This War Is Ours
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This War Is Ours is the second album by the American post-hardcore band Escape the Fate. It was produced by John Feldmann,[1] and released on October 21, 2008 through Epitaph Records.[2] It is the first Escape the Fate album released without lead singer Ronnie Radke and rhythm guitarist Omar Espinosa. After months of drug and legal related issues, Radke was kicked out and the band began working on This War Is Ours with former lead singer of Blessthefall, Craig Mabbitt.
Bassist Max Green comments on the sound of the album:
People are going to be blown away and definitely surprised when they hear Craig's vocals mixed with Escape's diverse sound. This is the next generation of rock. [...] We've been through a lot of shit this last year, and we took all that anger, frustration and sadness and molded it into an album with huge rock choruses, in your face riffs and melodies, and drums that will give your parents a heart attack. This new album isn't going to be a hardcore metal album and it's not going to be a soft melodic album, we are who we are, we are Escape the Fate.
— [1], in Max Green
The album debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard 200, selling 13,000 copies in the first week.[3]
Promotion
Starting on September 2, 2008, fans of Escape the Fate went to a special page on Buzznet to help unlock "the first track" off of This War Is Ours. Once the page had 50,000 viewers at the same time, the new song was then released to play and download for free.[4] In order for a user's "page view" to be considered a contribution to the counter, the page had to remain open and active. Other sites could be used through different tabs or new windows, as long as the Buzznet page stayed open.[5] Because this was a difficult task, fans were asked to "tell everyone [they] know to come to [the] page"[6] in an attempt to reach 50,000 views as fast as possible. About 30 hours after the project started, the new song titled "The Flood" was unlocked and was also available for free download to anyone (whether they participated or not).[7]
On October 1, 2008, the band released "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)" for download.[8]
Copies of the album were made available to buy on their tour with Chiodos and Silverstein, even before the album's official release date.
The official video for "Something" was released to MTV on January 12, 2009.
The video for the album's third single "10 Miles Wide" was released June 9, 2009.
"This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)" is the fourth single off the album. The video was shot in Santa Ana, Califorina on January 9, 2010. The video was released along with the deluxe edition of the album on April 27, 2010.
Deluxe Special Edition
In an interview with Max and Craig, they stated that they would re-release This War Is Ours with a bonus disc with many different features not seen before.
The CD includes two new songs, "Bad Blood" and "Behind the Mask", an acoustic version of "Harder Than You Know", and a remix called "This War Is Mine" by Clown of Slipknot. It also comes with a DVD that features the music videos to "The Flood", "Something", "10 Miles Wide", and "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)". It also comes with a world tour documentary and a behind the music feature.[9] The deluxe edition was released on April 27, 2010.[10]
There is a typo in the insert booklet for "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)", the lyrics for "10 Miles Wide" are listed. However, "10 Miles Wide" has the correct lyrics printed.
For the 10 Miles Wide video on the DVD, any time a curse word is said that word is censored. However, the official video for 10 Miles Wide on Epitaph Records' Youtube channel is not censored. Behind the Music and the European Tour (featured on the DVD) also do not censor curse words.
Track listing
All music is composed by Escape the Fate
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "We Won't Back Down" | 3:31 |
| 2. | "On to the Next One" | 3:10 |
| 3. | "Ashley" | 3:28 |
| 4. | "Something" | 3:40 |
| 5. | "The Flood" | 3:35 |
| 6. | "Let It Go" | 3:30 |
| 7. | "You Are So Beautiful" | 2:50 |
| 8. | "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)" | 4:29 |
| 9. | "10 Miles Wide" (feat. Josh Todd of Buckcherry) | 2:48 |
| 10. | "Harder Than You Know" | 4:23 |
| 11. | "It's Just Me" | 4:58 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Bad Blood" | 4:17 |
| 13. | "Behind the Mask" | 3:15 |
| 14. | "Harder Than You Know" (Acoustic) | 4:19 |
| 15. | "This War Is Mine" (Shawn "Clown" Crahan Remix) | 5:42 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Flood" (Music Video) | |
| 2. | "Something" (Music Video) | |
| 3. | "10 Miles Wide" (Music Video) | |
| 4. | "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine II)" (Music Video) | 5:27 |
| 5. | "Escape the Fate - This War Is Ours Behind the Music" (Video) | |
| 6. | "Escape the Fate - This War Is Ours European Tour" (Video) |
Release history
CD
| Region | Date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| In Stores | October 21, 2008 | Epitaph |
Deluxe Special Edition
| Region | Date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Via Pre-Order USA | April 23, 2010 | Epitaph |
| Via Pre-Order | April 24, 2010 | Epitaph |
| In Stores | April 27, 2010 | Epitaph |
Chart positions
| Chart (2008)[12] | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 | 35 |
| US Top Rock Albums | 12 |
| US Top Digital Albums | 35 |
| US Top Independent Albums | 2 |
| US Top Catalog Albums (2010) | 34 |
| US Top Alternative Albums | 8 |
Personnel
- Escape the Fate
- Craig Mabbitt - lead vocals
- Bryan "Monte" Money - lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, programming, backing clean vocals
- Max Green - bass guitar, backing unclean vocals
- Robert Ortiz - drums, percussion
- Additional personnel
- Josh Todd (of Buckcherry) - co-lead vocals on "10 Miles Wide", backing vocals on "Harder Than You Know"
- Shawn "Clown" Crahan (of Slipknot) - remix on track "This War Is Ours (The Guillotine Part II)".
References
- ^ a b "Escape the Fate Recording New Album" Epitaph. Retrieved on August 14, 2008.
- ^ DeAndrea, Joe. "Escape the Fate Track Listing" absolutepunk.net. Retrieved on August 14, 2008.
- ^ AC/DC Debuts At No. 1 With 784,000 - Billboard.com Billboard.com Retrieved on October 29, 2008.
- ^ Djamoos, Anton. "50,000 For New Escape the Fate" AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved on September 3, 2008.
- ^ "Listen to the NEW Escape the Fate song" Epitaph. Retrieved on September 3, 2008.
- ^ "Unlock New Escape the Fate Song" Buzznet. Retrieved on September 3, 2008.
- ^ "Escape The Fate releases new song, THE FLOOD!" Epitaph. Retrieved on September 3, 2008.
- ^ "Escape the Fate release another song for download"Myspace. Retrieved on October 1, 2008.
- ^ "ESCAPE THE FATE to Release 'This War Is Ours' Deluxe Edition on April 27th".
- ^ http://www.super-craig.net
- ^ a b http://puregrainaudio.com/news/escape-the-fate-resume-the-battle-with-this-war-is-ours-deluxe-edition-on-april-27th
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/album/escape-the-fate/this-war-is-ours/1176971