Backdraft (album)

Backdraft
Backdraft
Studio album by Fallstar
Released	April 16, 2013 (2013-04-16)
Genre	Christian metal; metalcore;
Length	37:10
Label	Facedown
Producer	Kris Crummett
Fallstar chronology

Backdraft is the second studio album from Fallstar, released by Facedown Records on April 16, 2013. Fallstar worked with Kris Crummett for the production of this album.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Cross Rhythms	¹
Exclaim!	4/10²
HM Magazine	³
Indie Vision Music	⁴
Jesus Freak Hideout	⁵ ⁶

Awarding the album four stars from HM Magazine, Sarah Brehm states, "Fallstar’s Backdraft is metalcore at its heart, but still seamlessly pulls from a myriad of genres—melodic hardcore, punk, rap-rock, electronic—to create an album that’s hard not to like."³ Mark Sherwood, rating the album a seven out of ten for Cross Rhythms, writes, "overall a strongish album."¹ Giving the album four and a half stars at Jesus Freak Hideout, Michael Weaver says, "Fallstar has produced a solid product in Backdraft."⁵ Timothy Estabrooks, awarding the album four stars for Jesus Freak Hideout, states, "Backdraft is a phenomenal release from a band that really deserves a lot of recognition right now."⁶ Lee Brown, giving the album four stars at Indie Vision Music, writes, "With Backdraft, they have grown musically, vocally, and as song writers."⁴ Rating the album a four out of ten from Exclaim!, says, the band "stray from having any significant singles or memorable solos rise to the forefront, although the album as a whole stands against the grain within their particular genre."²

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Malbec Blood"	Fallstar Bryan Ratzlaff	1:01
2.	"Shallow Believer" (featuring Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire)	Jason Brown Fallstar Chris Ratzlaff	3:07
3.	"El Rey"	Fallstar C. Ratzlaff	3:51
4.	"Drags, Drugs and Bones"	Fallstar C. Ratzlaff	3:49
5.	"Yours until the End"	Fallstar C. Ratzlaff	3:52
6.	"The Valley"	Fallstar C. Ratzlaff	4:30
7.	"Alexandria 363" (featuring Living Witness)	Fallstar C. Ratzlaff	3:04
8.	"It's in Our Blood"	Fallstar C. Ratzlaff	3:57
9.	"Eclipse"	Fallstar C. Ratzlaff	0:56
10.	"The New World"	Brown Fallstar C. Ratzlaff	4:25
11.	"Set My Face like Flint"	Fallstar B. Ratzlaff	4:38
Total length:			37:10

Personnel

Fallstar

Chris Ratzlaff – vocals
Justin Raymond Haag – guitar
Jason Brown – guitar
Bryan Ratzlaff- bass
Cody Carrier – drums

Production

Kris Crummett – production

References

Sherwood, Mark. "Review: Backdraft – Fallstar". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
Barakat, Farah. "Fallstar Backdraft". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
Brehm, Sarah. "Fallstar – Backdraft". HM Magazine. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
Brown, Lee. "Fallstar – Backdraft". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
Weaver, Michael. "Fallstar, "Backdraft" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
Estabrooks, Timothy. "Audio Adrenaline, "Sound of the Saints" Review – Second Staff Opinion". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

[CR-1] Sherwood, Mark. "Review: Backdraft – Fallstar". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved June 5, 2014.

[EX-2] Barakat, Farah. "Fallstar Backdraft". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

[HM-3] Brehm, Sarah. "Fallstar – Backdraft". HM Magazine. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

[IVM-4] Brown, Lee. "Fallstar – Backdraft". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

[JFH_Weaver-5] Weaver, Michael. "Fallstar, "Backdraft" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

[JFH_Estabrooks-6] Estabrooks, Timothy. "Audio Adrenaline, "Sound of the Saints" Review – Second Staff Opinion". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

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