This second album from Hamburg-based power metallers Shadowbane, and the bands FIRST full length album, is one which almost did not see the light of day, as – in common with a number of other projects – it was undergoing its mastering process, at the hands of Dirk Schlächter when the Gamma Ray bassistâ™s Hammer Studios spectacularly burned down in November 2013, causing another delay in the production of an album that ultimately has taken its protagonists almost five years to bring into the light…
Shadowbane describe their particular style of power metal as “post-apocalyptic” – and, certainly, ‘Facing The Falloutâ™ is a lot darker than one would expect from a Teutonic purveyor of the genre, both in its overall musical feel and its dystopian lyrical approach. Of course, al the traditional...
