Those expecting something purely prog metal maybe a little surprised to hear some more worldly influences to sound from tribal chanting to African beats, these work well with the strong metallic compositions whilst Mattsson's fretwork is arguably his best to date, some of the trades between himself and Kuprij are red hot roller coaster rides through musical landscapes. Also good to hear is that despite all the guest performers this albums keeps a consistent sound throughout helping to keep focus and fuse the diverse musicality together well. The production is of a very good standard with a strong focussed sound and good balance between instruments which helps tracks like Where's Our Chance, Deep In The Shadows, This Is The End and the highly impressive War Suite Concerto really hit the listener hard.

Overall War is a highly ambitious concept which has been pulled of by Lars Eric Mattsson and is arguably his best album yet.

Rating - 90%