If 2021's Manic LP represents "the culmination of an intense creative journey" for metalcore quintet Wage War, how can 2022's The Stripped Sessions best be described? The 11-song acoustic LP is a reinterpretation of songs from the band's decade-plus career and, as vocalist Cody Quistad explains, "serves as a time capsule of our years to date. We love to let loose and play super-energetic, heavy music, of course, but it's just as important to me - and I think to people in general - to have the opportunity to hear something that has a different pace. And how cool is it when a listener has songs that they love in the high-energy realm, but it's the same band, and those songs now offer a different perspective."