The Warriors

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Our new album 'Burn Yourself Alive.' is out now!

“I don’t know if people still remember us,” laughs THE WARRIORS frontman Marshall Lichtenwaldt. “It’s been a long time.”

Indeed, nearly a decade has passed since the revered hardcore quintet – Lichtenwaldt, drummer Roger Camero, bassist Joe Martin, and guitarists Javier Zarate and Charlie Alvarez – released their last album, 2011’s See How You Are. In the time since The Warriors retreated into the shadows, a lot has changed – not just in music, but in the world at large: The rise of social media has left us more connected but lonelier than ever, while the modern music industry has all but devalued the album as an artistic concept in favor of cherry-picked singles.

But, true to their tenacious past, The Warriors’ fifth full-length album, MONOMYTH (released December 13, 2019 on Pure Noise Records) confronts these sea changes head-on – all the while not losing an ounce of the intensity that made them one of the underground’s most captivating heavy acts in the mid-2000s. The result is their most complete work to date: an album that demands your attention from its first note to its final strains, all along the way challenging listeners both musically and in message. It’s an album built for modern times, written by those who’ve carefully lived it from afar.

“It just felt like the right time,” says Lichtenwaldt about The Warriors’ decision to reunite after so many years apart. “We all had other passions in our lives, but the love for this band has always been there.”

After forming in the tiny mountain town of Tehachapi, California, in 2002, the band of high school friends endeared themselves to the underground with an urgent, unrelenting blend of metal, punk, and hardcore on their 2004 debut, War Is Hell. Follow-up releases further expanded the playbook, introducing new musical elements and influences like hip-hop into the band’s razor-edged sound – and offering them the stamp of approval from their forefathers, like Motörhead’s Lemmy Klimister and Sick Of It All’s Lou Koller guesting on 2007’s Genuine Sense of Outrage.

Once again, MONOMYTH – produced by Camero – finds the band diversifying their sonic palette, resulting in not only their most refined album, but also their most progressive: “Fountain of Euth” builds from booming beats and effected vocals into groove-heavy breakdowns, while companion track “Tavi öös Yukwenaak (The Sun is Dying)” melds skittering drum machines with bubbling keyboards to create a cinematic, stirring soundscape that serves as a compelling counter to the album’s more crushing tendencies.

But despite these new tricks, The Warriors haven’t lost their edge: “Burn From the Lion” and the album-closing “Last S.O.S.” swerve into the band’s ‘90s-leaning alternative metal influences, and “Death Ritual” distills dextrous guitar work and stomping grooves into a blistering first look at the updated musical vision for the second chapter of the group’s career.

“When you look at your life, from the minute you wake up until you go to sleep, everything you do is a ritual,” Lichtenwaldt says of “Death Ritual,” the album’s lead single. “I know we can be better than that. If you step outside yourself and look at your choices, you have to sacrifice some of these things you’re shoving into your routine if you want to be a better person.”

When writing MONOMYTH, the vocalist found inspiration in The Kybalion as well as the concept of the hero’s journey, analyzed and popularized by Joseph Campbell in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (which also served as a major influence on Star Wars creator George Lucas). These themes are distilled into the album’s 12 songs, juxtaposed against Eastern philosophies and meditative transcendental teachings that reverberate even louder when placed atop the band’s caustic brand of hardcore.

With its focus on looking inward, MONOMYTH ultimately serves to soundtrack each listener’s own personal hero’s journey, ebbing and flowing as life does – while ultimately reinforcing a few key imperatives, chief among them the need to destroy the ego holding us back from being our best self. In the context of a 21st-century culture that finds us building façades as a form of self-survival, it feels like The Warriors have more to say than ever before. 

