Hatebreed, Lamb of God and Shadows Fall

Shadows Fall, Lamb of God and Hatebreed have all been busy the past few months...

Shadows Fall has had a merch design contest at the end of last year, already planned a tour for this spring, and, most recently, just released their track "Still I Rise" available for download on Guitar Hero. Careful...it's blatantly been added to give you a thrash challenge!

Lamb of God I'm sure is sitting tight while waiting for the Grammy's next week after their nomination for Best Metal performance. 2009 brought for them not only the Grammy nod, but also a lengthy fall tour and a platinum selling DVD, too. Needless to say, 2010 will undoubtedly be good to the guys.

As for Hatebreed, we are wishing them the best at the moment. Frontman Jamey Jasta has been ill and the band unfortunately had to drop a few shows for the Black Procession tour. They'll jump back on January 29th and let's hope Jasta's back in full force- especially since they have a full spring head of them!

The relation? They'll all be hitting the road together later this year on the Mayhem Festival. These bands are all going to give you an awesome performance, and if you aren't already listening to any and all of them, what are you doing with your life!?

Shadows Fall Destroys North America

...or at least they will be!

We just got word that Shadows Fall will be heading Canada for the first time in February and March. It's a full fledged tour kicking off in Calgary and spanning through to Quebec City.

Front man Brian Fair said:

All of us in Shallows Fall are very excited to finally be heading to Canada for a full headlining tour!! We look forward to rocking with all the metalheads in the great white north and sharing a few extra strong beers with you all!!

Not in Canada you say? Oh not to worry, my children. Shadows Fall will wrap up a tour in the states before crossing the boarder. And tickets? Check out this sweet deal! The band is offering a VIP ticket pack that includes:

-General Admission Ticket
-Pre-show meet and greet with Shadows Fall 30 minutes before doors
-SF Laminate
-Choice of "Retribution" on CD or limited edition VINYL (sick!) to be picked up at show
-An autographed Shadows Fall Poster
-Access to a fan photo pass (limited to first 4 requests per show)

That's honestly one of the coolest ticket packages I've ever come across. 6 shows have already sold out of them, so if you want it, you better get your grubby hands clicking while you still have time! Don't forget you gotta register before you can get them

Be sure to check out the tour when it comes through your town, or province, and if you are one of the lucky 4 to get a photo pass, we'd love to check out your shot!

SHADOWS FALL US TOUR (w/ Five Finger Death Punch, Throwdown and 2 Cents)
1/21 Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
1/22 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
1/23 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues/Mandalay Bay
1/24 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
1/26 Houston, TX @ House of Blues Houston
1/27 McAllen, TX @ McAllen Convention Center
1/28 San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
1/29 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues Dallas
1/30 New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
1/31 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
2/2 Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom
2/3 Greenville, SC @ The Handlebar
2/4 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
2/5 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
2/6 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
2/8 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
2/9 Jacksonville, NC @ Hooligan’s Music Hall
2/10 Huntington, WV @ Club V
2/11 Buffalo, NY @ Town Hall
2/12 Flint, MI @ Machine Shop
2/13 Dayton, OH @ McGuffy’s House of Rock
2/14 Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
2/15 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
2/16 Rapid City, SD @ Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
2/17 Billings, MT @ Shrine Auditorium
2/19 Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory
2/20 Chico, CA @ Senator Theater
2/21 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater

SHADOWS FALL CANADIAN TOUR
2/24 Calgary, AB @ Republik*
2/25 Edmonton, AB @ Starlite*
2/26 TBD 2/27 Regina, SK @ The District*
3/1 Winnipeg, MB @ WECC*
3/2 Thunder Bay, ON @ The Roxy*
3/4 Toronto, ON @ Opera House
3/5 London, ON @ Music Hall
3/6 TBD
3/7 Ottawa, ON @ Mavericks
3/8 Montreal, QC @ National
3/9 Quebec City, QC @ Imperial

*With Goatwhore

Shadows Fall wants Your Help!

Shadows Fall got its fans involved with the band in a pretty rad way. They are in the midst of having a merch design contest where they invited fans to submit shirt ideas that would be voted on by fellow fans. 6 have been chosen for consideration. Let's call them the semi-finalists!

The winner will be determined by how many "likes" the design gets on the band's Facebook.

Votes will be tallied until 12pm (EST) on December 9th, then the winner will be announced the following day on http:​/​/​www.​Ultimate-guitar.​com

The grand prize winner gets 2 pieces of their merch design created, their Myspace and Facebook links on the band's page, and a Shadows Fall box set while 2 runners up get whatever shirt they like from the merch store.

Here are your choices! Make sure your vote counts by clicking "like" on their Facebook page!