroke
  5. Tip: Leads
  6. Tip: Vibrato

Drum Lesson

  1. Still I Rise

Personnel

Shadows Fall
Additional performer
Production

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