War of Words (Fight album)

War of Words is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Fight, released on September 14, 1993 by Epic Records. This is the first release Rob Halford recorded after his departure from Judas Priest in 1992. He brought with him drummer Scott Travis from the band and recruited three new members. The music is a mixture between the heavy metal sound created by Judas Priest and a thrash/groove sound similar to that of Pantera. Halford is also credited with playing guitar but only recorded vocals for the album.

War of Words
Studio album by Fight
Released	September 14, 1993
Genre	Heavy metal, groove metal, thrash metal
Length	59:26
Label	Epic
Producer	Attie Bauw and Rob Halford
Fight chronology
War of Words (1993) A Small Deadly Space (1995)
Alternative cover
2008 Remixed and Remastered edition cover

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rock Hard	9/10[2]

In 2005, War of Words was ranked number 386 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rob Halford.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Into the Pit"	4:13
2.	"Nailed to the Gun"	3:38
3.	"Life in Black"	4:34
4.	"Immortal Sin"	4:39
5.	"War of Words"	4:29
6.	"Laid to Rest"	4:40
7.	"For All Eternity"	4:42
8.	"Little Crazy"	3:49
9.	"Contortion"	4:35
10.	"Kill It"	3:30
11.	"Vicious"	3:11
12.	"Reality, a New Beginning"	13:18

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kill It (Dutch Death Mix)"	3:36

Note

• "Reality, a New Beginning" is actually a 4:40 song, which is then followed by a 5 minute silence. At the 9:43 mark, an additional song titled "Jesus Saves" begins

Personnel

Fight

• Rob Halford – vocals, guitar
• Brian Tilse – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
• Russ Parrish – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
• Jay Jay – bass, backing vocals
• Scott Travis – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Production

• Produced by Attie Bauw and Rob Halford
• Executive producer – John Baxter
• Recorded by Attie Bauw

2008 Remixed and Remastered Edition

• Remixed by Roy Z
• Remastered by Andy Horn
• Art design – Marc Sasso

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1993	Billboard 200	83[4]

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1993	"Little Crazy"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	21

References

1. Hill, Gary. War of Words at AllMusic
2. Kühnemund, Götz. "Rock Hard review". issue 77. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
3. [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 54. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
4. "Fight". Billboard. Retrieved 6 October 2016.