Artist · chart history
Wage War
Band Ocala United States Formed 2010
Wage War formed in 2010 in Ocala, United States. Wage War has 7 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2021–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Magnetic”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #3. The station that charted Wage War most often is 98KUPD (Phoenix, AZ), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2024.
Wage War started out in Ocala, Florida, under the name Empires, and they did it the hard way: their first EP, The Fall of Kings, came out in 2011 on their own dime, the only record they ever put out without a label behind them. Fearless Records signed them in 2015. The lineup: Briton Bond roaring lead vocals, Seth Blake on lead guitar, Cody Quistad on rhythm guitar and the clean vocals, Chris Gaylord on bass and Stephen Kluesener on drums.
That split between Bond's bark and Quistad's melodies is the engine of their metalcore. Blueprints arrived at the end of 2015, Deadweight in 2017 and Pressure in 2019, each one a little bigger in the choruses without losing the breakdowns. Manic, released on October 1, 2021, is the leanest and most direct of the lot, and "Circle the Drain" is its anthem: a crushing, bouncing riff, a chorus built for a festival field, and a band that has learned exactly when to hit hardest.
Stigma, their fifth album, followed in 2024, and a second EP, It Calls Me by Name, arrived in 2026.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Wage War on radio countdowns
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | Blur | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2025 |
| 2025 | 23 | Blur | 93X Top 25 Songs of 2025 |
| 2024 | 3 | Magnetic | 93X Top 24 Songs of 2024 |
| 2024 | 19 | Magnetic | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2024 |
| 2024 | 78 | Blur | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2024 |
| 2022 | 54 | Circle the Drain | 98KUPD Top 98 of 2022 |
| 2021 | 9 | Circle the Drain | SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2021 |
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