This Means War (Attack Attack! album)

This Means War
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2012
RecordedOctober 2011
Genre
Length36:24
LabelRise
ProducerCaleb Shomo[2]
Attack Attack! chronology
Attack Attack!
(2010)
This Means War
(2012)
Long Time, No Sea
(2021)
Singles from This Means War
  1. "The Motivation"
    Released: December 20, 2011
  2. "The Wretched"
    Released: January 12, 2012
  3. "The Revolution"
    Released: July 1, 2012

This Means War is the third studio album by American metalcore band Attack Attack!.[3] It was released on January 17, 2012, through Rise Records. Initially scheduled to be produced by John Feldmann (who previously produced tracks for the band's reissue of their self-titled album), production was instead handled by frontman Caleb Shomo in his home studio,[2] making it the band's only album not to be produced by Joey Sturgis.

It is also the only album to feature Shomo on both singing and screamed vocals, after the departure of former singer/guitarist Johnny Franck. It was also the final album by the band before its disbandment in 2013, until the band reunited in October 2020.

This Means War received generally mixed to fairly positive reviews from music critics, with some commending it as an improvement over the band's previous material, while others criticized its use of formula. It has since become the band's most commercially successful album to date, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard 200, selling more than 17,000 copies in its first week.

  1. ^ Christian Law (January 16, 2012). "Attack Attack! – This Means War Review". We Got This Covered. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Attack Attack! wrap recording "This Means War"". Indie Star. Reiniku Films. 6 November 2011. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Exclusive: ATTACK ATTACK! "This Means War" album tracklist". Indie Star. Reiniku Films. 7 December 2011. Archived from the original on March 19, 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2011.