Wars and Rumors of Wars

2009 studio album by The Chariot

Wars and Rumors of Wars

Studio album by

The Chariot

Released| May 5, 2009
Recorded| January 18 – February 25, 2009
Genre| Metalcore, mathcore
Length| 30:18
Label| Solid State
Producer| Matt Goldman
The Chariot chronology
| The Fiancée
(2007)  | Wars and Rumors of Wars
(2009)  | Long Live
(2010)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AbsolutePunk.net| 80%[1]
AllMusic| [2]
Alternative Press| [3]
Christianity Today| [4]
Cross Rhythms| [5]
Jesus Freak Hideout| [6]
Rock Sound| [7]

Wars and Rumors of Wars is the third full-length album from the band The Chariot. The album is unique in that, the first 25,000 CD cases were hand stamped, signed and numbered by the band, every member stamping 5,000 each. Similarly, the first 300 were stamped in red ink for a special pre-order.[8] They have stated this was done because they felt that CDs were becoming too impersonal, meaning that bands did not have much to do with a CD after the recording was finished, as the artwork would be designed by someone else, and then the whole package would be sent to the printer. The album is the only release by the band to feature guitarists Dan Vokey and Brian Russell Taylor.

## Track listing

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All lyrics written by Josh Scogin and composed by The Chariot

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Teach:"| 2:53
2.| "Evolve:"| 2:59
3.| "Need:"| 1:55
4.| "Impress."| 2:12
5.| "Never I"| 3:28
6.| "Giveth"| 3:29
7.| "Abandon."| 3:01
8.| "Daggers"| 3:43
9.| "Oversea"| 0:44
10.| "Mrs. Montgomery Alabama III."| 6:00

## Personnel

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The Chariot

* Josh Scogin - vocals
* Dan Vokey - guitar
* Bryan Russell Taylor - guitar
* Jon "KC Wolf" Kindler - bass
* David Kennedy – drums

Additional Instrumentation

* Jeff Gingrich - Cello ("Never I")

## Trivia

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* There is a hidden message in the song titles. If you take the first and last letter of each song title and lay them out, it spells "The end is nigh and so am I".

## References

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1. ^ AbsolutePunk review
2. ^ Wars and Rumors of Wars at AllMusic
3. ^ Alternative Press review
4. ^ Christianity Today review
5. ^ Cross Rhythms review
6. ^ Jesus Freak Hideout review
7. ^ Kelham, Andrew (June 2009). "Wars and Rumors of Wars review". Rock Sound (123): 91.
8. ^ Tate, Jason. "The Chariot Hand Sign 25k Albums" AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved on March 23, 2009.

## External links

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* Wars and Rumors of Wars website

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The Chariot

* Josh Scogin
* David Kennedy
* Stephen Harrison
* Brandon Henderson

* Jon Kindler
* Jon Terrey
* Bryan Russell Taylor
* Dan Vokey
* Mark McGee
* Dan Eaton
* Jake Ryan
* Joshua Beiser
* Keller Harbin
* Mark Nicks
* Jeff Carter
* Tony Medina

Studio albums|

* Everything Is Alive, Everything Is Breathing, Nothing Is Dead, and Nothing Is Bleeding
* The Fiancée
* Wars and Rumors of Wars
* Long Live
* One Wing

Demos|

* Unsung EP

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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