''Wovenwar'' is the debut studio album by American metal band

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. Released on August 5, 2014, through

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, the album was produced by Bill Stevenson and mixed by

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. The debut single, "All Rise", was released on April 21, 2014, followed by "The Mason" on June 18, 2014, and "Death to Rights" on February 17, 2015, with the latter single becoming the third most added song on

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radio. ''Wovenwar'' was generally well received by critics; at

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 5 reviews. The album's musical style has been described as

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and modern heavy metal. In mid-2014, the band performed with

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on their first North American tour. They accompanied

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later that year while they traveled Europe.

Track listing

Personnel

;Wovenwar *

Shane Blay Shane Blay is an American guitarist and vocalist that performs primarily metalcore. He has performed with bands such as Oh, Sleeper, Between the Buried and Me, and Wovenwar. Background Blay started his musical career in the late 1990s/early 20 ...

– lead vocals, guitar * Nick Hipa – lead guitar *

Phil Sgrosso Phil Sgrosso (born September 16, 1985) is an American heavy metal musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist of the American metalcore band As I Lay Dying, the former rhythm guitarist of the band Wovenwar and the touring lead guitarist for S ...

– rhythm guitar, programming * Josh Gilbert – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals (track 13) * Jordan Mancino – drums ;Production * Produced by Wovenwar, Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore *

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at Sterling Sound, NYC * Mixed by Colin Richardson, Joseph McQueen and Carl Bowen * Vocal

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by Bill Stevenson, Jason Livermore and Jason McQueen * Guitar engineering by Phil Sgrosso, Nick Hipa and Daniel Castleman * Drum and bass engineering by Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore * Studio assistant: Fernando Morales * Booking by Nick Storch (ICM Talent, U.S.) and Paul Ryan (The Agency Group, International) * Art direction and design by Ryan Clark (Invisible Creature)

Chart performance

References

2014 debut albums Wovenwar albums Metal Blade Records albums Albums produced by Bill Stevenson (musician) {{2010s-metal-album-stub