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Jardón left the band following the tour, citing musical and personal issues. The tour lasted a year, during which WarCry played with many other heavy metal acts such as Moonspell, Saratoga, Barón Rojo, Sepultura, and Rage. 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. Radial Awards and the magazine Heavy Rock awarded WarCry "revelation band of the year". Kerrang! stated that "the band led by García and Ardines has demonstrated with this record that overcoming and improving is possible". WarCry's second album, El Sello De Los Tiempos, was released in December 2002 through Avispa. Instead of touring in support of WarCry, the band began working on new songs so that they would have a larger repertoire to perform. The band held auditions for a keyboardist in June and August 2002, deciding on Manuel Ramil. The album received several positive reviews, with Japanese rock magazine Karma calling it "a Spanish album that boosts true metal!", and Kerrang! declaring it a "very good debut from a very good band that has pleasantly surprised everyone". Shortly after the album's recording they were joined by bassist Álvaro Jardón, formerly of Darna. They were joined by Pablo García and Fernando Mon, and recorded their debut album WarCry which was released on 17 April 2002. Ardines felt that those were "fantastic", and that they should continue working on their new musical project, as they already had an "open path". After being expelled from Avalanch, Víctor showed Ardines the name and logo of WarCry. They recorded a demo entitled Demon 97, but disbanded again a year later when Víctor rejoined Avalanch as lead singer. After leaving Avalanch, in February 1996 he reformed the group as WarCry, this time acting as songwriter and lead vocalist. In 1992 he formed a band named War-Cry, playing as guitarist, but disbanded it in 1994 when he became the rhythm guitarist for Avalanch.
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"WarCry" had always been Víctor García's idea of a band. Problems playing this file? See media help. Sample of "Señor" from self-titled debut album WarCry. "Aquí Estaré" had barely been accepted by the band but went on to become one of Avalanch's most popular songs, and so he decided "to release a couple of songs, but never with the idea of leaving Avalanch." García has stated that he presented many of his song ideas to Avalanch, but received writing credit on only two released songs: "Aquí Estaré" and "Por Mi Libertad". Upon learning of García and Ardines' project, the other members of Avalanch disapproved of it and expelled them from the band.
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Guitarists Fernando Mon, formerly of Avalanch, and Pablo García of Relative Silence also collaborated on the album by recording guitar solos.
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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. Most of the songs had been written during the 1990s with lyrics in English. 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.