Complete List Of Warbringer Songs From A to Z

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Warbringer formed in Southern California in 2004, bringing the speed, precision, and political urgency of classic thrash metal into a new generation. Vocalist John Kevill and guitarist Adam Carroll became the longest-running creative anchors of a band whose music combines rapid riffing, aggressive rhythm changes, and lyrics focused on war, authoritarianism, technology, and the destructive patterns of human history.

The group developed through the Born of the Ruins demo in 2005 and the One by One, the Wicked Fall demo EP in 2006. Those recordings helped Warbringer secure a deal with Century Media Records and led to the 2008 debut album War Without End. “Total War,” “Combat Shock,” “Systematic Genocide,” and “At the Crack of Doom” established the band as one of the leading acts in the modern thrash revival.

Waking into Nightmares followed in 2009 with production by Exodus guitarist Gary Holt. The album featured drummer Nic Ritter and sharpened the band’s combination of speed, technical playing, and darker atmosphere through “Jackal,” “Living in a Whirlwind,” “Severed Reality,” and “Forgotten Dead.” Carlos Cruz joined for Worlds Torn Asunder in 2011, beginning a long association that would make his drumming central to Warbringer’s later sound.

The 2011 album expanded the band’s writing through “Living Weapon,” “Shattered Like Glass,” “Future Ages Gone,” and the instrumental “Behind the Veils of Night.” IV: Empires Collapse arrived in 2013 with a wider mix of thrash, traditional heavy metal, punk energy, and progressive structure, heard in “Horizon,” “Hunter-Seeker,” “Black Sun, Black Moon,” and “The Turning of the Gears.”

After lineup changes and a period of uncertainty, Warbringer returned with Woe to the Vanquished in 2017. The album reunited Kevill with Carroll and introduced a revitalized lineup featuring Cruz, guitarist Chase Becker, and bassist Jessie Sanchez. “Silhouettes,” “Remain Violent,” “Descending Blade,” and the eleven-minute “When the Guns Fell Silent” balanced direct thrash attack with increasingly ambitious arrangements.

Weapons of Tomorrow followed in 2020 with “Firepower Kills,” “The Black Hand Reaches Out,” “Power Unsurpassed,” “Defiance of Fate,” and “Glorious End.” The record connected military history and political violence with concerns about technological control and the future consequences of present-day power.

Warbringer released Wrath and Ruin in 2025 through Napalm Records. Its eight studio tracks included “The Sword and the Cross,” “A Better World,” “Neuromancer,” “The Jackhammer,” and “Through a Glass, Darkly.” A deluxe edition added 15 live performances recorded during the band’s 2023 European tour, documenting material from every phase of the catalog.

The lineup of Kevill, Carroll, Cruz, Becker, and bassist Chase Bryant continued touring after the album’s release. Wrath and Ruin remains the band’s latest studio record, extending a catalog that now includes seven full-length albums, early demos, expanded editions, tribute covers, alternate mixes, singles, and live recordings.

