Knox Colby (vocals) comments: "'War Remains' is a scathing perception of the modern crumbling world. Humanity seems imprisoned by its violent and chaotic nature; boiling over and doubling down on its own ignorance. The album contemplates and reflects upon the blight with cyclical themes rotating through the songs. It's a hammer hitting a raw nerve."

Will Wagstaff (guitars) adds: "This record ('War Remains') is furious. If you aren't in the mood to circle pit, head bang, disrupt the neighbors, etc. don't put this thing on. From the second the needle touches the record, you are in for about 32 minutes of a non-stop, no frills, indiscriminate ass kicking. Toss out the samples, ambiance, and nonsense. All we need are JCM800s and some V30s to deliver inexorable riffage."

"We didn't overthink anything," says Enforced front-man Knox Colby, describing the ethic that went into the making of the Richmond, Virginia-based quintet's third album, War Remains. "It's all very straight forward, no bells and whistles production-wise. It's almost ten minutes shorter than our last record and packs ten times more of a punch."

Blazing out of the pandemic, Enforced carved a trail throughout North America and Europe, sharing stages with the likes of Obituary, Municipal Waste and Exhumed as well as festivals like Maryland Deathfest and France's Hellfest. With that bloodied road behind them, Enforced set metallic standard with their power-of-the-riff-wreck-your-neck take on classic thrash and crossover hardcore from the same pissed-off hometown womb that had given the world the likes of GWAR and Lamb of God.

Teaming with Richmond-based producer, Ricky Olson, with mixing help from Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Kreator), the band delivered on every iota of extreme aggression they've flexed since their inception in 2016. War Remains is the sound of Enforced pushing themselves to the next level: a serrated-edge classic. "It has the intensity of 'At the Walls' (2019) but is more mature than 'Kill Grid' (2021)," Colby explains. "It has that tenacity of us live. It spills through the record. If you're a fan of really aggressive music, you're gonna love it. It's seething!"

Here for it, no one can replace Power Trip (RIP) but these guys def scratch that itch.

As far as I'm aware, Power Trip plan on continuing.

The new song is awesome. It really just reinforces that the vocal style doesn't fit the band, but it seems like this album is going to have more riffs than any of their albums to date.

The third single is out:

I dont think they sound all that much like Power Trip, much more Slayery. Saw em last year and they ripped, nothing original ofc but that doesn't say all that much these days ofc. I had a funny conversation with one of the guitarists and he literally told me innovation is bad.

Well the album is out today and they've gone even further in the death/thrash direction on this one. The Slayer vibes are definitely there's but I also hear a lot of influence from more extreme thrash like Beneath the Remains era Sepultura and Demolition Hammer. They've still kept the crossover influence as far as the groove is concerned, most of the tracks shift between fast paced thrash and more groovy, midpaced sections but they do the transitions really well. Tons of riffs and plenty of solos as well, and they don't just go for the typical divebombs, there's a lot of melody and a bunch of techniques being employed including quite a bit of tapping.

If Kill Grid was "Slayer with elements of crossover", then War Remains is "Slayer with elements of Demolition Hammer".