Cold Like War

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Cold Like War
Studio album by We Came as Romans

Publication
(s)

20th October 2017

Label (s) SharpTone Records

Format (s)

CD , vinyl , download

Genre (s)

Title (number)

10

running time

39 min 46 sec

occupation
  • Electric guitar: Brian Cotton

Guest musicians:

  • Eric Vanlerberghe: vocals in If There's Nothing to See
chronology
We Came as Romans (2015) Cold Like War -
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Cold Like War
  CH 64 October 29, 2017 (1 week)
  US 61 11/11/2017 (1 week)

Cold War Like the title of the fifth studio album by American post-hardcore - band We Came as Romans . It was released on October 20, 2017 via SharpTone Records .

The album contains ten tracks with a playing time of 39 minutes and 46 seconds. As a guest musician, Eric Vanlerberghe from I Prevail appeared in the song If There's Nothing to See . It is the first album with drummer David Puckett and the last with singer Kyle Pavone, who died in 2018.

Cold Like War received mixed reviews in the German-speaking trade press.

music

We Came as Romans mostly return to their musical roots on Cold Like War . On the two previous albums - Tracing Back Roots (2013) and We Came as Romans (2015), named after the band - the harsh sounds were reduced in favor of more radio suitability. Although the fourth album was named after the band, the musicians quickly felt that this would not represent the band properly. The first four albums build on each other and follow a concept. After fulfilling the record contract with Equal Vision Records and switching to SharpTone Records , this conception was declared ended.

Track list

# title Composer (s) length Remarks
1. Vultures with Clipped Wings Joshua Moore 4:04
2. Cold Like War Moors 3:46
3. Two hands Moors 3:53
4th Lost in the moment Moors 4:12
5. Foreign Fire Moors 3:53 Music video
6th Wasted Age Moors 3:46 Music video
7th Encoder Moors 3:19
8th. If There's Nothing to See Moors 4:35 feat. Eric Vanlerberghe
9. Promise Me Moors 3:45
10. Learning to Survive Moors 4:30

Reviews

According to Sonata from Stormbringer.at , the group delivered one of the biggest and most positive surprises of 2017 with Cold Like War . The critic calls the album as mature and grown-up that uses all strengths for itself and at the same time delivers innovations. The album shows what possibilities post-hardcore still has in 2017. Jan Wischkowski from Metal.de writes that on Cold Like War basically everything stayed the same, only better. The album, according to Wischkowski, leads the listener astray from time to time, but the band keeps their signature. That means that the musicians do not shy away from experiments.

Manuel Berger from Laut.de, on the other hand, finds that the album collapses more and more per run. At some point you can no longer mistake how insubstantial the songs on the album are and how there is no common thread. According to the reviewer, the musicians were so fixated on integrating more metal into their sound that they didn't notice they were playing the same thing over and over again. The album only offers excellent motivation to crack your skull in the mosh pit.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charts CH Charts US
  2. ↑ Rock Hard : We Came As Romans: "Cold Like War" album out in October
  3. ↑ a b Blabbermouth.net : WE CAME AS ROMANS To Release 'Cold Like War' Album In October
  4. ↑ a b Jenny Josephine Schulz: FUZE Magazine # 66, p. 20: Work is the key to success
  5. ↑ Sonata: Stormbringer.at : We Came as Romans - Cold Like War Critique
  6. ↑ Jan Wischkowski: Metal.de : We Came as Romans - Cold Like War criticism
  7. ↑ Manuel Berger: Laut.de : We Came as Romans - Cold Like War Critique