Complete List Of Warbringer Songs From A to Z

0–E

“A Better World” – Wrath and Ruin (2025)
“Abandoned by Time” – Waking into Nightmares (2009)
“Arc-Lite” – Coroner cover; Woe to the Vanquished bonus recording (2017)
“At the Crack of Doom” – War Without End (2008)
“Behind the Veils of Night” – Worlds Torn Asunder (2011); instrumental
“Beneath the Waves” – War Without End (2008)
“Beneath the Waves (2006 Demo)” – One by One, the Wicked Fall demo EP (2006)
“Black Sun, Black Moon” – IV: Empires Collapse (2013)
“Born of the Ruins” – War Without End (2008)
“Born of the Ruins (2005 Demo)” – Born of the Ruins demo (2005)
“Cage of Air” – Wrath and Ruin (2025)
“Combat Shock” – War Without End (2008)
“Combat Shock (Live in Budapest, 2023)” – Wrath and Ruin deluxe live disc (2025); recorded in Budapest, Hungary – April 7, 2023
“Communication Breakdown” – Led Zeppelin cover; IV: Empires Collapse bonus track (2013)
“Crushed Beneath the Tracks” – Weapons of Tomorrow (2020)
“Crushed Beneath the Tracks (Live in Nantes, 2023)” – Wrath and Ruin deluxe live disc (2025); recorded in Nantes, France – April 20, 2023
“Defiance of Fate” – Weapons of Tomorrow (2020)
“Defiance of Fate (Live in Budapest, 2023)” – Wrath and Ruin deluxe live disc (2025); recorded in Budapest, Hungary – April 7, 2023
“Demonic Ecstasy” – Worlds Torn Asunder (2011)
“Descending Blade” – Woe to the Vanquished (2017)
“Descending Blade (Live in Krakow, 2023)” – Wrath and Ruin deluxe live disc (2025); recorded in Krakow, Poland – April 4, 2023
“Descending Blade (Live)” – Power Unsurpassed single (2018)
“Divinity of Flesh” – Woe to the Vanquished (2017)
“Dread Command” – War Without End (2008)
“Dying Light” – IV: Empires Collapse (2013)
“Echoes from the Void” – Worlds Torn Asunder (2011)
“Enemies of the State” – Worlds Torn Asunder (2011)
“Epicus Maximus (2018 Edit)” – War Without End expanded reissue bonus track (2018)
“Evil Dead” – Death cover; Woe to the Vanquished bonus recording (2017)
“Execute Them All” – Unleashed cover; Imperial Anthems No. 2 split (2010); War Without End expanded reissue (2018)

F–J

“Firepower Kills” – Weapons of Tomorrow (2020)
“Firepower Kills (Live in Budapest, 2023)” – Wrath and Ruin deluxe live disc (2025); recorded in Budapest, Hungary – April 7, 2023
“Forgotten Dead” – Waking into Nightmares (2009)
“Future Ages Gone” – Worlds Torn Asunder (2011)
“Glorious End” – Weapons of Tomorrow (2020)
“Guitar Solo / Outer Reaches (Live in Nantes, 2023)” – Wrath and Ruin deluxe live disc (2025); recorded in Nantes, France – April 20, 2023
“Heart of Darkness” – Weapons of Tomorrow (2020)
“Hell on Earth” – War Without End (2008)
“Hell on Earth (2006 Demo)” – One by One, the Wicked Fall demo EP (2006)
“Horizon” – IV: Empires Collapse (2013)
“Humans to Kill” – Waking into Nightmares Japanese bonus track (2009); War Without End expanded reissue (2018)
“Hunter-Seeker” – IV: Empires Collapse (2013)
“Hunter-Seeker (Live in Krakow, 2023)” – Wrath and Ruin deluxe live disc (2025); recorded in Krakow, Poland – April 4, 2023
“Instruments of Torture” – War Without End (2008)
“Iron City” – IV: Empires Collapse (2013)
“Jackal” – Waking into Nightmares (2009)
“Jackal (Imperial Anthems Version)” – Imperial Anthems No. 2 split with Dew-Scented (2010)

K–O

“Leviathan” – IV: Empires Collapse (2013)
“Living in a Whirlwind” – Waking into Nightmares (2009)
“Living in a Whirlwind (Live in Budapest, 2023)” – Wrath and Ruin deluxe live disc (2025); recorded in Budapest, Hungary – April 7, 2023
“Living Weapon” – Worlds Torn Asunder (2011)
“Living Weapon (Live in Budapest, 2023)” – Wrath and Ruin deluxe live disc (2025); recorded in Budapest, Hungary – April 7, 2023
“Neuromancer” – Wrath and Ruin (2025)
“Nightmare Anatomy” – Waking into Nightmares (2009)
“Nightslasher” – War Without End expanded reissue bonus track (2018)
“Notre Dame (King of Fools)” – Weapons of Tomorrow (2020)
“Off with Their Heads!” – IV: Empires Collapse (2013)
“One Dimension” – IV: Empires Collapse (2013)
“Onslaught” – War Without End expanded reissue bonus track (2018)
“Onslaught (2005 Demo)” – Born of the Ruins demo (2005)
“Outer Reaches” – Weapons of Tomorrow (2020)

