Blueprints (Wage War album)

Blueprints is the debut studio album by American metalcore band Wage War. It was released on November 27, 2015 by Fearless Records. Prior to their release, they have been through three name changes and an EP called The Fall of Kings when named Empires. On November 13, 2020, the band announced a vinyl re-release for December 4, 2020 including a brand new bonus track to celebrate the album's fifth anniversary. A digital version is estimated to release on November 27, 2020.

Blueprints
Studio album by Wage War
Released	November 27, 2015
Studio	Wade Studios, Orlando, Florida
Genre	Metalcore
Length	38:54
Label	Fearless
Producer	Jeremy McKinnon Andrew Wade
Wage War chronology
The Fall of Kings (2011) Blueprints (2015) Deadweight (2017)

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hollow"	1:08
2.	"Twenty One"	4:13
3.	"Alive"	3:24
4.	"Blueprints"	4:22
5.	"Youngblood"	4:02
6.	"The River"	3:48
7.	"Deadlocked"	3:55
8.	"Enemy"	3:58
9.	"Spineless"	2:00
10.	"Basic Hate"	3:40
11.	"Desperate"	4:24

Anniversary Edition Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Surrounded"	3:30

Unreleased songs

1. "It's Come Down to This"
2. "Honesty"
3. "Ambition"
4. "I Am the Messenger"
5. "Maelstrom"
6. "The Aftermath"
7. "Westboro" - a demo version of "Basic Hate"
8. "Dethroner"
9. "Surrounded" - released in 2020.

Personnel

Wage War[1]

• Briton Bond - lead vocals
• Seth Blake - lead guitar
• Cody Quistad - rhythm guitar, clean vocals
• Chris Gaylord - bass
• Stephen Kluesener - drums

Production[1]

• Matt Aure - product manager
• Tom Denney - composer
• Alan Douches - mastering
• Jeremy McKinnon - producer, composer
• Sal Torres - A&R
• Andrew Wade - composer, engineer, mixing, producer

Artwork[1]

• Chris Kutsor - layout design
• James Lano - photography

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US Top Heatseekers[2]	3
US Top Rock Albums[3]	43
US Top Hard Rock Albums[4]	9
US Independent Albums[5]	28

References

1. "Blueprints - Wage War - Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
2. "Heatseekers Albums: December 12, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
3. "Rock Albums: December 12, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
4. "Hard Rock Albums: December 12, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
5. "Independent Albums: December 12, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2016.

External links

• Mark (November 23, 2015). "Wage War - Blueprints". Loud and Heavy. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
• Pacheco, Anthony (December 27, 2015). "Wage War - Blueprints Review". Flippen Music. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
• Tyler H. "Album Review: Wage War - Blueprints". Sound Fiction. Retrieved July 14, 2016.