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We had the pleasure of interviewing Cody Quistad of Wage War over Zoom video!\xa0

Florida hard rock\xa0quintet\xa0WAGE WAR\xa0\u2014 Briton Bond [lead vocals], Cody Quistad [rhythm guitar, clean vocals], Seth Blake [lead guitar], Chris Gaylord [bass], and Stephen Kluesener [drums] \u2014 have released their fourth full-length\xa0Manic on\xa0Fearless Records.

The band recently shared their new single "Circle the Drain," one of the most anthemic songs in the band's catalog to date.

"'Circle the Drain' is a song about learning from past mistakes and accepting responsibility in a world that needs change," the band shares.\xa0"It starts with us deciding to be a part of the solution."

As for the album, Wage War offer, "After a long wait, and endless hours of work,\xa0we could not be more ecstatic to announce our new album\xa0Manic.\xa0We'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."

The band previously shared the video for "High Horse."

On\xa0Manic, the band masterfully strikes\xa0a delicate and well-crafted balance of grooves, riffs, melodies, and electronic flourishes.

After amassing nearly 300 million streams and receiving widespread acclaim from\xa0Billboard,\xa0Loudwire,\xa0Modern Drummer,\xa0American Songwriter,\xa0Alternative Press, and more, the group delivered 11\xa0anthems meant to connect through turbulence.

"Manic\xa0encompasses everything we\u2019ve gone through as musicians in the last year-and-a-half," says Kluesener. "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."

Quistad pulls back the curtain even more, saying, "Mania\xa0is a wild emotion.\xa0The 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\xa0years 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."

Ultimately,\xa0Manic\xa0is a triumph and a definitive artistic statement\xa0for Wage War. It represents\xa0the apex of an intense creative journey. They built a diehard audience with\xa0Blueprints\xa0[2015] and\xa0Deadweight\xa0[2017] and through incessant touring. 2019's\xa0Pressure\xa0exploded right out of the gate. "Low"\xa0piled on 24.9 million Spotify streams with "Who I Am"\xa0at 10.7 million Spotify streams and "Me Against Myself"\xa0at 8.4 million Spotify streams. Beyond bringing their total stream tally past \xada-quarter-of-a-billion, it landed on\xa0Loudwire's "50 Best Metal Albums of 2019,"\xa0while\xa0Billboard\xa0praised the album's levity.\xa0American Songwriter\xa0called attention to the evolution of the band's songwriting and sound, while\xa0New Noise Magazine\xa0awarded it\xa04-out-of-5 stars.\xa0Elsewhere,\xa0Alternative Press\xa0raved, "Wage War are unapologetically changing the game on all fronts on\xa0Pressure."

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