“People tend to get sucked into this vacuum with everything that’s happening in the news” Lichtenwaldt says, “It’s all just a bunch of bullshit. If we wanna talk about hardcore, we need to start thinking in terms of doing things that are actually hard: Being nice to someone who doesn’t deserve it. Being kind and compassionate to someone who hasn’t earned it. If you can do that, it causes a ripple effect that reverberates farther than you can imagine. Living for others can be the hardest thing to do sometimes. Once you do that, you start feeling more fulfilled.”
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Top tracks

01
Warriors Wrecking Crew
The Warriors
Burn Yourself Alive.
01:26
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Charlie Alvarez - Roger Camero - Joe Martin - Matthew Anderson
11
Hollow
Parkway Drive
Deep Blue
03:00
Writer: Luke Kilpatrick - Ben Gordon - Winston McCall - Jeff Ling / Composers: Luke Kilpatrick - Ben Gordon - Winston McCall - Jeff Ling
04
Drowning (feat. Illage People & Andy Franchere)
The Warriors
Burn Yourself Alive.
02:30
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt
05
Shock And Awe
The Warriors
Burn Yourself Alive.
02:23
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt
03
Those Who Know Know Why
The Warriors
Burn Yourself Alive.
02:05
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt
02
My Blood
The Warriors
Burn Yourself Alive.
02:12
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt
04
The Price Of Punishment
The Warriors
Genuine Sense Of Outrage
02:18
Composers: Matt Anderson - Roger Camero - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Javier Zarate
04
Destination
The Warriors
Back Street Brit Funk compiled by Joey Negro
06:36
Writer: J. P Maunick - P. Williams / Composers: J. P Maunick - P. Williams
06
Teeth
The Warriors
Burn Yourself Alive.
02:48
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt
08
Foreign Pain (feat. Todd Jones) (2024)
The Warriors
Burn Yourself Alive.
02:49
Composers: Danny Phillips - Donny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt
01
Riot In Progress
The Warriors
Brothers In Oi!
04:06
Writer: The Warriors / Composers: The Warriors
11
Drag The Lake
The Warriors
Burn Yourself Alive.
02:56
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt
10
Still A Tightrope Walk
The Warriors
Burn Yourself Alive.
02:10
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt
07
Perfidia
The Warriors
Burn Yourself Alive.
02:56
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt

