Once described as " death metalon melody pills", Shadows Fall's sound mixes melodic elements with crushing riffs, double bass drum patterns, pinch harmonics and both screaming and clean vocals. The sounds of Shadows Fall reflect both American and European influences. On the one hand, the band's use of "shredding", or fast guitar solos, draws upon the classic American thrash metalheritage of bands such as Metallica, Anthrax, and Slayer. Equally, however, its complex single-note riffs and dual-guitar harmonies have their roots in the European metal sounds commonly associated with the Gothenburg scene and bands such as In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, and At the Gates. Also they use some American death metal such as New York Death Metal (bands such as Suffocationand Cannibal Corpse) sounds and Florida Death Metal (bands such as Death, Morbid Angel, and Obituary) sounds.
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Shadows Fall

Toppling building blocks
At the base of all mankind
Redirection of evolution
Electromagnetic control of the mind
Arising from technology
Creation, new entity
Mankind, forever be
Bound, and gagged
A new breed of control
Manipulation of space and time
Warped perception dictating action
Sick delusion they're divine
Arising from technology
Creation, a new entity
Mankind, forever be
Bound, and gagged
Mechanically possessed, placed under control
They keep us marching
Mechanically possessed, placed under control
They keep us marching
A conspiracy unwinds
As the government denies
Lost children pays the price
Suffocated by their lies
Arising from technology
Creation, a new entity
Mankind forever be
Bound, and gagged
Toppling the building blocks
At the base of all mankind
Redirection of evolution
Electromagnetic control of the mind
Arising from technology
Creation, a new entity
Mankind, Forever be
Bound, and gagged
Mechanically possessed, placed under control
They keep us marching on
What did they hope to find
What did they hope to gain
What did they hope to find
And what has become
They kept us bound and gagged