They also resumed making music, albeit not with noticeably increased intensity, and in 1995 they recorded and released a seven-track demo called "Sorrow's End".

Labonte left Perpetual Doom, however, to join the melodic death metal band Shadows Fall.

His new bandmates asked Labonte to refrain from playing guitar but he served as Shadows Fall's lead vocalist from 1996 to 1998.

Labonte has cited Cannibal Corpse, Carcass, Grave,[6] Metallica, Iron Maiden, Pantera, and many 1980s hair metal bands[7] as influences.

[9] He has also expressed fondness of artists outside the heavy metal genre, such as Sarah McLachlan, Garth Brooks,[6] Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Taylor Swift,[10] Carly Rae Jepsen, Fall Out Boy, and Skrillex.

[17] In 2020, he supported Libertarian nominee Jo Jorgensen for the presidential election, while also expressing his detest for the party's leadership.

[20] In 2023, Labonte became a regular recurring guest on Tim Pool's nightly political podcast, Timcast IRL.