War From a Harlots Mouth
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War from a Harlots Mouth is a German metalcore
band from Berlin
, formed in 2005. Consisting of vocalist Nico, guitarists Simon and Daniel, bassist Filip, and drummer Paul, the band is noted for a distinct musical style consisting of infusing many different genres into their songs, such as math metal
, death metal
, and jazz
.
in cassette
format during June 2006 with only 50 physical copies of it released. Later on that year, they released a CD/10" Split with deathcore
act Molotov Solution
on Twelve Gauge Records
. In 2007, WFAHM joined the War of Attrition Tour, promoting the album of the same name by Dying Fetus
, accompnying bands Skinless
and Cattle Decapitation
, also joining the stage for Never Say DIe! Fest with bands Ion Dissonance
, Dead to Fall
, and Through The Eyes Of The Dead
. Also in 2007, the band joined Lifeforce Records
and released their album Transmetropolitan
in September.
In September, the band joined the European tour of bands The Ocean and Intronaut
. Former vocalist Steffan left the band shortly after, with Nico of The Ocean replacing him as lead vocalist in WFAHM. With a new vocalist, they went on their first headlining tour promoting Transmetropolitan with fellow labelmates Burning Skies. In 2008, they joined the Grinding Into Catacylism Tour, with bands Psyopus
, Left to Vanish, and Fuck the Facts
, and later on released a 5" Split-CD on Sharkmen Records with the band Dead Flesh Fashion.
On January 28 of 2009, the band announced release dates for In Shaols prior to its release, during WFAHM's inclusion in the Thrash and Burn European Tour 2009
. In 2010 the band remade "Uptown Girl...Uptown Girl...I Had a Crush on You, Oh Up Town Girl!" featuring vocals from Konner Cloninger. He later left for a band named Altera which is based in-Winter Haven, Florida
. He chose to play guitar for this group due to car accident he was in affected his voice wherein the glass shards from the windshield
smashing apart fell into his throat and damaged his jugular.
The group released their third full-length album, MMX
on October 29, 2010. Given a high amount of acclaim the record was made available for streaming online prior to its physical and iTunes
release.
EPs
Splits
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band from Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, formed in 2005. Consisting of vocalist Nico, guitarists Simon and Daniel, bassist Filip, and drummer Paul, the band is noted for a distinct musical style consisting of infusing many different genres into their songs, such as math metal
Mathcore
Mathcore is a rhythmically complex and dissonant fusion style of hardcore punk and Metal. It has its roots in bands such as Converge, Botch, and The Dillinger Escape Plan. The term mathcore is suggested by analogy with math rock. Both math rock and mathcore make use of unusual time signatures...
, death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
, and jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
.
History
War from a Harlots Mouth was founded during 2005. After multiple band members were switched, including their bassist, drummer, and one guitarist, they released their first EP titled Falling UpstairsFalling Upstairs
Falling Upstairs is the first EP by German metalcore band War from a Harlot's Mouth. It was released in Germany and worldwide in 2006 through Yehonala Tapes...
in cassette
Compact Cassette
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
format during June 2006 with only 50 physical copies of it released. Later on that year, they released a CD/10" Split with deathcore
Deathcore
Deathcore is an extreme metal music genre that combines elements of death metal with elements of metalcore or hardcore punk, or both. It is defined by an "excessive" use of death metal riffs, blast beats and use of hardcore punk breakdowns...
act Molotov Solution
Molotov Solution
Molotov Solution is an American deathcore band from Las Vegas, Nevada. Formed in 2004, the group is currently signed to BlkHeart Group. They are notable for their politically-charged lyrics, which include themes of government conspiracies and world issues....
on Twelve Gauge Records
Twelve Gauge Records
Twelve Gauge Records is an independent record label founded and operated by Jihad M. Rabah out of San Jose, California . The label was founded in 2004 and started in 2005 with the release of Heavy Heavy Low Low's 'Courtside Seats' CDep. Twelve Gauge is exclusively distributed by Revelation...
