Death Roll is just pure After the Burial lmao

Ever since I opened Wage War, I'm a huge fan. I can agree that they sound pretty typical for metalcore but for me they've mastered it. I really like the blend of calm and banger songs every album. Experiments are good, but some times you need some good old metalcore, that where Wage War perfectly fits in for me.

Solid record overall, but “Death Roll” just blows everything else out of the water IMO

I'm really glad the breakdowns are grooves and not chugs like usual

For me, this album is way better than pressure, but doesn't hit the same level as blueprints and deadweight.

Wage war really upped their breakdown game this album

I remember reading on Reddit or Twitter that Wage War sticks to the "metalcore formula" because they make it work and they're good with it and I believe this record proves that. I really enjoyed it, though I agree some songs sound really similar but when you take it for what it is, it's a fun metalcore album.

This album is a grower. 3-4 times spin, you'll find yourself singing along to the songs

Death roll and Manic caught me off guard when I first heard them, they’re both absolutely unreal songs

The riff at the start of Death Roll literally sounds like After the Burial holy shit.

Death Roll is an experience. Looking past a lot of parts that are kinda default, there's some interesting diversity in this album.

Honestly, I love the album. Not one song i do not like but i am more into the generic feel. One thing i will say though is that i generally do not listen to songs that only have screams. I usually like the poppy cleans and so on but Death roll i just cannot stop listening to. There is just something about that song that gets me going. Along with High Horse. But for me, well done Wage War. It is generic but i am into that very much like Memphis May Fire. Very generic and very predictable but... bands like wage war and MMF are the best at this type of generic sound in my opinion so i will gladly accept and play on repeat. I respect your opinion though. I think most of your viewers will and should accept that this is just not your thing so keep doing what you do. It is great content.

I definitely agree with your review. Death Roll was by far my favorite. And it’s not the fact it’s heavy, but it just feels so much more metal than the others. I’m personally not a fan of the forced-in poppy choruses with the simple cookie-cutter structures. Just looking at the lengths of the songs tells you about all you need to know, unfortunately.

Man I'm honestly surprised you called this album bland haha I found every song to be different and original and honestly has grabbed me as there best album because of how every song is different

I got goosebumps with that opening in Death Roll. imo it's a smart album, recollects all they have done and I'm loving it

This surprised me! I was hyped for it after Circle the Drain but it blew my expectations out of the water. The title track is just amazing

Pleasantly suprised by this album. Every song is good, like this is not a half good/half bad like Pressure was to me. Relapse, Death Roll, Godspeed and True Colors are bangers, and even the softer are good. They used to be on of my favourite band 5 years ago and they are clearly climbing back up

Not the AOTY but a good album ! High Horse, Manic and circle the drain are my favorite 🔥

Absolute breakdown-fiesta, diggin' this one much better than Pressure.

I personally like the album very much. Why? I think the band just continued to develop the last album "Pressure", although I think this album is even harder than Pressure. The album has really cool neck breakers Death Roll, High Horse and also very good metal ballads like Slow Burn and Never Say Goodbye, which still have good break downs. But honestly, what do you expect from Wage War? Great breakdowns, beautiful melodies and songs that jump and pop in your face. And that's exactly what this album has. We clearly have a further development of the band from the last album, which I personally found very awesome. What also fascinates me about this band is that the two singers complement each other perfectly and just do a great job. You can still find comparable cool things at Bury Tomorrow. I would therefore like to hold up the flag for this album and just tell you that the album is great fun and that you can access it without hesitation. Greetings from Germany.

I’ve never been a Wage War fan (I’ve enjoyed a few songs here and there) but this album is definitely gonna push me into major fan territory.

Hears the first two: Meh i've heard these already. Hard Core: *Hears Manic* ~surprise pikachu face

This album may be generic but I really enjoyed this album and Death Roll is an absolute banger

As a new viewer I appreciate you commentary on the album...Gets me to see a different perspective. I kept my expectations in check for this album and went in expecting something similar to Pressure and I feel personally I was pleasantly surprised. After 3 listens through I would easily give this album at least a 9 in my opinion.

At a certain point, you have to know that these guys write music that has a pretty predictable structure and take it for what it’s worth. That’s their style and they are damn consistent about it. So expecting something else is disingenuous imo. Respect your opinion though. Fun, solid metalcore in my opinion. Can’t wait to see them live.

Yet here i am, listening to it every day 😄 You really gotta go through this again man.

Loved the album, some songs felt kinda similar (way more than necessary) to their previous work but there's a few highlights like Death Roll and Manic. Overall it was a really great experience!

