The Great Stone War

Not to be confused with the Great Stone War at Edinburgh City Chambers.

The Great Stone War
Studio album by Winds of Plague
Released	June 23, 2009
Genre	Deathcore, symphonic metal
Length	37:17
Label	Century Media
Producer	Daniel Castleman
Winds of Plague chronology
Decimate the Weak (2008) The Great Stone War (2009) Against the World (2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Ashladan	[2]
Blistering	[3]
Lords of Metal	[4]
Zware Metalen	(8.2/10)[5]

The Great Stone War is the second studio album by American deathcore band Winds of Plague. It was released on August 11, 2009 through Century Media Records. The album also marks the recording debut of drummer Art Cruz and keyboardist Kristen Randall. The Great Stone War sold 6,300 copies in its first week of release to debut at No. 73 on The Billboard 200 chart. A cover of "Halloween" by Misfits appears as a bonus track on iTunes.

Concept

Winds of Plague described the record as a concept album. Vocalist Johnny Plague states, "The idea of The Great Stone War is that civilization as a whole will digress and in time inevitably end with one final battle. This battle will not be fought with technology but with stone. Over the course of eleven tracks the listener hears about a journey foreseen through the eyes of a heathen in a religious world apocalypse. Even in the world’s darkest times you always have to take a step back and see life for what it is and not lose sight of what is most important.”

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Winds of Plague. 

Personnel

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