The War of Art (album) The War of Art (album) The War of Art is the second album by the industrial metal band American Head Charge, released in 2001. The album was recorded at Rick Rubin's allegedly haunted recording studio. The title is a play on words of the Chinese book "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. This is the band's only album with Aaron Zilch on samplers, and David Rogers and Wayne Kile together on guitar. After the departure of Zilch, Fouler remained the band's sole keyboardist/sampler. The album landed American Head Charge a spot at Ozzfest 2001. Their concerts featured some controversy
The Book of Taliesyn band's singer Rod Evans are very functional to the music and the marketing Deep Purple's record label was building up for the American hippie audience. Evans took inspiration for the fantasy-themed "Listen, Learn, Read On", which contains lyrical reference to the album's title, from the 14th-century Welsh manuscript Book of Taliesin, a collection of poems attributed to the 6th-century poet Taliesin. The title and cover art of the album were also inspired by the manuscript. Instead psychedelia and its rituals play a large part in the lyrics of "Shield". Simper thinks that Evans' lyrics are "far better than anything (...)