I think I heard the same riff about 6 times when listening to this album (like you basically said). But damn their breakdowns are cool! Maniac (the song) will be on my playlist for a while I think. :)

Honestly nice to get others opinions on the music, personally loved the whole album from start to finish. Gonna be on repeat for the next few weeks. Honestly, Manic is the track that I least liked..but still liked it. TBH, not really hated anything Wage War have released over the years.

they do generic stupid metalcore really well, if you go in looking for anything more than that you’re gonna be dissapointed. i liked it

Was actually pleasantly surprised by this album. Had it on repeat all day. Don't understand how people can rave about spiritbox and then call this bland. Maybe I'm just crazy.

Blueprints and Deadweight are 2 of my favorites, but I’m so glad they took what they learned from Pressure and made the “wage war” sound instead of just being great modern metalcore

It’s some of the best gymcore and I’m here for it. 👌🏻

i actually wasnt expecting anything from wage war since pressure but they surprised me A LOT in this album theres some really solid tracks but i agree with Hard Core, i feel like ive heard those songs hundred times (when i first heard the main riff in Death Roll i thought it was a fucking Slaughter to Prevail song really sick song) also we have to remember that this is the type of music Wage War aim for, kinda generic and moshy they've been this way since Blueprints (that generic metalcore formula only worked for them at Blueprints and Deadweight cause basically at that time Metalcore was kinda evolving into Prog)

Death Roll’s first breakdown is easily the nastiest, most hectic breakdown and I think it could be my favorite breakdown I’ve heard in a while

Once again the cleans/generic choruses bring this band down but on the other hand they really stepped up some of the breakdowns in terms of creativity

I got to say that this album got me on curve, I was not that excited for this album but what a nice surprise was to listen to it without expectations, for sure a very solid modern metalcore album and a solid way to keep Wage War very relevant and still amazing in the actual scene!

To me it’s a step up from Pressure, but still not creative enough writing for my taste. Death Roll, If tomorrow never comes, and Relapse are big highlights for me

Can't wait to listen to this soon!

If tommorow never comes is so underated thats a sick ass song

Fully respect your opinion man. I enjoyed this album personally but I see where you’re coming from.

personally, i absolutely fucking LOVE this album. i respect your opinion on it, but this is honestly one of my top five albums of last year.

This album makes me sad, cause this band had the components to be amazing. Briton has phenomenal harsh vocals. Cody’s voice is beautiful. The drums are punchy, and the guitars are beefy. But most of what they compose is straight out of a formula, one that I don’t think they’ve done better since Blueprints

I’m sad you didn’t like this album more. To me it’s done a great job of keeping a theme all the way through while expressing some very painful experiences in new and clever ways.

I absolutely love this album and its literally aoty for me, been on repeat since its release!!

Why do all their songs sound the same wtf

Death Roll is nuts and out of no where so good! Great album as well!

That breakdown in relapse reminds me of the alarm that goes of in the imperial ships in Star Wars if that makes sense haha

ladies and gentlemen, i present...buttcore

Actually I really like this album more than their past records. I love all the choruses, and they still know how to be heavy

Could you do a video about albums or eps that grew on you over time?

Dying Wish new album is an absolute MUST for being broken by breakdowns

"Breakdown city" throughout this entire record, and I've said it before, but as predictable as their song structure is in songs this entire record is a step up from "Pressure". Plus, "Death Roll" in my opinion is their heaviest track to date. Awesome job WW!!!

Would love to see him react to Humanity's last breath

That fade out on If Tomorrow Never Comes reminded me a lot of Spiritbox's Constance

I feel like they brought the good aspects of pressure and kinda mixed it with deadweight. Imo

Manic and death roll had me full stank face and I love it

any chance for an reaction of the new dying wish album? :)

So my favorite tracks are Godspeed and If tomorrow never comes, but I love the album on a whole. Oddly enough when I heard Death Roll it didn't even phase me, but reading everyone's comments and giving it more thought on second it's growing on me a little bit. Which brings me to this: love this little community and channel, I don't have metal friends really and don't get to get vairing thoughts/opinions on stuff like this so it's a lot of fun for me. Take care everyone! Rock on

correct me if im wrong but i think Jeremy Mckennin from ADTR produced this album

Just listened to Dying Wish's debut album which is FIRE!!! No skips, no filler- all bangers!! Absolutely fire album. About to start Wage Wars album now, but checked this out first to hear a teaser of the album and see what you thought about the album!

Loved this album 9/10 imo not a single bad song

I don't understand this guy. He enjoys the whole album, he smiles, he says the breakdowns are great and then he says he doesn't like it HAHAHA The inconsistent guy!

