Wake the Sleeping Dragon!

Wake the Sleeping Dragon! is the twelfth full-length album by American hardcore punk band Sick of It All. It was released on November 2, 2018 by Fat Wreck Chords in the United States (on CD and vinyl) and in Canada (on vinyl) and by Century Media Records in Europe (both on CD and vinyl). Wake the Sleeping Dragon! is the band's first release on Fat Wreck Chords in 15 years.

Wake the Sleeping Dragon!
Studio album by Sick of It All
Released	November 2, 2018 (2018-11-02)
Studio	Nova Studio
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	32:57
Label	Fat Wreck Chords (US and Canada) Century Media Records (EU)
Producer	Jerry Farley
Sick of It All chronology
When the Smoke Clears (2016) Wake the Sleeping Dragon! (2018)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Metalfan.nl	[1]
Live Reviewer	[2]
FestivalInfo	[3]
RockMuzine	[4]
Punknews.org	[5]
Maximum Volume Music	[6]
LouderSound.com	[7]

Background

The album was announced by Sick of It All in August 2018. The first song of the upcoming album, "Inner Vision", was released the same month.^[8] A second song, the title track "Wake the Sleeping Dragon", was released in October 2018.^[9] A lyric video for this song was released a few days later.^[10] A day after the official release of Wake the Sleeping Dragon!, a music video for "That Crazy White Boy Shit" was released.^[11] A music video for "Self Important Shithead" was released in July 2019.^[12]

Track listing

1. "Inner Vision" - 1:54
2. "That Crazy White Boy Shit" - 2:05
3. "The Snake (Break Free)" - 1:58
4. "Bull's Anthem" - 2:02
5. "Robert Moses Was a Racist" - 1:29
6. "Self Important Shithead" - 0:58
7. "To the Wolves" - 1:40
8. "Always with Us" - 2:26
9. "Wake the Sleeping Dragon" - 2:02
10. "2+2" - 1:49
11. "Beef Between Vegans" - 2:12
12. "Hardcore Horseshoe" - 1:53
13. "Mental Furlough" - 2:17
14. "Deep State" - 1:53
15. "Bad Hombres" - 2:01
16. "Work the System" - 1:46
17. "The New Slavery" - 2:39

Performers

• Lou Koller – vocals
• Pete Koller – guitars
• Craig Setari – bass
• Armand Majidi – drums

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[13]	17

References

1. "Sick Of It All - Wake The Sleeping Dragon". Metalfan.nl (in Dutch). November 7, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
2. Klaster, Marcel (November 1, 2018). "Review: Sick Of It All – Wake The Sleeping Dragon! – Fat Wreck Chords / Century Media – Release: 02-11-2018" (in Dutch). Live Reviewer. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
3. Verhaegh, Roy (December 29, 2018). "RECENSIE: SICK OF IT ALL - WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON!" (in Dutch). FestivalInfo. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
4. Grunholz, Hans (October 31, 2018). "SICK OF IT ALL – WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON!" (in Dutch). RockMuzine. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
5. "Sick Of It All: Wake the Sleeping Dragon!". Punknews.org. November 13, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
6. Thorley, Andy (October 19, 2018). "REVIEW: SICK OF IT ALL – WAKE THE SLEEPING DRAGON (2018)". Maximum Volume Music. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
7. Hill, Stephen (November 8, 2018). "Sick Of It All: Wake The Sleeping Dragon album review". LouderSound.com. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
8. Ham, Robert (August 31, 2018). "Sick of It All release new song "Inner Vision" off upcoming Wake the Sleeping Dragon! album". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
9. Kaufman, Spencer (October 18, 2018). "Sick of It All unleash Wake the Sleeping Dragon title track: Stream". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
10. "SICK OF IT ALL: 'Wake The Sleeping Dragon!' Lyric Video". Blabbermouth.net. October 25, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
11. "SICK OF IT ALL VERÖFFENTLICHEN VIDEO ZU "THAT CRAZY WHITE BOY SHIT"" (in German). Away from Life. November 3, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
12. Munro, Scott (July 11, 2019). "Sick Of It All cause chaos in New York in video for Self Important S***head". LouderSound.com. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
13. "Sick of It All Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2019.