. In 2007, WFAHM joined the War of Attrition Tour, promoting the album of the same name by Dying Fetus
Dying Fetus
Dying Fetus is an American death metal band from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Formed in 1991, the group is known for their outspoken political views, and for being one of the few death metal bands who follow a political nature. Earlier lyrics showcased the common death metal trait of explicit violence...
, accompnying bands Skinless
Skinless
Skinless is a death metal band that was formed in 1992 and disbanded in 2011.-History:Skinless was formed by Ryan Wade and Noah Carpenter in the town of South Glens Falls, New York...
and Cattle Decapitation
Cattle Decapitation
Cattle Decapitation is an American deathgrind band from San Diego, California, formed in 1996.-History:Originally founded in 1996, Cattle Decapitation's songs protest the mistreatment and consumption of animals as well as the abuse of the environment. Lyrics may also focus on subjects such as...
, also joining the stage for Never Say DIe! Fest with bands Ion Dissonance
Ion Dissonance
Ion Dissonance is a Canadian mathcore/deathcore band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They're known for their technical mathcore style but changed to a more heavy, groove based style with the release of their 2007 album Minus the Herd.-History:...
, Dead to Fall
Dead to Fall
Dead to Fall was originally a melodic death metal band from the Chicago suburbs and later stretched from Chicago to Minneapolis. Formed in 1999, it drew influences from Swedish Gothenburg metal, death metal, and other genres, and is usually labeled as a melodic death metal band...
, and Through The Eyes Of The Dead
Through the Eyes of the Dead
Through the Eyes of the Dead is an American deathcore band from Florence, South Carolina, formed in 2003. They have released three full-length albums, one EP, and one split album with The Knife Trade.-History:...
. Also in 2007, the band joined Lifeforce Records
Lifeforce Records
Lifeforce Records is a German record label that specializes in metalcore, death metal, and post-hardcore. Their current roster contains bands such as Burning Skies, This or the Apocalypse, Light Pupil Dilate and Nightrage, and they have helped to launch the careers of a number bands who went on to...
and released their album Transmetropolitan
Transmetropolitan (album)
Transmetropolitan is the debut album by German metalcore band War from a Harlot's Mouth. It was released in Germany on September 18, 2007 and released worldwide on November 21, 2008 through Lifeforce Records.-Track listing:...
in September.
In September, the band joined the European tour of bands The Ocean and Intronaut
Intronaut
Intronaut is a progressive metal band from Los Angeles, California.Their style, while rooted in metal, is extremely forward-thinking and psychedelic, complete with complex polyrhythms, intense, haunting melodies, and vocal harmonies, combined with progressive and jazzy instrumental breaks.Their...
. Former vocalist Steffan left the band shortly after, with Nico of The Ocean replacing him as lead vocalist in WFAHM. With a new vocalist, they went on their first headlining tour promoting Transmetropolitan with fellow labelmates Burning Skies. In 2008, they joined the Grinding Into Catacylism Tour, with bands Psyopus
Psyopus
Psyopus is a mathcore band from Rochester, New York. Formed in 2002, the band is noted for the unorthodox and extremely technical guitar techniques of Christopher Arp, often referred to as "Arpmandude"...
, Left to Vanish, and Fuck the Facts
Fuck the Facts
Fuck the Facts is a Canadian grindcore band from Ottawa, Ontario, formed in 1998. They began in the late nineties as a solo recording project constructed by musician Topon Das. After many early recordings, including split tapes with groups from around the world, Fuck the Facts began developing a...
, and later on released a 5" Split-CD on Sharkmen Records with the band Dead Flesh Fashion.
On January 28 of 2009, the band announced release dates for In Shaols prior to its release, during WFAHM's inclusion in the Thrash and Burn European Tour 2009
Thrash and Burn European Tour 2009
The Thrash and Burn European Tour 2009 was a metal tour in April and May 2009 in Europe co-headlined by the American bands Darkest Hour and Bleeding Through...
