Boston metallers SHADOWS FALL have announced their annual hometown holiday concert for December 26th, 2009. It will take place in Northampton, MA at Pearl Street. Tickets are on sale now and you can purchase yours at this location.

Shadows Fall recently issued the following message to fans:

"We’re giving our fans the opportunity to design a new Shadows Fall shirt. Check out the instructions for submitting your design below and start sending them in now.

Step 1: Create a new Shadows Fall design. Final files must be in 300 DPI or higher. Layered photo shop, illustrator, or corel files are best.

Step 2: Place your design on one of our merch templates. The design needs to have the Shadows Fall logo. You can download the logo and shirt templates here. Please, do not send us the artwork file. Only use sendspace.com. All artwork files will be deleted and not entered into the contest!

Step 3: Upload your file to www.sendspace.com.

Step 4: Email us the link to download your design at shadowsfallbandcontests@gmail.com BEFORE November 11th, 2009.

We will go through all the submissions and pick our 5 favorite designs. Those designs will be posted on http://www.facebook.com/shadowsfall. Vote for your favorite design and the winner will actually become a real Shadows Fall merch design.

Voting begins at Noon (EST) on Friday November 13th, 2009 and ends at Noon (EST) on November 19th, 2009. Winner will be announced on www.ultimate-guitar.com on 11 AM (EST) November 20th, 2009.

Grand Prize Winner - 2 pieces of the merch created as well as their MySpace and Facebook links on band’s page and a Shadows Fall box set!

2 Runners Up – Choice of 1 Shadows Fall t-shirt from merch store!

We can’t wait to see all the awesome ideas you guys have. Good luck!"

As previously reported, Shadows Fall are the HD Artist Of The Month (November) on Fuse On Demand. Check out this video where the guys talk about their new album Retribution, success in the metal world and starting their own label.