The Art of War is the second full-length (and third overall) album from the American hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

/electronica

Electronica

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 duo Anarchy Club

Anarchy Club

Anarchy Club is a hard rock/electronica duo from Boston, Massachusetts. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Keith Smith, who is a former member of the band C60, and Adam von Buhler, who plays guitar , bass, drums, and other instruments, and is a former member of the band...

. The album was released on October 24, 2009, available initially as a digital download.

The album features guest appearances by Ernesto Longoria (drums on three tracks), Caleb Wheeler (drums on three tracks), and the Scottish singer Alice Ishbel Watson (backing vocals on three tracks).

Track listing

1. "Rise and Shine" - 2:10
2. "Murder Simulator" - 3:26
3. "A Bullet in the Head" - 3:34
4. "Foreign Invader" - 2:45
5. "Riddle Me This" - 3:48
6. "Get Clean" - 3:33
7. "If I Can" - 3:33
8. "Hot Lead / Cold Steel" - 3:16
9. "Built to Grind" - 3:33
10. "Changing of the Guard" - 2:12

Personnel

• Keith Smith
  Keith Smith (musician)
  Keith Smith is the vocalist and guitarist for the band Anarchy Club. Before creating Anarchy Club, Smith was in several bands, including Cobalt 60, known as C60. Smith was also an employee of Harmonix QA, the company that developed Guitar Hero...
  
   - lead vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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• Adam von Buhler
  Adam von Buhler
  Adam von Buhler is a producer and musician, currently one half of the rock duo Anarchy Club, and a former member of the band Splashdown. He plays drums, bass, guitar and other instruments, and works the studio gear...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , drums
  Drum kit
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  , synthesizer
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
  
  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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