War of Ages

War of Ages | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 13, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Strike First
• ASIN: B000BO887M
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,165 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Stand Your Ground

2. Brother in Arms

3. False Prophet

4. Only the Strong Survive

5. My Solitude

6. Battle On

7. One Day

8. Scars of Tomorrow

9. Broken Before You

10. Second Chance

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing Metalcore, December 6, 2005

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N. Pierce (Southern Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: War of Ages (Audio CD)

Are you tired of all metalcore bands following the same boring pattern? War of Ages is the cure. Blending an intense hardcore crunch with blazing guitar leads and dynamic lyrics, these guys put the passion back in a genre that seems to have lost conviction. What you will NOT hear is emoesque choruses and weak guitars. The sound is beefy and muscular. The twin guitar leads are reminiscent of As I Lay Dying, Shadows Fall, or All That Remains, but are refreshingly original. The overall songwriting is phenomenal and will keep your undivided attention through the whole disc. Just watch. This band will blow up and become huge. Check them out!! (And other Strike First/ Facedown bands like In Due Time, Bloody Sunday, and Brutal Fight)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Generic brutality with good soloing, August 16, 2009

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Michael P. Desantis "Mike DeSantis" (Columbia, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: War of Ages (Audio CD)

While I like War Of Ages' later works, their debut is, unfortunately, rather repetitive and generic, using loads of gallop-riffing as the main rhythmic tool. The lead work is decent and the solos are fairly good, but the same rhythmic and melodic ideas are employed song after song, especially during the verses and breakdowns. Most songs are slight variations of the following formula: chugging gallop riffs, alternating metalcore screams and hardcore/punk spoken word vocals, overlayed with semi-melodic lead guitar; the tempo then significantly slows down as a note is allowed to ring before beginning a long breakdown session in which the melody drops; the tempo rises as the solo then ensues, dropping back into another breakdown session at the end. This is a very breakdown heavy album, which is unfortunate only because of the slowed tempos and unoriginality of the breakdowns, compounded by the fact that the melodic segments demonstrate far greater aptitude.

If you're just looking for some brutal music to accentuate your angst or are dedicated to listening to solely Christian artists, this may be a justifiable purchase, but those looking for sophistication, technicality, or songwriting may want to look elsewhere. Unless strongly in one of these camps, I recommend giving each song a listen, and just picking up the highlights.

5.0 out of 5 stars five stars? this band is that good, April 1, 2006

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James De Costa (del mar, ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: War of Ages (Audio CD)

I dont normaly like to throw around 5 stars,but this band can play. There not super fast or to snappy but they have great songwriting and very catchy riffs. They remind me a lot of a band called still remains mixed with shadowsfall and All that remains. Amazing from the first song to the last song. Its like one of those albums that every song is so good that you dont have to skip through to the next song. Theres only a few things that i think would make this band stick out a little more. If they soloed a little more and maybe experimented more a bit on the vocals they could come out with something a little more complex. Thats just what i think but they wouldint have to do any of that though these guys are off to a stunnig first album. You will here more of these guys in the magazines. If you like any of the bands i listed before you should then really like war of ages. Check them out there really worth it.