War from a Harlots Mouth was founded during 2005. The band was formed only as a side-project originally and consisted of three members only, including their vocalist, drummer and one guitarist. The name of the group was inspired by/represents a "
lying person"; " the war from the mouth is the lie itself, while the harlot stands for the liar." The band deliberately didn't include an
apostrophe within the word "harlots" because they "didn't like the look". War from a Harlots Mouth recorded and produced their first EP titled
Falling Upstairs in
cassette format during June 2006 with only 50 physical copies of it released through the independent Berlin-based cassette tape label Yehonala Tapes. The lineup of the EP consisted of Simon Hawemann on guitar and bass, Paule Seidel on drums and Steffen Winopal on vocals. Later on that same year, they released a CD/10" Split with
deathcore act
Molotov Solution on Twelve Gauge Records. After finding a second guitarist and a bassist in the end of 2006, WFAHM joined the War of Attrition Tour in 2007, promoting the album of the same name by
Dying Fetus, accompanying bands
Skinless and
Cattle Decapitation, also joining the stage for Never Say Die! Fest with bands
Ion Dissonance,
Dead to Fall, and
Through the Eyes of the Dead. Also in 2007, the band joined
Lifeforce Records and released their album
Transmetropolitan in September. In September, the band joined the European tour of bands
The Ocean and
Intronaut. Vocalist Winopal left the band shortly after these tours, having Nico Webers, formerly of The Ocean replacing him. With Webers as a new vocalist, they went on their first headlining tour promoting
Transmetropolitan with fellow labelmates Burning Skies. In 2008, they joined the Grinding into Catacylism Tour, with bands
Psyopus, Left to Vanish, and
Fuck the Facts, and later on released a 5" Split-CD on Sharkmen Records with the band Dead Flesh Fashion. On January 28, 2009, the band announced release dates for
In Shoals prior to its release, during WFAHM's inclusion in the
Thrash and Burn European Tour 2009.
In Shoals is where the band started to show a change in musical direction and is also the first album with the band's vocalist Nico Webers. The album showed a departure from their deathcore sound and more into
mathcore and
metalcore territory reminiscent of bands such as
Converge and
Gaza. After this album, the band remained in this style for the rest of their career. The group released their third full-length album,
MMX on October 29, 2010. Given a high amount of acclaim the record was made available for streaming online prior to its physical and
iTunes release. On September 17, 2012, the band released a "lyrical video" for the first single- "Scopophobia", from their newest album
Voyeur, which was released October 19 in Europe, and November 6 in the U.S.
Final show and controversy with Attila The band announced that they would be going on a "indefinite hiatus" on August 16, 2013, followed by releasing an announcement of a farewell tour. The tour ended in their home city (Berlin) where their final show was played on December 30, 2013, and was
filmed in its entirety. During November 2016, War from a Harlots Mouth made a post accusing the American band
Attila of
plagiarism for stealing an idea from one of their songs. In the open letter, WFAHM referred to Attila as "undoubtedly most mentally challenged band on planet earth" and claimed that their song "Obsession" stole the idea of sampling the sounds of a
machine gun during a breakdown from their song "If You Want to Blame Us for Something Wrong, Please Abuse This Song", which was released 9 years earlier. == Band members ==