'When All Else Fails' is Chris Ward's first full-length compilation album which brings together all twelve tracks from his previously released EPs - 'Souls For Trade' (2010), 'Metal Is Metal!' (2011) and 'Tell Yourself' (2013). The album also boasts a previously unreleased home-recorded acoustic demo (complete with guest vocals performed by Macca) and features guest appearances on drums by Darren Pugh of the UK tech-metal band 'Aliases' and Jake Ryder from the 'Happy Mondays' and 'Black Grape'. So if you like music with a message, music with a heart and soul, old metal or new metal, or are a fan of Anthrax, Megadeth, Black Sabbath or Iron Maiden - check this out, you will not be disappointed.