Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL will celebrate their 30th anniversary with a special concert on July 18 at the MGM Aria Ballroom in Springfield, Massachusetts.

The band says they have one show booked for the year so fans should not miss out.

They will be covering three decades of metal madness in this setlist and can't wait to party with their hometown crowd.

SHADOWS FALL will also be joined by their Massachusetts metal brothers UNEARTH and WITHIN THE RUINS.

The concert is a celebration of the band's 30th anniversary, which was recently declared 'Shadows Fall Day' by the mayor of Springfield MA.

In related news, SHADOWS FALL singer Brian Fair has spoken about the status of the recording sessions for the remainder of the songs for the long-awaited follow-up to the band's 2012 album "Fire From The Sky".

He said: "We're rounding the final stretch.

I've still got some more work to do.

But we're adding harmonies, adding backup vocals.

We're getting there.

We don't have any idea of release dates or any of that plans nailed down, but we are still in studio mode.

We're getting a lot done, and I'm very excited about these songs." SHADOWS FALL recently released its first two singles in more than 12 years — "Souls Devoured", which came out in May 2025, and "In The Grey", which was made available in December 2024 — via SHADOWS FALL's new record label home, MNRK Heavy.

Brian said: "We dropped the two singles sort of as a tease, and we just wanna bring in everything we've ever done to this record.

Since it's been so long, we're taking our time.

We're trying to refine everything the best we can.

And it's getting there, man.

And I cannot wait to share it.

But, unfortunately, we have to finish it before we can share it." SHADOWS FALL has been working with MNRK Heavy and Brian said: "They've been super flexible about letting us do things the way we need to do 'em.

It's such a different game now.

Whereas before, you'd tour, record, tour, record, tour, record, now you can drop singles here and there.

You can just get it out in different ways.

It's super cool.

Physical medium, outside of vinyl, isn't as big of a deal, so it's just a different age, which is something we had to kind of navigate and figure out, how do we wanna do this? But they've been a great partner so far.

And I just cannot wait to finally get it done so we can share it with the world and then start playing some shows." As for possible guest appearances on the new SHADOWS FALL album, Fair said: "There's been some ideas floating around.

We've never really done guest stuff outside of when we did some covers, we've had some people hop on the covers.

So it's something we talked about, 'cause we've never done it, so we're, like, 'Hey, man.

We don't know how much more music we're gonna make.

Let's do whatever we can.

Let's have some fun with it.' So we shall see.

But nothing I can share yet, 'cause it hasn't happened." Brian also confirmed that SHADOWS FALL plans to play some shows in support of the new LP once the album has been released.

He said: "Yeah, definitely.

Nothing that's booked now, 'cause, like I said, we gotta get the record done.

Once that's done, then we can move on to shows.

And like I said, we probably will never tour the way we used to or full time, but we definitely wanna get out there and play some stuff as soon as it's done.