Florida quintet Wage War are gearing up for their most aggressive release yet with the upcoming EP It Calls Me By Name, set to drop on April 17 via Fearless Records.
The band has unleashed the lead single ""Song of the Swamp"" along with a brutal video that captures the EP's raw intensity.
""The tone setter,"" Wage War explains, ""'SONG OF THE SWAMP' is rooted in where we're from.
Driven by the raw aggression of nature, it's a heavy track built on tension and hostility."" Packed with bloodthirsty screams, crushing riffs, and pummeling drums, the track feels like wrestling a swamp predator – merciless, heavy, and utterly relentless.
As the lyrics declare, listeners will be ""overpowered"" by every note.
On the EP as a whole, Wage War explains, ""It Calls Me By Name is about being drawn to your roots.
This isn't a concept EP but is meant to live in its own world."" To bring these leviathan-sized tracks to life, Wage War will hit the road for the It Calls Me By Name Tour, supported by Nevertel and Orthodox.
The tour launches April 28 in Phoenix and wraps May 31 in St.
Petersburg, Florida, promising punishing live renditions of the new material alongside the band's signature metalcore hits.
The It Calls Me By Name Tour schedule includes: * 4/28 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren * 4/29 San Diego, CA The Observatory North Park * 4/30 Anaheim, CA House of Blues * 5/2 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore * 5/3 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades * 5/5 Salt Lake City, UT The Union Event Center * 5/7 Denver, CO The Ogden Theatre * 5/8 Omaha, NE The Admiral * 5/9 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue * 5/12 Chicago, IL House of Blues * 5/15 Detroit, MI The Fillmore * 5/16 Pittsburgh, PA The Roxian Theatre * 5/17 Baltimore, MD Nevermore Hall * 5/20 New York, NY Irving Plaza * 5/22 Worcester, MA The Palladium * 5/23 Allentown, PA Archer Music Hall * 5/26 Richmond, VA The National * 5/27 Raleigh, NC The Ritz * 5/29 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade (Heaven) * 5/30 Jacksonville, FL FIVE * 5/31 St.
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