''A War You Cannot Win'' is the sixth studio album by American

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band All That Remains. The album was released on November 6, 2012 through

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. The album has some tracks which have a

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sound and some with a standard

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sound which have only singing. Album sold over 25,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart. As of February 2015, the album has sold 123,000 copies in the United States.

Background

The album was produced by

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guitarist

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, who has produced albums for the band in the past. The first song to be released from the album was "Down Through the Ages". The song was first posted to Labonte's

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channel on August 13, 2012. "Stand Up" was released as the next single on August 27. On October 26, "You Can't Fill My Shadow" was announced as the album's third single. But the fifth and last single, "What If I Was Nothing", was the real banger of all the album. A power ballad which has already reached 84 million views in YouTube, in this song Philip Labonte talks about some of his problems with his wife.

Musical style

Drummer Jason Costa stated about the album: "This is a very guitar, very melody-oriented album. It wasn't very rhythm-based at all. I would just say it's metal; it's a metal album. We've got some heavy songs on there, some heavy, groovy songs on there. We've got some fast, heavy songs on there, we've got some more radio-friendly, melodic songs on there. It's typical ''ALL THAT REMAINS'', really, but we've definitely stepped up the musicianship there and the writing."

Track listing

Personnel

;All That Remains *

Philip Labonte Philip Steven Labonte (born April 15, 1975) is an American singer from Massachusetts, best known as the lead singer of the metalcore band All That Remains. He is the former lead vocalist for Shadows Fall, was the touring vocalist for Killswitc ...

– lead vocals * Oli Herbert – lead guitar * Mike Martin – rhythm guitar *

Jeanne Sagan Jeanne Sagan (born January 11, 1979 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American musician. She is the bassist and backing vocalist for the heavy metal band Crossing Rubicon, but is best known as the former bassist and backing vocalist for the ...

– bass guitar, backing vocals *

Jason Costa Jason Costa (born November 5, 1972) is an American musician, best known as the former drummer for the band Diecast, and the current drummer for the band All That Remains. He has been with All That Remains since late 2006, joining almost immedia ...

– drums ;Production *

–

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* Jim Fogarty – assistant engineering *

Brian Virtue Brian Virtue is an American Grammy-nominated music producer, engineer and mixer based in Los Angeles, California. Virtue has worked with artists including Jane's Addiction, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Audioslave, Deftones, Puddle of Mudd, Chevelle, ...

– mixing at Modernist Movement Studios,

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– mastering at Euphonic Masters ;Management * Stephen Hutton and Bert Landry for Uppercut Management * Josh Kline – booking for The Agency Group * Murray Richman and Nathan Richman – business management for Richman Business Management * Mike McKoy – legal representation for Serling, Rooks, Ferrara, McKoy & Worob LLP * Beau King – production, concert lighting and tour management * Pete Giberga – A&R * John Franck – marketing direction ;Artwork * P.R. Brown – photography and design

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:War You Cannot Win All That Remains (band) albums 2012 albums Razor & Tie albums Albums produced by Adam Dutkiewicz