Wage War

Wage War is an American metalcore band formed in Ocala, Florida. The group built its sound around the aggressive, breakdown-heavy style of modern metalcore while incorporating melodic clean vocals, a combination that broadened their appeal beyond the genre's harsher corners. Their music draws on influences like Whitechapel, The Devil Wears Prada and August Burns Red, blending hardcore-derived intensity with hooks and choruses built for radio and festival stages.

The band's lineup has centered on unclean vocalist Briton Bond, clean vocalist and rhythm guitarist Cody Quistad, lead guitarist Seth Blake, bassist Chris Gaylord and drummer Stephen Kleusener. This dual-vocal approach, alternating between Bond's harsh delivery and Quistad's melodic hooks, became a defining feature of their sound and helped tracks like «Stitch», «Alive» and «Youngblood» stand out within the modern metalcore landscape.

Wage War's material frequently balances themes of struggle, resilience and redemption with the genre's characteristic breakdowns and technical riffing, situating them among the wave of 2010s metalcore acts that pushed the style toward greater melodic accessibility while keeping its heavier roots intact.