Early days and debut: 2001–2002 In the middle of 2001, while working in Spanish power metal band Avalanch, vocalist
Víctor García and drummer
Alberto Ardines decided to record an album with the songs they had been composing in their spare time. Most of the songs had been written during the 1990s with lyrics in English. The pair translated the lyrics into Spanish and produced the album themselves, with García singing as well as playing
bass guitar, rhythm guitar, and
keyboards. {{Listen "WarCry" had always been Víctor García's idea of a band. In 1992 he formed a band named War-Cry, and
Kerrang! declaring it a "very good debut from a very good band that has pleasantly surprised everyone". The band held auditions for a keyboardist in June and August 2002, deciding on
Manuel Ramil. Instead of touring in support of
WarCry, the band began working on new songs so that they would have a larger repertoire to perform. Radial Awards and the magazine
Heavy Rock awarded WarCry "revelation band of the year". The band performed their first live concert on 13 December 2002 in
Avilés,
Asturias as the start of their
El Sello De Los Tiempos tour. The tour lasted a year, during which WarCry played with many other
heavy metal acts such as
Moonspell,
Saratoga,
Barón Rojo,
Sepultura, and
Rage. Jardón left the band following the tour,
Alea Jacta Est: 2003–2004 The members of WarCry announced that their next album would be sung in English, but dropped this idea due to the positive reviews that the Spanish-sung
El Sello De Los Tiempos received in
Central Europe. In August 2003 they began recording a third album, produced by Víctor García and Ardines with the collaboration of Slaven Kolak. The album,
Alea Jacta Est, was mixed and edited in the band's own
recording studio Jaus Records, and was released on 1 January 2004 through
Avispa Music. It was their first album to include writing contributions from each band member (with the exception of Ardines and Mon), as Víctor García had written all of the songs on the previous two albums.
Alea Jacta Est reached No. 3 on the
FNAC sales list within twelve days of its release. The album was well received by critics, with
Metal Archives stating that "WarCry has become the biggest metal band in Spain after this 3rd release". Francisco Fonseca categorized it as "the best power metal album sung in Spanish", with "a more progressive approach than their usual straightforward power metal".
Metal Symphony called it "one of the best Spanish albums of the year". The
Alea Jacta Est tour ran from March to November 2004 throughout Spain and included bands such as
Sôber, Abyss, and Transfer. At the first performance of the tour the band officially presented
Roberto García, formerly of Avalanch, as their new bassist.
¿Dónde Está La Luz?: 2004–2006 In mid-2004 the band began to work on their fourth album
¿Dónde Está La Luz?. It was their only album to be mastered by
Simón Echeverría, a
record producer known for his work with both mainstream and heavy metal acts. For
¿Dónde Está La Luz? Víctor García resumed the role of primary songwriter, writing all of the lyrics and most of the music as he had for the band's first two albums. The album was released on 1 February 2005 through
Avispa, debuting at No. 16 in Spain, and was noted for its lack of
double bass drum and more social themes in the lyrics. Both
Rolling Stone and
Metal Storm declared it "WarCry's heaviest album to date", while
El Gráfico said that "WarCry's metal reinvents itself steadily". Such positive reception helped WarCry to increase their exposure throughout Europe. WarCry's
tour to support ¿Dónde Está La Luz? lasted seventeen months, running from March 2005 to August 2006. The band played many concerts in Spain, including the Viña Rock festival alongside
Sepultura,
Mägo de Oz, and
Los Suaves. Playing to a crowd of over 15,000 people, WarCry's performance was praised with the band being called "a machine!" and "delivering pure heavy metal". On 25 June 2005 the band participated in the second edition of the BullRock Festival in
Asturias. In November 2005 they played a sold-out concert at the Divino Aqualung in
Madrid to a crowd of over 2,500 people. This performance was released in February 2006 as the live album and
DVD Directo A La Luz. It was No. 1 in DVD sales in Spain and stayed high on the charts for several weeks, with
Metal Symphony saying that it "doesn't lose the energy, metal from beginning to end." They finally concluded their year and a half of touring with a concert in a
football pitch in
Buñol,
Valencia on 26 August 2006., and Pablo García.
La Quinta Esencia: 2006–2008 While touring WarCry had begun work on their fifth studio album,
La Quinta Esencia. It was released on 18 September 2006, the same day that the band received a
gold sales certification for
Directo A La Luz.
La Quinta Esencia peaked No. 19 on the Spanish charts, as well as in
Metal Zone In May 2007 they played the Mägo de Oz Fest in Mexico alongside Mägo de Oz,
U.D.O.,
Cage, and Maligno. The festival marked WarCry's first performances in Mexico, playing to over 15,000 attendees. In August 2007
Argentinian radio station Heavy Metal Radio named WarCry the "international band of the month". Ramil remarked that he was skeptical that physical distance was the true reason that he was expelled from the band, as the group had been working in that manner for five years already. Shortly after, Ramil, Ardines, Mon, and vocalist
Toni Amboaje formed a new band called
Sauze.{{cite web|title=Sauze - We spoke with Berto Ardines, Manuel Ramil, Fernando Mon|last=Basa|first=Rafa|publisher=rafabasa.com|date=2008-02-28|url=http://www.rafabasa.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=5817 WarCry's sixth studio album was mastered in the United States by
Tom Baker, known for his work with heavy metal bands such as
Alter Bridge,
Avenged Sevenfold,
Alice Cooper,
Judas Priest, and
Mötley Crüe. José Rubio stated that for this album the band are using different models of guitars than they have on previous albums, as well as different
amplifiers. In 2017 the band released two albums, one in May called
Dónde el Silencio de Rompió... and another in November called
Momentos == Style and lyrical themes ==