Just in case people haven't figured out by now. Cody Quistad is the Clean vocalist, and Briton Bond is the harsh vocalist. However, Briton was doing clean vocals in the verse of Slow Burn. Briton has gotten a lot more comfortable with his cleans. I'm so proud of him!
Earliest I’ve ever been to an upload! So glad you’re giving this a listen. I loved nu metal, and though it ran its course at the time, I’m stoked to see bands giving it a lovely new flavour. Hope you enjoy it too!
How am I just finding your channel now? Dude your reactions are going on my regular watch list after this and the Spiritbox ones, right next to Nic and Hard Core, for real. Good shit!
Josh - I have just got back from watching Wage War supported by The Devil Wears Prada and what an epic night it was. I got into Wage War because of this video and I noticed you put up a TDWP video recently, both sick bands, so thank you from the UK! Keep doing what you’re doing 🤘🏻
Very cool. Really enjoyed your album reaction & also ended up buying the album. It's great & I'd never heard of Wage War before this album to my shame. On a slightly separate note & not really related to this album, it surprises me how many bands don't pay attention to track order. You need to pace the album & keep the listener interested & to some extent guessing. So many rock/metal bands put their best songs at the start consecutively & then have the last song as slow ballad & the middle can feel like filler even when it's decent which is something I hate. A rock/metal band needs to go out with a bang & end with something heavy & memorable imo.
Great job! Really enjoyed listening along with you and hearing your thoughts. Thanks for posting this and sharing it with us all. Looking forward to your next album reaction!
I try not to do the whole ‘HEY BUDDY LISTEN TO THIS’ thing, but have you heard Employed To Serve? UK metalcore with some nu/math/thrash twists. Just dropped a new record and it’s very, very good - worth a listen even if you don’t tape a reaction!
This album is very reminiscent of Kingdom of Giants' latest album in terms of pacing, production, sound and songwriting (minus KoG's synth wave stuff). I know people don't like hearing that their favorite band is poppy, but the choruses and song writing in this song is very poppy. And it's not a bad thing! The little stops and starts, the way the vocal melodies flow, and key changes and everything are very poppy and that's why it's so catchy.
