''Cold Like War'' is the fifth studio album by American

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band

We Came as Romans We Came as Romans (sometimes abbreviated as WCAR) is an American metalcore band from Troy, Michigan. Formed in 2005, the band has gone through one name change and multiple line-up changes, and signed to SharpTone Records in 2016 after having ...

. It was released on October 20, 2017, and is their first album through

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. This is the band's first album to feature new drummer David Puckett, who replaced longtime drummer Eric Choi, and their last with singer Kyle Pavone before his death in August 2018.

Videos

On September 29, 2016, We Came as Romans presented the first single taken from this album, called "Wasted Age". On September 11, 2017, it was released through SharpTone Records YouTube channel a video for "Cold Like War", followed 10 days later by "Lost in the Moment". On October 19, 2017, the day before the album came out, the music video for "Foreign Fire" was released.

Critical reception

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'' considered Cold Like War like a "milestone for WCAR", considering that "they have expanded their range of sounds, emotions and songwriting capabilities without compromising their sincerity". ''

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'' said that We Came as Romans, during its first album through SharpTone Records, "strive to make an impression", creating a "never boring record".

Track listing

Personnel

We Came as Romans

* Dave Stephens –

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* Kyle Pavone – clean vocals, keyboards,

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* Joshua Moore –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

* Lou Cotton –

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* Andy Glass –

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, backing vocals * David Puckett –

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Guest musicians

* Eric Vanlerberghe (

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) — Guest Vocals on "If There's Nothing to See"

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2017 albums We Came as Romans albums SharpTone Records albums