War of Will

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War of Will
Battlecross-WarOfWill.jpg
Studio album by
Battlecross
ReleasedJuly 9, 2013 (2013-07-09)
Recorded2013 at Audiohammer Studio, Sanford, Florida
Genre Melodic death metal, thrash metal
Length36:07
Label Metal Blade Records
Producer Eyal Levi & Mark Lewis
Battlecross chronology
Pursuit of Honor
(2011)		War of Will
(2013)		 Rise to Power
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]

War of Will is the second studio album by American extreme metal band Battlecross. Produced at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, FL, the work was released on July 9, 2013 via Metal Blade Records peaking at No. 2 on Heatseekers Albums [2] during its first month while debuting at No. 134 on Billboard 200. [3] [4]

Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal and visual transgression".

Battlecross band

Battlecross is an American heavy metal band from Canton, Michigan, United States. The band has described their sound as "Blue Collar Thrash Metal".To date, they have released three albums through their label, Metal Blade Records.

Metal Blade Records record label

Metal Blade Records is a heavy metal independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by RED Distribution, and in Canada by Sony Music Entertainment. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Records in the United States from 1988 to 1993.

Contents

Production

Percussion for the album was performed by Shannon Lucas, formerly of The Black Dahlia Murder, after drummer Michael Kreger and the band parted ways. Additionally, Jason Suecof performed a string solo for the work. [5]

Shannon Lucas American musician

Shannon Lucas is an American heavy metal drummer from Staunton, Virginia. He is best known as the former drummer for death metal band The Black Dahlia Murder and metalcore band All That Remains.

The Black Dahlia Murder (band) American death metal band

The Black Dahlia Murder is an American melodic death metal band from Waterford, Michigan, formed in 2001. Their name is derived from the 1947 unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, often referred to as Black Dahlia. The band currently comprises lead vocalist Trevor Strnad, rhythm guitarist Brian Eschbach, bassist Max Lavelle, drummer Alan Cassidy, and lead guitarist Brandon Ellis. Out of the eight studio albums they have released to date, the last seven have charted on the U.S. Billboard 200, with their fifth album Ritual peaking at No. 31 in 2011, marking them as one of the most popular contemporary American extreme metal bands. Their eighth and latest album Nightbringers was released on October 6, 2017.

Jason Suecof is an American record producer, mixer, guitarist and songwriter.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Force Fed Lies"3:20
2."Flesh & Bone"3:29
3."Never Coming Back"2:24
4."My Vaccine"4:20
5."Get Over It"4:59
6."Ghost Alive"3:19
7."Wage A War"3:25
8."The Will To Overcome"3:48
9."Beast"3:56
10."Never-Ending Night"3:07
Total length:36:07

Personnel

Death growl voice type

A death growl is a vocal style usually employed by death metal singers but also used in other heavy metal styles, such as metalcore. Death growls are sometimes criticized for their "ugliness". However, the harshness of death growls is in keeping with death metal's abrasive music style and often dark and obscene subject matter. The progressively more forceful enunciation of metal vocals has been noted from heavy metal to thrash metal to death metal.

Lead guitar is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure. The lead is the featured guitar, which usually plays single-note-based lines or double-stops. In rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz, punk, fusion, some pop, and other music styles, lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays rhythm guitar, which consists of accompaniment chords and riffs.

Rhythm guitar guitar technique; part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section

In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section ; and to provide all or part of the harmony, i.e. the chords from a song's chord progression, where a chord is a group of notes played together. Therefore, the basic technique of rhythm guitar is to hold down a series of chords with the fretting hand while strumming or fingerpicking rhythmically with the other hand. More developed rhythm techniques include arpeggios, damping, riffs, chord solos, and complex strums.

Chart performance

Chart (2013)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard )2
US Billboard 200 ( Billboard )134

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References

  1. ↑ Gregory Heaney. "War of Will - Battlecross : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Heatseekers Albums : Page 1". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
  3. ↑ "200 : Page 7". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
  4. ↑ bravewords.com. "> News > BATTLECROSS' War Of Will Lands On Billboard Chart". Bravewords.com. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
  5. ↑ "BATTLECROSS: 'War Of Will' First-Week Sales Revealed". Blabbermouth.Net. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
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