Released August 28, 2001 Length 67:47 Artist American Head Charge Producer Rick Rubin | Recorded 2001 The War of Art
(2001) The Feeding
(2005) Release date 28 August 2001 Label American Recordings | |
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Studio The Mansion in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California Genres Heavy metal, Nu metal, Industrial metal, Alternative metal Similar American Head Charge albums, Heavy metal albums | ||
American head charge the war of art full album
The War of Art is the second album by the industrial metal band American Head Charge, released in 2001.
Contents
American head charge a violent reaction
Album information
The album was recorded at Rick Rubin's allegedly haunted recording studio. The title is a play on words of the Chinese book The Art of War by Sun Tzu. This is the band's only album with Aaron Zilch on samplers, and David Rogers and Wayne Kile together on guitar. After the departure of Zilch, Fouler remained the band's sole keyboardist/sampler.
The album landed American Head Charge a spot at Ozzfest 2001. Their concerts featured some controversy due to the band firing shotguns and burning American flags on stage. A live version of the song "Reach and Touch" appears on the album Ozzfest 2001: The Second Millennium. A live version of "Seamless" appears on the album Pledge of Allegiance Tour: Live Concert Recording. Music videos were released for "Just So You Know" and "All Wrapped Up".
Reception
The War of Art sold over 250,000 copies and received positive reviews. Allmusic called the album "brutal, loud, and insanely intense" and that "the band is one of the most intelligent, interesting, and compelling metal bands to surface." CMJ said, "aiming its cannons, grenades and shotguns at point-blank range... its spliced with programming and aggro geetars." NME called it an "outstanding slab of modern heavy metal."
Katherine Turman said that "sirens, industrial noise, and ultra-intense vocals kick off The War of Art's aptly titled opening cut A Violent Reaction", and that the band have "deftly produced, well-conceived, and fully realized songs and approach." Metal Observer called it "an album that forms a unity for itself and wins in power and intensity with each repeated listen." AntiMusic said that "from start to finish The War of Art is an uncompromising heavy album filled with righteous screams, in your face bass and drums and searing guitars." Rough Edge said that the album "is one hour plus of blistering, mind blowing, molten metal" and that "song after song after song is nothing less than a pure metal experience."
Track listing
Songs
1A Violent Reaction4:12
2Pushing the Envelope3:14
3Song for the Suspect4:11