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Albums
(P) 2025 Pure Noise Records
28-03-2025
Burn Yourself Alive.
01
Warriors Wrecking Crew
The Warriors
Burn Yourself Alive.
01:26
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Charlie Alvarez - Roger Camero - Joe Martin - Matthew Anderson
02
My Blood
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Burn Yourself Alive.
02:12
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt
03
Those Who Know Know Why
The Warriors
Burn Yourself Alive.
02:05
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt
04
Drowning (feat. Illage People & Andy Franchere)
The Warriors
Burn Yourself Alive.
02:30
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt
05
Shock And Awe
The Warriors
Burn Yourself Alive.
02:23
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt
06
Teeth
The Warriors
Burn Yourself Alive.
02:48
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt
07
Perfidia
The Warriors
Burn Yourself Alive.
02:56
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt
Access the complete album info (11 songs)
2021 The Warriors
21-12-2021
BerLyn
01
Пока всё хорошо
The Warriors
BerLyn
01:25
Writer: The Warriors / Composers: The Warriors
02
Прямая трансляция
The Warriors
BerLyn
02:52
Writer: The Warriors / Composers: The Warriors
03
День зарплаты
The Warriors
BerLyn
01:40
Writer: The Warriors / Composers: The Warriors
04
Небо над Берлином
The Warriors
BerLyn
02:50
Writer: The Warriors / Composers: The Warriors
05
Свита
The Warriors
BerLyn
02:15
Writer: The Warriors / Composers: The Warriors
06
Падение
The Warriors
BerLyn
03:18
Writer: The Warriors / Composers: The Warriors
07
Астерикс
The Warriors
BerLyn
02:48
Writer: The Warriors / Composers: The Warriors
℗ 2019 Epitaph, previously released by Pure Noise Records
13-12-2019
Monomyth
01
All Life is One
The Warriors
Monomyth
02:05
Writer: Donny Phillips - Roger Camero / Composers: Donny Phillips - Roger Camero
02
The Painful Truth
The Warriors
Monomyth
02:39
Writer: Roger Camero / Composers: Roger Camero
03
Iron Mind
The Warriors
Monomyth
03:07
Writer: Charlie Alvarez / Composers: Charlie Alvarez
04
Yu'ukwep Nukagüd (Death Dancer)
The Warriors
Monomyth
00:38
Composers: Charlie Alvarez - Donny Phillips
05
Death Ritual
The Warriors
Monomyth
02:47
Writer: Roger Camero / Composers: Roger Camero
06
Hutch
The Warriors
Monomyth
00:31
Composers: Marshall Lichtenwaldt
07
Within, Without
The Warriors
Monomyth
03:13
Writer: Donny Phillips - Roger Camero - Jeff Ling / Composers: Donny Phillips - Roger Camero - Jeff Ling
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℗ 2011 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord.
15-02-2011
See How You Are
01
See How You Are
The Warriors
See How You Are
02:13
Composers: Roger Camero - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Joe Martin - Carlos Alvarez
02
The War Unseen
The Warriors
See How You Are
02:33
Composers: Roger Camero - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Joe Martin - Carlos Alvarez
03
Seize The Fire
The Warriors
See How You Are
03:01
Composers: Roger Camero - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Joe Martin - Carlos Alvarez
04
Pit Of Shame
The Warriors
See How You Are
03:05
Composers: Roger Camero - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Joe Martin - Carlos Alvarez
05
Mental Chains
The Warriors
See How You Are
03:26
Composers: Roger Camero - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Joe Martin - Carlos Alvarez
06
Where I Stand
The Warriors
See How You Are
03:17
Composers: Roger Camero - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Joe Martin - Carlos Alvarez
07
Here We Go Again
The Warriors
See How You Are
03:57
Composers: Roger Camero - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Joe Martin - Carlos Alvarez
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℗ 2007 Craft Recordings., Distributed by Concord.
07-08-2007
Genuine Sense Of Outrage
01
Ruthless Sweep
The Warriors
Genuine Sense Of Outrage
02:20