. In 2010 the band remade "Uptown Girl...Uptown Girl...I Had a Crush on You, Oh Up Town Girl!" featuring vocals from Konner Cloninger. He later left for a band named Altera which is based in-Winter Haven, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Winter Haven is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 26,487 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 estimates, the city had a population of 32,577, making it the second most populated city in Polk County...
. He chose to play guitar for this group due to car accident he was in affected his voice wherein the glass shards from the windshield
Windshield
The windshield or windscreen of an aircraft, car, bus, motorbike or tram is the front window. Modern windshields are generally made of laminated safety glass, a type of treated glass, which consists of two curved sheets of glass with a plastic layer laminated between them for safety, and are glued...
smashing apart fell into his throat and damaged his jugular.
The group released their third full-length album, MMX
MMX (War from a Harlots Mouth album)
MMX is the third studio album by German metalcore band War from a Harlots Mouth. It was released on October 29, 2010 through Lifeforce Records.-Background:...
on October 29, 2010. Given a high amount of acclaim the record was made available for streaming online prior to its physical and iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
release.
Band members
- Daniel Globentrachten - guitars
- Simon Hawemann - guitars
- Filip Heisenberg - bass
- Paule Seidel - drums
- Nico Webers - vocals
Discography
Studio albums- TransmetropolitanTransmetropolitan (album)Transmetropolitan is the debut album by German metalcore band War from a Harlot's Mouth. It was released in Germany on September 18, 2007 and released worldwide on November 21, 2008 through Lifeforce Records.-Track listing:...
(2007, LifeforceLifeforce RecordsLifeforce Records is a German record label that specializes in metalcore, death metal, and post-hardcore. Their current roster contains bands such as Burning Skies, This or the Apocalypse, Light Pupil Dilate and Nightrage, and they have helped to launch the careers of a number bands who went on to...
) - In ShoalsIn ShoalsIn Shoals is the second album by German metalcore Band War from a Harlots Mouth. It was released on March 19, 2009 by Lifeforce Records.-Track listing:#"They Come in Shoals" – 3:56#"No High Five for C.oward" – 2:28...
(2009, Lifeforce) - MMXMMX (War from a Harlots Mouth album)MMX is the third studio album by German metalcore band War from a Harlots Mouth. It was released on October 29, 2010 through Lifeforce Records.-Background:...
(2010, Lifeforce)
EPs
- Falling UpstairsFalling UpstairsFalling Upstairs is the first EP by German metalcore band War from a Harlot's Mouth. It was released in Germany and worldwide in 2006 through Yehonala Tapes...
(2006, Yehonala)
Splits
- Molotov SolutionMolotov SolutionMolotov Solution is an American deathcore band from Las Vegas, Nevada. Formed in 2004, the group is currently signed to BlkHeart Group. They are notable for their politically-charged lyrics, which include themes of government conspiracies and world issues....
/ War from a Harlots Mouth CD/10" (2006, Twelve GaugeTwelve Gauge RecordsTwelve Gauge Records is an independent record label founded and operated by Jihad M. Rabah out of San Jose, California . The label was founded in 2004 and started in 2005 with the release of Heavy Heavy Low Low's 'Courtside Seats' CDep. Twelve Gauge is exclusively distributed by Revelation...
) - Season 1: The Anti-Doctrine/Closed Casket Funeral/Starring Janet Leigh/War from a Harlots Mouth 10" (2007, 4 Seasons)
- Dead Flesh Fashion / War from a Harlots Mouth (2008, Sharkmen)
- Pentagon. 3 The Acacia StrainThe Acacia StrainThe Acacia Strain is an American deathcore band from Chicopee, Massachusetts. Originally founded in 2001, the band itself has undergone numerous changes in the member line-up...
/ WFAHM (2009) - War from a Harlots Mouth / Burning Skies (2010, Lifeforce)