War from a Harlots Mouth is a German
metalcore
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band from
Berlin
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, formed in 2005. Consisting of vocalist Nico Webers, guitarists Simon Hawemann and Daniel Oberländer, bassist Filip Hantusch, and drummer Paule Seidel, the band is noted for a distinct musical style consisting of infusing many different genres into their songs, such as
math metal,
death metal
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, and
jazz
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.
The band's first release, an EP titled ''Falling Upstairs'', was released in 2005 exclusively on
cassette
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. Following this, WFAHM released four full-lengths; ''
Transmetropolitan
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'' (2007), ''In Shoals'' (2009) and ''MMX'' (2010). The group's final album ''Voyeur'' (2012) was launched just one year before the band's "indefinite hiatus". Their final show took place on December 30, 2013 in Berlin.
History
War from a Harlots Mouth was founded during 2005. The band was formed only as a side-project originally and consisted of three members only, including their vocalist, drummer and one guitarist. The name of the group was inspired by/represents a "
lying
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person"; " the war from the mouth is the lie itself, while the harlot stands for the liar." The band deliberately didn't include an
apostrophe
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* The marking of the omission of one o ...
within the word "harlots" because they "didn't like the look".
War from a Harlots Mouth recorded and produced their first EP titled ''Falling Upstairs'' in
cassette
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Technology
* Cassette tape (or ''musicassette'', ''audio cassette'', ''cassette tape'', or ''tape''), a worldwide standard for analog audio recording and playback
** Cassette single (or "Cassingle"), a music single in th ...
format during June 2006 with only 50 physical copies of it released through the independent Berlin-based cassette tape label Yehonala Tapes. Later on that year, they released a CD/10" Split with
deathcore
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act
Molotov Solution on Twelve Gauge Records. After finding a second guitarist and a bassist in the end of 2006, WFAHM joined the War of Attrition Tour in 2007, promoting the album of the same name by
Dying Fetus
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, accompanying bands
Skinless
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History
Skinless was formed by Ryan Wade and Noah Carpenter in the town of South Glens Falls, New York ...
and
Cattle Decapitation
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, also joining the stage for Never Say Die! Fest with bands
Ion Dissonance
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In total, the group have released f ...
,
Dead to Fall
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, and
Through the Eyes of the Dead
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History
The band was formed by Justin Longsh ...
. Also in 2007, the band joined
Lifeforce Records
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and released their album ''
Transmetropolitan
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'' in September. The band during these times gained a lot of notoriety in their home city due to their lead vocalist, Steffan Winopal's extremely screechy and "dying" sound he gave off in his screamed vocals, distinguishing the band from many others that played in a similar style. They were also one of the first groups to incorporate jazz influence into their heavy sound around their area.
In September, the band joined the European tour of bands
The Ocean and
Intronaut
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History
Intronaut formed in 2004, and their initial line-up included guitarist/vocalist Sacha Dunabl ...
. Vocalist Winopal left the band shortly after these tours, having Nico Webers, formerly of The Ocean replacing him.
left, 201px, Performing at 2010's Summerblast With Webers as a new vocalist, they went on their first headlining tour promoting ''Transmetropolitan'' with fellow labelmates Burning Skies. In 2008, they joined the Grinding into Catacylism Tour, with bands
Psyopus
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History
Formed in 2002, the band is noted for the unorthodox and extremely technical guitar techniques of Christopher Arp, often referred to as "Arp ...
, Left to Vanish, and
Fuck the Facts
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, and later on released a 5" Split-CD on Sharkmen Records with the band Dead Flesh Fashion.
On January 28 of 2009, the band announced release dates for ''In Shoals'' prior to its release, during WFAHM's inclusion in the
Thrash and Burn European Tour 2009
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. ''In Shoals'' is where the band started to show a change in musical direction and is also the first album with the band's vocalist Nico Webers. The album showed a departure from their deathcore sound and more into
mathcore and
metalcore
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territory reminiscent of bands such as
Converge
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and
Gaza. After this album, the band remained in this style for the rest of their career.
The group released their third full-length album, ''MMX'' on October 29, 2010. Given a high amount of acclaim the record was made available for streaming online prior to its physical and
iTunes
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release.
On September 17, 2012, the band released a "lyrical video" for the first single- "Scopophobia", from their newest album ''Voyeur'', which was released October 19 in Europe, and November 6 in the U.S.
Final show and controversy with Attila
The band announced that they would be going on a "indefinite hiatus" on August 16, 2013 followed by releasing an announcement of a farewell tour. The tour ended in their home city (Berlin) where their final show was played on December 30, 2013 and was
filmed in its entirety.
During November 2016, War from a Harlots Mouth made a post accusing the American band
Attila
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of
plagiarism
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for stealing an idea from one of their songs. In the open letter, WFAHM referred to Attila as "undoubtedly most mentally challenged band on planet earth" and claimed that their song "Obsession" stole the idea of sampling the sounds of a
machine gun
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during a breakdown from their song "If You Want to Blame Us for Something Wrong, Please Abuse This Song", which was released 9 years earlier.
Band members
249px, Vocalist Nico Webbers in 2013
;Final lineup
* Paule Seidel – drums
(2005–2013)
* Simon Hawemann – guitar
(2005-2006, 2008–2013), bass
(2005-2006)
* Daniel Oberländer – guitar
(2006–2013)
* Filip Hantusch – bass
(2006–2013)
* Nico Webers – vocals
(2007–2013)
;Previous members
* Steffen Winopal
(ex-With Abandon, Vijeriah) – vocals
(2005–2007)
* Steve Jones – guitar
(2006–2008)
Timeline
Discography
;Studio albums
*''
Transmetropolitan
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'' (2007,
Lifeforce)
*''In Shoals'' (2009,
Lifeforce)
*''MMX'' (2010,
Lifeforce)
*''Voyeur'' (2012,
Season of Mist
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)
War From A Harlots Mouth Posts Teaser For New Album "Voyeur"
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;EPs
*Falling Upstairs (2006, Yehonala)
;Splits
* '' Molotov Solution / War from a Harlots Mouth CD/10"'' (2006, Twelve Gauge Records)
* ''Season 1: The Anti-Doctrine/Closed Casket Funeral/Starring Janet Leigh/War from a Harlots Mouth 10"'' (2007, 4 Seasons)
* ''Dead Flesh Fashion / War from a Harlots Mouth'' (2008, Sharkmen)
* ''Pentagon. 3 The Acacia Strain
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History
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/ WFAHM'' (2009)
* ''War from a Harlots Mouth / Burning Skies'' (2010, Lifeforce)
References
External links
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Deathcore musical groups
German metalcore musical groups
Mathcore musical groups
Musical groups established in 2005
Season of Mist artists
Musical groups from Berlin