War of Words is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Fight, released on September 9, 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 groove/thrash metal sound similar to that of Pantera. Halford is also credited with playing guitar but only recorded vocals for the album. Music videos were made for "Nailed to the Gun", "Immortal Sin" and "Little Crazy".
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Reception
The Philadelphia Inquirer called War of Words "a solid album of thrashing mosh-pit rock".
In 2005, War of Words was ranked number 386 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.
Note
"Reality, a New Beginning" is a 4:40 song. A 5-minute silence occurs before a hidden track titled "Jesus Saves" is played only on the CD release not on the cassette version. The remixed and remastered edition includes the song as a bonus track
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