A War You Cannot Win

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A War You Cannot Win
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 6, 2012
Recorded2012
StudioZing Studios, Westfield, Massachusetts
Genre
Length39:19
Label Razor & Tie
Producer Adam Dutkiewicz
All That Remains chronology
For We Are Many
(2010)
A War You Cannot Win
(2012)
The Order of Things
(2015)
Singles from A War You Cannot Win
  1. "Down Through the Ages"
    Released: August 13, 2012
  2. "Stand Up"
    Released: August 27, 2012
  3. "You Can't Fill My Shadow"
    Released: October 26, 2012
  4. "Asking Too Much"
    Released: March 18, 2013
  5. "What If I Was Nothing"
    Released: October 21, 2013
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A War You Cannot Win is the sixth studio album by American metalcore band All That Remains. The album was released on November 6, 2012, through Razor & Tie. [5] [6]

Contents

The album has some tracks which have a melodic metalcore sound and some with a standard metal sound which have only singing. [2]

Album sold over 25,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart. [7] As of February 2015, the album has sold 123,000 copies in the United States. [8]

Background

The album was produced by Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, who has produced albums for the band in the past.

The first song to be released from the album was "Down Through the Ages". The song was first posted to Labonte's YouTube channel on August 13, 2012. "Stand Up" was released as the next single on August 27. On October 26, "You Can't Fill My Shadow" was announced as the album's third single.

But the fifth and last single, "What If I Was Nothing", was the greatest hit of the album and of their whole discography. It is a power ballad which has already reached 85 million views in YouTube. In this song Philip Labonte sings about some of his former problems with his wife.

Musical style

Drummer Jason Costa stated about the album: "This is a very guitar, very melody-oriented album. It wasn't very rhythm-based at all. I would just say it's metal; it's a metal album. We've got some heavy songs on there, some heavy, groovy songs on there. We've got some fast, heavy songs on there, we've got some more radio-friendly, melodic songs on there. It's typical ALL THAT REMAINS, really, but we've definitely stepped up the musicianship there and the writing." [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Down Through the Ages"Philip Labonte3:31
2."You Can't Fill My Shadow"Philip Labonte3:33
3."Stand Up"Johnny Andrews / Rob Graves / All That Remains4:00
4."A Call to All Non-Believers"Philip Labonte2:44
5."Asking Too Much"Rob Graves / All That Remains3:28
6."Intro"Philip Labonte0:21
7."Just Moments in Time"Philip Labonte3:27
8."What If I Was Nothing"Rob Graves / All That Remains4:36
9."Sing for Liberty"Philip Labonte3:41
10."Not Fading"Rob Graves / All That Remains3:34
11."Calculating Loneliness" (Instrumental)Oli Herbert2:39
12."A War You Cannot Win"Rob Graves / All That Remains3:45
Total length:39:19
Japanese edition bonus track [10]
No.TitleLength
13."Let Nothing Bind Me"3:03
Total length:42:22

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [11] 12
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [12] 84
US Billboard 200 [13] 13
US Digital Albums (Billboard) [14] 12
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [15] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [16] 3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [17] 4
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [18] 11

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