War of Words (Fight album)

War of Words is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Fight, released in 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".

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. 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