Composers: Matt Anderson - Roger Camero - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Javier Zarate
02
Life Grows Cold
The Warriors
Genuine Sense Of Outrage
02:37
Composers: Matt Anderson - Roger Camero - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Javier Zarate
03
The Stone Grinds
The Warriors
Genuine Sense Of Outrage
02:30
Composers: Matt Anderson - Roger Camero - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Javier Zarate
04
The Price Of Punishment
The Warriors
Genuine Sense Of Outrage
02:18
Composers: Matt Anderson - Roger Camero - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Javier Zarate
05
Genuine Sense Of Outrage
The Warriors
Genuine Sense Of Outrage
02:40
Composers: Matt Anderson - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Roger Camero - Javier Zarate
06
Destroying Cenodoxus
The Warriors
Genuine Sense Of Outrage
03:35
Composers: Matt Anderson - Roger Camero - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Javier Zarate
07
New Sun Rising
The Warriors
Genuine Sense Of Outrage
02:31
Composers: Matt Anderson - Roger Camero - Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Javier Zarate
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℗ 2006 Cherry Red Records Ltd
01-01-2006
Maximum Oi! (Live)
01
Work Together (Live, Cardiff, March 1996)
The Oppressed
Maximum Oi! (Live)
02:33
Composers: Roddy Moreno
02
That's Alright (Live, Cardiff, March 1996)
The Oppressed
Maximum Oi! (Live)
02:20
Composers: Roddy Moreno
03
Joe Hawkins (Live, Cardiff, March 1996)
The Oppressed
Maximum Oi! (Live)
02:16
Composers: Roddy Moreno
04
Substitute (Live, Cardiff, March 1996)
The Oppressed
Maximum Oi! (Live)
02:22
Composers: Pete Townshend - Peter Townshend
05
Government Out (Live, Cardiff, March 1996)
The Oppressed
Maximum Oi! (Live)
02:16
Composers: Roddy Moreno
06
Garageland (Live, Cardiff, March 1996)
The Oppressed
Maximum Oi! (Live)
02:23
Composers: Joe Strummer - Mick Jones - Paul Simonon - Topper Headon
07
Skinhead Girl (Live, Cardiff, March 1996)
The Oppressed
Maximum Oi! (Live)
02:18
Composers: Monty Naismith - Roy Ellis
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℗ 2000 Cherry Red Records Ltd
01-01-2000
A Cross To Bear
01
Intro
The Warriors
A Cross To Bear
01:17
02
God Bless Princess Diana
The Warriors
A Cross To Bear
03:31
Composers: Arthur Kitchener
03
Sad Junkie Loser
The Warriors
A Cross To Bear
03:21
Composers: Arthur Kitchener - Graham Saxby
04
When The Party's Over
The Warriors
A Cross To Bear
02:47
Composers: Arthur Kitchener
05
South London Girl
The Warriors
A Cross To Bear
02:30
Composers: Arthur Kitchener
06
Children Of The Damned
The Warriors
A Cross To Bear
03:26
Composers: Arthur Kitchener
07
Crazy Killer
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A Cross To Bear
02:38
Composers: Arthur Kitchener - Graham Saxby
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EPs
HAKUZA
27-05-2021
Live!
01
Uranzi (Live)
Kode
Live!
04:13
Writer: Faycal Ngeruka / Composers: Faycal Ngeruka - Robert Kamanzi
02
One (Live)
Kode
Live!
04:45
Writer: Faycal Ngeruka / Composers: Faycal Ngeruka - Clement Arreou
03
Igikomere (Live)
Kode
Live!
04:48
Writer: Faycal Ngeruka - Clement Ishimwe / Composers: Faycal Ngeruka - Clement Ishimwe
04
Impeta (Live)
Kode
Live!
04:17
Writer: Faycal Ngeruka / Composers: Faycal Ngeruka - Clement Ishimwe
Laketown Records / The Warriors / Mob Mentality
16-10-2020
Brothers In Oi!
01
Riot In Progress
The Warriors
Brothers In Oi!
04:06
Writer: The Warriors / Composers: The Warriors
02
Uncertain Times
Mob Mentality
Brothers In Oi!
02:35
Writer: Mob Mentality / Composers: Mob Mentality
03
Good Friends
Mob Mentality
Brothers In Oi!
04:00
Writer: Mob Mentality / Composers: Mob Mentality
04
This Is My Anger
The Warriors
Brothers In Oi!
02:08
Writer: The Warriors / Composers: The Warriors
Singles
(P) 2025 Pure Noise Records
12-03-2025
Those Who Know Know Why
01
Those Who Know Know Why
The Warriors
Those Who Know Know Why
02:05
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt
02
My Blood
The Warriors
