Florida metalcore band Wage War have announced their new EP It Calls Me By Name, arriving April 17 via Fearless Records. Alongside the announcement, the band have unleashed the video for the ferocious lead single “Song of the Swamp”.
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Inspired by their Florida roots, the song channels the oppressive heat and raw hostility of the swamp into a barrage of savage screams, and relentless percussion. It is built on tension and aggression, delivering a sonic bite as vicious as the predators that lurk in the Everglades.
The band explain that It Calls Me By Name is about being drawn back to where you come from. While not a concept release, the five track EP exists in its own world, shaped by the atmosphere, environment, and intensity of Florida. Sonically, it pushes their signature blend of heaviness and hook driven songwriting further into metallic territory than ever before.
It Calls Me By Name track listing
- Song of the Swamp
- 4×4
- Blindfold
- Karma
- Purify
Wage War will take the new material on the road this spring for the “It Calls Me By Name Tour”, joined by Nevertel and Orthodox. The run kicks off April 28 in Phoenix and wraps May 31 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
- 04/28 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
- 04/29 San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
- 04/30 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
- 05/02 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
- 05/03 Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
- 05/05 Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center
- 05/07 Denver, CO – The Ogden Theatre
- 05/08 Omaha, NE – The Admiral
- 05/09 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
- 05/12 Chicago, IL – House of Blues
- 05/15 Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
- 05/16 Pittsburgh, PA – The Roxian Theatre
- 05/17 Baltimore, MD – Nevermore Hall
- 05/20 New York, NY – Irving Plaza
- 05/22 Worcester, MA – The Palladium
- 05/23 Allentown, PA – Archer Music Hall
- 05/26 Richmond, VA – The National
- 05/27 Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
- 05/29 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Heaven)
- 05/30 Jacksonville, FL – FIVE
- 05/31 St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
With It Calls Me By Name, Wage War sharpen their claws and lean fully into the swamp born aggression that defines them, delivering a compact but devastating new chapter in their catalog.