I think you have a very valid point. They used to be so cutting edge at the time of Blueprints and them being fresh really helped them. But them putting out the exact same record four times is kinda old. And don't get me wrong, I love every single song they've put out. There's not one miss. But when it all sounds so similar all the time for 5 or so years it gets kinda repetitive. I feel like they'll really start to fall off if they don't bring something new and great and innovative with their next record. *Don't get this mixed up cause Wage War is literally like Top 3 bands of all time for me and I've been a fan since literally the day Blueprints came out and I saw them on Warped in 16 so there is absolutely no hate in this comment*

i love how two of the best albums this year in my opinion are This place Will Beckme Your Tomb and Manic. he didn't really like either haha. to each their own i guess 🤷‍♂️

Death Roll is just the gift that keeps on giving. Definitely top favorite of the album.

Death Roll and If Tomorrow Never comes are probably my two favorite. Thought this was a pretty damn solid album.

I was very much surprised by this album and genuinely liked it through and through. Listened to it about 3-4 times yesterday. After Pressure, I genuinely thought I wasn't going to like another Wage War album again but they proved me wrong thankfully!

my favorite album this year

I hope for their next album, they go back to a Blueprints/Deadweight type of album.

“Never said goodbye” and “True Colors” tracks reminds me of All that Remains older music, but I love Wage War they play some great workout music

I really like Relapse, Manic, Death Roll and the singles. The rest I'm very meh about.

I first heard of this band while listening to octane radio

I feel they would improve a lot if the unclean vocalist had more range with gutterals and such, and less verse chorus structure. Like 4 choruses in a song is too much, only 2 is really needed. Like their song Alive only had one clean vocal section and it was perfect.

I was vibing with him through the whole video

5:03 had me dying 😂 Great review

Love how death roll had the longest time in this video because the whole song is basically a breakdown

This album really surprised me with some really good tracks! Better than the singles in my opinion except for High Horse

Death Roll is just gojira, trivium, and classic wage mixed into one beast

I’m honestly super late to the party but I discovered this album today and had to know what you thought about it. I agree this is generic metalcore and not ground breaking by any means, but I genuinely jammed it all day because it’s still high quality imo :) If tomorrow never comes hits that sweet spot of nostalgia damn

This album blew my fucking mind!

This easily my fab album of theirs

bro you might want to check out Dogma - Blood Youth, or the entire album this is on

Holy shit that riff in Relapse is reminding of how memeable the riff in Low was. Don’t know if its me but I can’t get over how Tom Searle and Josh Middleton it is (Also i know its super generic but the bit right at the end of Death Roll reminds me of Ordinary Extinction)

i think this is my favorite wage war album.

My favorite songs are songs that take you for journeys throughout with what happens musically, so I gravitate toward bands like ABR, Periphery, Currents... but hey my music knowledge isnt all that expansive so throw me bands that make each song a journey!

For me, (Death Roll-Manic-High horse) is listenable. the rest of the album is just similar music back and forth

Btw, Matty Mullins wrote True Colors with Cody.

100% agree with you

It's like they smoked some of what Darko was having, but didn't inhale.

I actually really enjoy this album. I take it for what it is, a modern metalcore album. For me its like a cool blend of the old and new era of this band. Death roll S.L.A.P.S tho. But my mannnn, pleasssseeeeee do an album reaction of Das Album from wbtbwb!! This one is insaneeeeee start to finish.

Death roll sounds identical to behold the crown

I've had this album on repeat and not one song gets skipped. Wage war are masters at what they do. Every song brings out a stink face and a chorus you can belt out. If I was to build the perfect band, it wouldn't be far from wage war

It's pressure 2.0 but way better imo. It still has the radio rock influences but their also not holding back on the screams and breakdowns. Deadweight is still their best album but this is up there.

Death roll sounds like Behold the crown

I fully understand that there are people who like the heavier songs rather than melodic and lyrical rock songs even if there are heavy metal guitar riffs and breakdowns within them. But I also believe that it adds a level of comfortability for people who aren’t as experienced in a rock genre. It’s not that bands are getting softer it’s just that bands are trying to appeal to a much bigger Audience like they should. Look I live in Chicago and I haven’t met a single person who listens to this kind of music. It’s a dying genre atleast in my eyes so if a major change like melody needs to be introduced then why not. I think this album was a huge fucking success through and through. I’ve personally experienced this album seem somewhat of substance to people who Mainly listens to rap or edm

New asking Alexandria album with some rawrs

We Butter The Bread With Butter - Das Album!

I love that you straight up fucking died at 4:13

3:02 reminds me of After The Burial