 | Blog author: Alex Stojanovic Well, some more bummer news. Shadows Fall have announced that they will be going on an indefinite hiatus following their final European and North American tours later this year. A decade ago in 2004, the band scored a major label deal with Atlantic Records and released The War Within, and was opening for Slipknot in arenas across the U.S, until the band were dropped from the label. Ever since then, it’s been a pretty tough road for the band and now a decade later, some of the members have families and other projects. The band posted a long statement on their Facebook page regarding their decision to embark on the hiatus |
“There are many factors that are behind this difficult decision that the band has been dealing with for some time now. In a nutshell it comes down to families, member availability, and finances. Further impacting our decision is the fact that we have two members with young children. Plain and simple, they want to be with their families to watch their kids grow. Touring full time in a band these days has never been more difficult financially. When you have to ensure the future comfort of your family, difficult decisions have to be made.”
“Another reason is the fact that our lead guitarist (Jon Donais) is now in Anthrax, which makes it hard for us to do any extensive touring with our full lineup. Due to his obligations with Anthrax, he will not be able to join us on this European tour. Felipe Roa will once again fill Jon’s position and we are thankful to him for joining us on this run. Also returning for this tour is original bassist Paul Romanko who has sat out from touring for the last two years to raise his son. This has been a real hard decision for all of us to make but we feel at this time this is the right thing to do.”
“We don’t hate each other, we’re not bitter, we in fact still have a really great time together, but the ride has slowed down and it's time for the next chapters in our lives, whatever that may be. We can't thank the fans that have supported Shadows Fall since the beginning enough. Without you, none of this would have been possible. For the past decade and a half, we have been able to create the music we have always wanted to hear and share it with music fans everywhere. That being said, you still may see us at a festival or two over the next few years…if they ask, we will come! In the meantime please check out the dates for the last European go around and we will see you out there!”
As a fan, I am bummed about this, but at the same time, I respect their decision and understand that being in a band full time these days isn’t always easy, and this is of course not the first time we've heard this. Hope they will have Toronto on the list of North American tour dates to come later this year (dates to be announced) because I’ve yet to see them, and would love to see them before they take a break.
“Another reason is the fact that our lead guitarist (Jon Donais) is now in Anthrax, which makes it hard for us to do any extensive touring with our full lineup. Due to his obligations with Anthrax, he will not be able to join us on this European tour. Felipe Roa will once again fill Jon’s position and we are thankful to him for joining us on this run. Also returning for this tour is original bassist Paul Romanko who has sat out from touring for the last two years to raise his son. This has been a real hard decision for all of us to make but we feel at this time this is the right thing to do.”
“We don’t hate each other, we’re not bitter, we in fact still have a really great time together, but the ride has slowed down and it's time for the next chapters in our lives, whatever that may be. We can't thank the fans that have supported Shadows Fall since the beginning enough. Without you, none of this would have been possible. For the past decade and a half, we have been able to create the music we have always wanted to hear and share it with music fans everywhere. That being said, you still may see us at a festival or two over the next few years…if they ask, we will come! In the meantime please check out the dates for the last European go around and we will see you out there!”
As a fan, I am bummed about this, but at the same time, I respect their decision and understand that being in a band full time these days isn’t always easy, and this is of course not the first time we've heard this. Hope they will have Toronto on the list of North American tour dates to come later this year (dates to be announced) because I’ve yet to see them, and would love to see them before they take a break.
| Tour dates for the band’s European tour supporting Unearth with Acacia Strain, War Of Ages and Pay No Respect are as follows Aug 29 – Frankfurt, Germany – Beachrock Helenesee Aug 30 – Munster, Germany – Sputnikhalle Aug 31 – Rotterdam, Netherlands – Da Baroeg Sep 01 – Cologne, Germany – Underground Sep 03 – Derby, England – Hairy Dog Sep 04 – London, England – Underworld Sep 05 – Liege, Belgium – CCC Sep 06 – Oberbach, Germany – Pell Mell Festival Sep 07 – Paris, France – Trabeno Sep 08 – Winterthur, Switzerland – Salzhaus Sep 09 – Ingolstadt, Germany - Westadthalle Sep 10 – Prague, Czech Republic – Futurum Sep 11 – Graz, Austria – Explosiv Sep 12 – Brixen, Italy – Club Max Sep 13 – Linz, Austria – Posthof Sep 14 – Aschaffenburg, Germany – Colos-Saal Stay tuned for the announcement of North American dates  |  |
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