A War You Cannot Win

A War You Cannot Win is the sixth studio album by the American heavy metal band All That Remains. The album was released on November 6, 2012, through Razor & Tie.^[5][6]

A War You Cannot Win
Studio album by All That Remains
Released	November 6, 2012
Recorded	2012
Studio	Zing Studios, Westfield, Massachusetts
Genre	Metalcore hard rock[1]
Length	39:19
Label	Razor & Tie
Producer	Adam Dutkiewicz
All That Remains chronology
For We Are Many (2010) A War You Cannot Win (2012) The Order of Things (2015)
Singles from A War You Cannot Win
"Down Through the Ages" Released: August 13, 2012 "Stand Up" Released: August 27, 2012 "You Can't Fill My Shadow" Released: October 26, 2012 "Asking Too Much" Released: March 18, 2013 "What If I Was Nothing" Released: September 4, 2013

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Artist Direct	[3]
Loudwire	[1]
Ultimate Guitar	[4]

The album has some tracks which have a melodic metalcore sound and some with a standard metal sound which have only singing.^[2]

Album sold over 25,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart.^[7] As of February 2015, the album has sold 123,000 copies in the United States.^[8]

Background

The album was produced by Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, who has produced albums for the band in the past.

The first song to be released from the album was "Down Through the Ages". The song was first posted to Labonte's YouTube channel on August 13, 2012. "Stand Up" was released as the next single on August 27. On October 26, "You Can't Fill My Shadow" was announced as the album's third single.

But the fifth and last single, "What If I Was Nothing", was the greatest hit of the album and of their whole discography. It is a power ballad which has already reached 85 million views in YouTube. In this song Philip Labonte sings about some of his former problems with his wife.

Musical style

Drummer Jason Costa stated about the album: "This is a very guitar, very melody-oriented album. It wasn't very rhythm-based at all. I would just say it's metal; it's a metal album. We've got some heavy songs on there, some heavy, groovy songs on there. We've got some fast, heavy songs on there, we've got some more radio-friendly, melodic songs on there. It's typical ALL THAT REMAINS, really, but we've definitely stepped up the musicianship there and the writing."^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Down Through the Ages"	Philip Labonte	3:31
2.	"You Can't Fill My Shadow"	Philip Labonte	3:33
3.	"Stand Up"	Johnny Andrews / Rob Graves / All That Remains	4:00
4.	"A Call to All Non-Believers"	Philip Labonte	2:44
5.	"Asking Too Much"	Rob Graves / All That Remains	3:28
6.	"Intro"	Philip Labonte	0:21
7.	"Just Moments in Time"	Philip Labonte	3:27
8.	"What If I Was Nothing"	Rob Graves / All That Remains	4:36
9.	"Sing for Liberty"	Philip Labonte	3:41
10.	"Not Fading"	Rob Graves / All That Remains	3:34
11.	"Calculating Loneliness" (Instrumental)	Oli Herbert	2:39
12.	"A War You Cannot Win"	Rob Graves / All That Remains	3:45
Total length:			39:19

Japanese edition bonus track^[10]

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Let Nothing Bind Me"	3:03
Total length:		42:22

Personnel

All That Remains Philip Labonte – lead vocals Oli Herbert – lead guitar Mike Martin – rhythm guitar Jeanne Sagan – bass guitar, backing vocals Jason Costa – drums Production Adam Dutkiewicz – production, engineering Jim Fogarty – assistant engineering Brian Virtue – mixing at Modernist Movement Studios, Nashville, Tennessee Brad Blackwood – mastering at Euphonic Masters

Management Stephen Hutton and Bert Landry for Uppercut Management Josh Kline – booking for The Agency Group Murray Richman and Nathan Richman – business management for Richman Business Management Mike McKoy – legal representation for Serling, Rooks, Ferrara, McKoy & Worob LLP Beau King – production, concert lighting and tour management Pete Giberga – A&R John Franck – marketing direction Artwork P.R. Brown – photography and design

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11]	12
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[12]	84
US Billboard 200[13]	13
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[14]	12
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[15]	2
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[16]	3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[17]	4
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[18]	11