Wage War
Sun 24.1.
19:00
Melkweg, Amsterdam
€ 31,05
American metalcore band Wage War performs at Melkweg in Amsterdam.
Wage War
About
Wage War is an American metalcore band from Ocala, Florida, formed in 2010 under the name Empires. The five-piece - Briton Bond (vocals), Cody Quistad (guitar/vocals), Seth Blake (guitar), Chris Gaylord (bass) and Stephen Kluesener (drums) - signed to Fearless Records in 2015 and built a strong international following through albums including Deadweight (2017), Manic (2021) and Stigma (2024). Their sound pairs crushing breakdowns with melodic hooks, and the band has accumulated hundreds of millions of streams worldwide.
1.6M
monthly listeners on Spotify
560M+
total streams (cumulative)
119K
YouTube subscribers
#1
Mainstream Rock Airplay chart entry (single 'Magnetic', 2024)
What's new
- 2026-05
Wage War announced a headliner tour through the UK and Europe for January 2027, with Invent Animate and Wind Walkers as support.
- 2026-04
The band released the five-track EP It Calls Me by Name via Fearless Records, inspired by the swamps and nature of their home state Florida.
- 2026-02
Wage War debuted the single 'Song of the Swamp' as a preview of the upcoming EP It Calls Me by Name.
- 2024-06
The fifth studio album Stigma was released digitally on 21 June 2024 via Fearless Records and received mostly positive reviews.
- 2025-09
Wage War performed at the Louder Than Life Festival 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Tour
CardiffLondonManchesterGlasgowBirminghamParisAntwerpAmsterdamHamburgCologneMunichBerlin
Tracks
Stitchbreakthrough single from Deadweight (2017), one of the band's most streamed songs
Lowpopular single from Pressure (2019), hundreds of millions of streams
Circle the Drainsingle from Manic (2021), reached #1 on the SiriusXM Octane BIG UNS Countdown
Magneticlead single from Stigma (2024), reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart
Song of the Swamplead single from the EP It Calls Me by Name (2026)
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