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===''The War Within'' (2004β2006)=== Shadows Fall released its fourth studio album ''[[The War Within (Shadows Fall album)|The War Within]]'' on September 21, 2004. It was the first release to enter the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] for the band at number 20 and peaked at number one on the Top Independent albums chart.<ref name="Albums" /> In promotion for the album, Shadows Fall released four music videos over the course of one year; "The Power of I and I", "What Drives the Weak", "Inspiration on Demand", and "Enlightened By the Cold".<ref name="Videos" /> The song "What Drives the Weak" received a [[Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]] in 2006, however the award went to [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] for the song "[[Before I Forget (song)|Before I Forget]]".<ref name="1st Grammy">{{cite web| url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/grammys.htm |title=48th Grammy Awards β 2006 |publisher=Rockonthenet.com |access-date=January 5, 2008}}</ref> "The Light That Blinds" was featured in the video game ''[[Guitar Hero II]]''. Wade Kergan of AllMusic praised the album stating the band has "grown beyond the confines of the metal-loving hardcore crowd anyway, with more in common now with the classic thrash of [[Metallica]] than the metal-tinged hardcore of [[Coalesce (band)|Coalesce]]".<ref>{{cite web| author=Kergan, Wade |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r707338|pure_url=yes}} |title=(((The War Within))) |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 5, 2008}}</ref> In support of the album the band once again performed on Ozzfest, but this time as a mainstage act.<ref name="Ozzfest History">{{cite web| url=http://www.ozzfest.com/history.html |title=Ozzfest History |access-date=May 5, 2008}}</ref>[[File:2014-08-30 Turock Shadows Fall 23.jpg|thumb|Shadows Fall performing live at Turock Open Air in Essen, Germany, 2014|left|237x237px]]Shadows Fall released its first DVD ''[[The Art of Touring]]'' in November 2005. The DVD included a live concert, backstage footage, and six music videos.<ref>{{cite web |author=Chad Bower |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/reviews/gr/rev_sfalldvd.htm |title=Shadows Fall β The Art of Touring DVD |publisher=Heavymetal.about.com |access-date=January 5, 2008 |archive-date=February 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220155302/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/reviews/gr/rev_sfalldvd.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The band released its final CD on Century Media Records, titled ''[[Fallout from the War]]'' on June 13, 2006. Released as a [[compilation album]], it debuted at number 83 on the Billboard 200. ''Fallout from the War'' included tracks recorded for ''The War Within'' that did not make it on to the album, [[B-side]]s, re-recordings, and [[Cover version|cover songs]].<!-- WP:POPE --> David Jeffries of AllMusic claimed the album is "a great informal introduction to the ferocious and melodic witches' brew Shadows Fall always seems to nail."<ref>{{cite web| author=Jeffries, David |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r831855|pure_url=yes}} |title=(((Fallout from the War))) |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 5, 2008}}</ref>
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