V trenutku, ko sem nekje prebral, da imajo ti nori kanadčani poznani iz legendarnih Chokehold, The Sworm (in še vrsto drugih odličnih hardcore bendov, ki me vedno privlačijo kot magnet) nov bend, sem začel takoj gledati, kje bi si stvar lahko nabavil. Po naklučju, so se že čez par dni vrteli in dvigovali prah po celi sobi. Sicer sem pričakoval bolj metalsko zadevo, ampak se ne morem pritoževati, da je bila nabava plate slaba poteza. Nasprotno! Our War totalno zažigajo s svojim besnim old school hardcorom. Kot nekakšna masivna gmota energije, ki s svojimi hitrimi in kratkimi komadi, močnimi in udarnimi rifi/bobenskimi udarci, ter besnim svojevrstnim kričanjem, neusmiljeno drvi vse do zadnjega komada, ne da bi pri tem prišlo do kakšnih sprememb. Če ste kdaj poslušali Final Exit boste vedeli o čem govorim. Njihovi nabrušeni komadi niso najbolj originalno delo vendar so mi vseč in menim, da je teh 13 komadov še prehitro konec (čeprav je 10'' dobra poteza!). Med komadi je tudi priredba ''No drunk'' od Corrosion of Conformity. Fantje so besni in to je lepo razvidno iz vsakega pogledan, naj si bo glasba, besedila ali ovitek. Naslikan del plate mi je zelo vseč, čeprav menim, da izgleda malo preveč militantno in deluje kot sxe grožnja...s krvjo zamazan tip, ki v svoji, z X-om označeni desnici drži sekiro. Zadeva se malo razjasni ko greš skozi besedila in bereš, občutiš njihov bes nad tistimi ki so opustili svoja prepričanja, nad ex-prijatelji, prevaranti, lažnivci, religijo, današnjo hc sceno... Teksti se rimajo, so jezni, direktni in pogosto naletimo na besedo ''fuck you''. Niso ravno besedila, ki bi jih pričakoval od ex-Chokehold članov, čeprav so nektere kar uredu: ''You've taken something you should do for yourself and claim you do it for him. Anyone not supporting your doctrine, must be commiting a sin. Shit your preach, so hard to swallow. I look in the mirror, that's who I follow...'' Plata je pretirano natrpana z X-si in imam občutek da so fantje dokaj resni, kar se tega tiče. Zgodovina se ponavlja in prav tako spet prihajajo na dan old school bendi s sporočili tipo ''true till death''. Good stuff!

English Version:
After I heard that these crazy Canadians, which used to play in Chokehold, The Sworm (and bunch of other hardcore bands that always attract me like a magnet) striked again with a new band I immediately start looking around where I could get the record. Laucky me, few days later they soaring the dust all around the room. I have to say I expected something more metallic but I don't regret buying it. Contrary! Our War totally kick ass with their pissed off old school hardcore. It's like a massive wall of energy where fast and short songs armed with striking riffing, intense percussion and unique enraged shouting, unmercifully rushing till it's last song without losing on strenght or facing any alteration. If you ever listen to Final Exit you will know what I'm talking about. Their hard hitting songs are not the most original work out there but I like it and I have a feeling there should be more songs, thought 10'' was a good move. Amongst the songs they also play a cover of the Corrosion of Conformity ''No drunk''. Anyway, these guys are furious and they express that very clearly throught their lyrics, music and even layout. I really like front cover art, though I think it looks a little bit too militant and works like some kind of sxe threat...blood covered butcher holding hatcher in his X marked hand. Things get clear when you read through lyrics and feel their rage towards sellouts, ex-friends, deceivers, liars, religion, today's hardcore scene and so on. All lyrics are pissed off, direct, they rhyme and you often come across word ''fuck you''. I wouldn't expect that kind of lyrics from guys who used to play in Chokehold, though some of them are great: ''You've taken something you should do for yourself and claim you do it for him. Anyone not supporting your doctrine, must be commiting a sin. Shit your preach, so hard to swallow. I look in the mirror, that's who I follow...'' There're X-es all over the place and I have a feeling these guys are very serious about that. History repeats and the same goes for the old school HC bands with ''true till death'' type messages. Good stuff!