The album was released on 1 February through Avispa , debuting at No. Playing to a crowd of over 15, people, WarCry's performance was praised with the band being called "a machine! In November they played a sold-out concert at the Divino Aqualung in Madrid to a crowd of over 2, people.

It was No. It was released on 18 September , the same day that the band received a gold sales certification for Directo A La Luz. In WarCry received several awards and recognitions: They were acknowledged in "Rockferendum", a poll held by Kerrang! The festival marked WarCry's first performances in Mexico, playing to over 15, attendees. In February Manuel Ramil was expelled from the group due to his inability to participate in much of the recording of the band's new album Ramil lived in Galicia , while the album was being recorded in Asturias.

On the band released Alea Jacta Est , which is Latin for " the die is cast ", this album incorporated progressive metal tendencies, making use of their twin- guitar sound, and most of the members collaborated on the songs. The lyrics now contained personal struggles and mythological themes; "Despertar", explains how it is to open one's eyes to the reality, "Reflejos De Sangre" talks about abuse between two brothers, similar to the story of Cain and Abel.

Fifth studio album La Quinta Esencia was a mix of their four previous works. This is just for internal and personal reasons, but we cannot go on anymore. We canceled all planned shows for and the band will be put "on hold" for an undefined time. Nevertheless we will record all the new songs in and will put out the album. After the release of the album, we will stop working with the band. Efference by Asira. When Jack isn't rallying the forces with his fearsome war cry, he spends time contemplating ethereal mysteries with our friends in Asira.

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Battle Born are hope for True Metal! Johannes Koenig. Under The Great Fires 7. Over The Mountains 8. Ode To Battle 9. So, while these other answers tend to dismiss the idea, it's not only possible, it's got strong historical precedence. Playing music during the battle would make it harder for troops to hear commands of their leaders, horns and trumpet calls to indicate the need to change formation, retreat etc.

Then there's the need to be quiet to hear enemy attacks and movements as well. That said I believe there was a case some years ago in Iraq where tanks blared heavy metal music at the enemy in order to either challenge them into showing themselves and to frighten them, they may have also been shooting at the time space in a tank is tight though and they may have been insulated inside from the outside noise.

Remember that scene from Apocalypse now where they play music during a helicopter attack to frighten the enemy? These exceptions I raise are probably due to the one-sided nature of those battles. It makes sense to play music and sing shortly before the battle. It improves morale of your troops and lowers the morale of the enemy. There is story from Czech history, that when Hussites were raiding the country, one battle ended before it could even start, because the enemy did flee just after the Hussites singing a battle song.

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Active 4 years, 10 months ago. Viewed 9k times. Military musicians in western culture have traditionally fallen out when the troops formed for battle, and were employed as stretcher bearers to bring back the wounded for medical aid.

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