P–T

“Power Unsurpassed” – Power Unsurpassed single (2018); Weapons of Tomorrow (2020)
“Prey for Death” – Waking into Nightmares (2009)
“Prey for Death (Rough Mix)” – Limited Edition Rough Mix Tracks single (2009)
“Remain Violent” – Woe to the Vanquished (2017)
“Remain Violent (Live in Budapest, 2023)” – Wrath and Ruin deluxe live disc (2025); recorded in Budapest, Hungary – April 7, 2023
“Sacrifice” – Bathory cover; Worlds Torn Asunder bonus track (2011)
“Savagery” – Worlds Torn Asunder (2011)
“Scars Remain” – IV: Empires Collapse (2013)
“Scorched Earth” – Waking into Nightmares (2009)
“Screaming for Blood (2005 Demo)” – Born of the Ruins demo (2005)
“Senseless Life” – Waking into Nightmares (2009)
“Severed Reality” – Waking into Nightmares (2009)
“Severed Reality (Rough Mix)” – Limited Edition Rough Mix Tracks single (2009)
“Shadow from the Tomb” – Waking into Nightmares (2009)
“Shattered Like Glass” – Worlds Torn Asunder (2011)
“Shellfire” – Woe to the Vanquished (2017)
“Shellfire (Live in Munich, 2023)” – Wrath and Ruin deluxe live disc (2025); recorded in Munich, Germany – April 5, 2023
“Shoot to Kill” – War Without End (2008)
“Shoot to Kill (2006 Demo)” – One by One, the Wicked Fall demo EP (2006)
“Silhouettes” – Woe to the Vanquished (2017)
“Silhouettes (Live in Nantes, 2023)” – Wrath and Ruin deluxe live disc (2025); recorded in Nantes, France – April 20, 2023
“Spectral Asylum” – Woe to the Vanquished (2017)
“Strike from the Sky” – Wrath and Ruin (2025)
“Systematic Genocide” – War Without End (2008)
“The Black Hand Reaches Out” – Weapons of Tomorrow (2020)
“The Black Hand Reaches Out (Live in Budapest, 2023)” – Wrath and Ruin deluxe live disc (2025); recorded in Budapest, Hungary – April 7, 2023
“The Jackhammer” – Wrath and Ruin (2025)
“The Last of My Kind” – Wrath and Ruin (2025)
“(We Are) The Road Crew” – Motörhead cover; Worlds Torn Asunder bonus track (2011)
“The Road Warrior” – Waking into Nightmares bonus track (2009)
“The Road Warrior (2006 Demo)” – One by One, the Wicked Fall demo EP (2006)
“The Sword and the Cross” – Wrath and Ruin (2025)
“The Turning of the Gears” – IV: Empires Collapse (2013)
“Through a Glass, Darkly” – Wrath and Ruin (2025)
“Total War” – War Without End (2008)
“Total War (2006 Demo)” – One by One, the Wicked Fall demo EP (2006)
“Total War (Live in Budapest, 2023)” – Wrath and Ruin deluxe live disc (2025); recorded in Budapest, Hungary – April 7, 2023
“Towers of the Serpent” – IV: Empires Collapse (2013)
“Travelin’ Band” – Creedence Clearwater Revival cover; IV: Empires Collapse bonus track (2013)
“Treacherous Tongue” – Worlds Torn Asunder (2011)

U–Z

“Unraveling” – Weapons of Tomorrow (2020)
“Unseen Terror (2005 Demo)” – Born of the Ruins demo (2005)
“Wake Up… Destroy” – Worlds Torn Asunder (2011)
“When the Guns Fell Silent” – Woe to the Vanquished (2017)
“Woe to the Vanquished” – Woe to the Vanquished (2017)
“Woe to the Vanquished (Live in Budapest, 2023)” – Wrath and Ruin deluxe live disc (2025); recorded in Budapest, Hungary – April 7, 2023