Those Who Know Know Why
02:12
Composers: Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Charlie Alvarez - Roger Camero - Danny Phillips - Joe Martin - Matthew Anderson - Donny Phillips
03
Foreign Pain (feat. Todd Jones) (2024)
The Warriors
Those Who Know Know Why
02:49
Composers: Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Charlie Alvarez - Roger Camero - Danny Phillips - Joe Martin - Matthew Anderson - Donny Phillips
(P) 2025 Pure Noise Records
19-02-2025
My Blood
01
My Blood
The Warriors
My Blood
02:12
Composers: Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Charlie Alvarez - Roger Camero - Danny Phillips - Joe Martin - Matthew Anderson - Donny Phillips
02
Foreign Pain (feat. Todd Jones) (2024)
The Warriors
My Blood
02:49
Composers: Marshall Lichtenwaldt - Charlie Alvarez - Roger Camero - Danny Phillips - Joe Martin - Matthew Anderson - Donny Phillips
℗ 2025 Mh Musik, LLC
25-01-2025
The Warriors LV
01
The Warriors LV
The Warriors
The Warriors LV
03:40
Writer: Pedro Julio Holguín - Gerpis Correa / Composers: Gerpis Correa
(P) 2024 Pure Noise Records
12-11-2024
Foreign Pain (feat. Todd Jones) (2024)
01
Foreign Pain (feat. Todd Jones) (2024)
The Warriors
Foreign Pain (feat. Todd Jones) (2024)
02:49
Composers: Donny Phillips - Danny Phillips - Marshall Lichtenwaldt
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℗ 2010 Resist Records, Under Exclusive License To Epitaph
05-06-2010
Deep Blue
01
Samsara
Parkway Drive
Deep Blue
01:45
Writer: Winston McCall - Jeff Ling - Luke Kilpatrick - Ben Gordon / Composers: Winston McCall - Jeff Ling - Luke Kilpatrick - Ben Gordon
02
Unrest
Parkway Drive
Deep Blue
02:19
Writer: Luke Kilpatrick - Ben Gordon - Winston McCall - Jeff Ling / Composers: Luke Kilpatrick - Ben Gordon - Winston McCall - Jeff Ling
03
Sleepwalker
Parkway Drive
Deep Blue
04:01
Writer: Luke Kilpatrick - Ben Gordon - Winston McCall - Jeff Ling / Composers: Luke Kilpatrick - Ben Gordon - Winston McCall - Jeff Ling
04
Wreckage
Parkway Drive
Deep Blue
03:21
Writer: Luke Kilpatrick - Ben Gordon - Winston McCall - Jeff Ling / Composers: Luke Kilpatrick - Ben Gordon - Winston McCall - Jeff Ling
05
Deadweight
Parkway Drive
Deep Blue
03:47
Writer: Luke Kilpatrick - Ben Gordon - Winston McCall - Jeff Ling / Composers: Luke Kilpatrick - Ben Gordon - Winston McCall - Jeff Ling
06
Alone
Parkway Drive
Deep Blue
04:30
Writer: Luke Kilpatrick - Ben Gordon - Winston McCall - Jeff Ling / Composers: Luke Kilpatrick - Ben Gordon - Winston McCall - Jeff Ling
07
Pressures
Parkway Drive
Deep Blue
03:22
Writer: Luke Kilpatrick - Ben Gordon - Winston McCall - Jeff Ling / Composers: Luke Kilpatrick - Ben Gordon - Winston McCall - Jeff Ling
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Z Records
10-05-2010
Back Street Brit Funk compiled by Joey Negro
01
Summer Grooves
MIRAGE
Back Street Brit Funk compiled by Joey Negro
05:35
Writer: Morris Michael / Composers: Morris Michael
02
LA 14
Breakfast Band
Back Street Brit Funk compiled by Joey Negro
06:40
Writer: A. Hadeed - J. Lascelles - K. Eley - K. Harada - R. Bailey - T. Maronie - W. Delandro / Composers: A. Hadeed - J. Lascelles - K. Eley - K. Harada - R. Bailey - T. Maronie - W. Delandro
03
Sore Lip
Ritual
Back Street Brit Funk compiled by Joey Negro
06:27
Writer: Ritual / Composers: Ritual
04
Destination
The Warriors
Back Street Brit Funk compiled by Joey Negro
06:36
Writer: J. P Maunick - P. Williams / Composers: J. P Maunick - P. Williams
05
Never Let You Go
Savanna
Back Street Brit Funk compiled by Joey Negro
05:37
Writer: S. Jacobs - J. Durrant / Composers: S. Jacobs - J. Durrant
06
The Wiggle
Stikki Stuff
Back Street Brit Funk compiled by Joey Negro
06:32
Writer: I. Nicholls - E. Poole - K. Jones - A. Culley - D. Ellis / Composers: I. Nicholls - E. Poole - K. Jones - A. Culley - D. Ellis
07
Better Things To Come (Joey Negro Edit)
Nigel Martinez
Back Street Brit Funk compiled by Joey Negro
04:23
Writer: N. Martínez - Lynton / Composers: N. Martínez - Lynton
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