Wage War announce new album ‘Manic’

August 25, 2021 James Weaver

WAGE WAR have announced a new album!

Titled Manic, the upcoming album from the Florida-based metalcore band is the follow-up to 2019’s Pressure and is scheduled to be released in October this year, via Fearless Records.

Speaking about the upcoming album, the band says, “after a long wait, and endless hours of work, we could not be more ecstatic to announce our new album Manic. We’ve spent the entire last year working so hard to bring you the best WAGE WAR yet, and we’ve never been more sure that we’ve accomplished that.”

“Manic encompasses everything we’ve gone through as musicians in the last year-and-a-half,” expands drummer Stephen Kluesener on the new album. “The whole industry halted, and we technically lost our jobs. Our scene was among the first to leave and the last to come back. The album captures the whole period.” Guitarist/vocalist Cody Quistad adds, “mania is a wild emotion. The last year was all severe highs and lows. We had some victories, but we’ve also had so many low points. We’ve built this thing for the last 10 years and put all of our chips into it. We’ve missed birthdays and funerals, but we’ve done some extraordinary things. Last year, we found ourselves wondering if it would ever come back. That’s really what the album is about.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new song from the upcoming record; Circle The Drain. The new song is the second single to be lifted from the upcoming record, following on from the release of High Horse, which was released earlier this month.

Speaking about the new song, the band says, “Circle The Drain is a song about learning from past mistakes and accepting responsibility in a world that needs change. It starts with us deciding to be a part of the solution.”

Listen to Circle The Drain here: