Wisdom in Chains

Wisdom in Chains is a band formed of members from America and Holland. Maarten, a guitarist from Holland in the band Daredevil, called Mad Joe Black and Richie, who are a vocalist and a drummer from an American band Krutch, to start a band. This occurred in 2002, that year Daredevil went on a European tour and Joe and Richie joined them. On this tour they wrote a lot of music, Maarten then decided to come to America to record an album, this album was self-titled and was only released on vinyl. From 2002-2005 they only played one show due to the fact that Maarten lived in Holland. In 2005 Marteen decided to move to America. Shortly after moving to the States, they released there second album on Gangstyle records, this album was called Die Young. In 2006 they released there third album Vigilante Saint again on Gangstyle records. In 2007 they got there break, Eulogy records signed them on. Their first release with Eulogy was a re-issue of Die Young which included 4 bonus tracks 2 of which were live. Then they released there biggest selling album in the fall of 2007 titled Class War. This album did very well for the genre of music they play. In late 2007 they released a split with a band Called barricade. Since then they have yet to release another album. Wisdom in chains still plays shows and is very active. As a matter of fact they are playing in Toronto at the Wreckroom on May 2nd with another one of my favourite bands Madball. I believe that Wisdom in Chains are a very good band and deserve more recognition in the hardcore scene. Their lyrics are very deep and talk about the realities of the world, that it isn’t really a nice place to be in, and that you have to keep working hard to help your friends, family and those you hold close to your heart.