Wage War — Briton Bond [lead vocals], Cody Quistad [rhythm guitar, clean vocals], Seth Blake [lead guitar], Chris Gaylord [bass], and Stephen Kluesener [drums] — have entered their world domination era. Today, the Florida band has announced its fifth studio album “Stigma”. It arrives digitally on June 21st, 2024, via Fearless Records, while the physical version will land in stores on September 6th, 2024,
Last month, the band shared the new video for the new single “Magnetic”. Watch it here.
They are following with the video for “NAIL5”. Watch the official video below.
The song comes in hot with subtle synths, cool and unexpected vocal tricks, chunky, industrial-inspired riffs, and undeniable ferocity. “NAIL5” is erected on a groove that will have you nodding your head. Wage War continue to experiment with their sound, and fans and new listeners will be happy to ride sidecar as the band takes thrilling and unpredictable sonic twists and turns.
“‘NAIL5’ is a tribute to our fifth album and continuing to push the envelope in every way, and in this instance, the heavy side”, the band says. “We took the elements that we loved from our past discography and turned it all the way up. The message: You’re either in or you’re in the way”.
Pre-order & pre-save “Stigma” here.
Tracklist:
1. THE SHOW’S ABOUT TO START
2. SELF SACRIFICE
3. MAGNETIC
4. NAIL5
5. BLUR
6. TOMBSTONE
7. HAPPY HUNTING
8. HELLBENT
9. IN MY BLOOD
10. IS THIS HOW IT ENDS?
Traveling a constant forward trajectory at lightspeed, Wage War not only push their own sound forward, but they also propel heavy music into new territory. The Florida quintethave always tempered a pummeling metallic onslaught with unshakable melodies. A near-decade grind naturally brought Wage War to this point. They have unleashed a string of fan favorite albums, including “Blueprints” [2015], “Deadweight” [2017], “Pressure” [2019], and “Manic” [2021].
Beyond looks from SPIN, Modern Drummer, American Songwriter, Revolver, Guitar World, and more, KERRANG! hailed the latter as “their greatest album yet”, and DORK raved, “It’s an embracing of being metalheads, popheads and just fans of good songs. On more than one occasion, there’s an earworm poking its head up through the dirt”.
They also put up numbers, tallying hundreds of millions of streams boosted by the likes of “Stitch”, “Low”, “Manic”, and “Circle the Drain”. On their fifth full-length offering “Stigma” [Fearless Records], Wage War outfit their signature style with industrial grit and electronic sheen, leveling up into the future in the process with singles such as “Magnatic” and “NAIL5”.
Weblinks:
wagewarband.com
www.facebook.com/wagewar
