For Blood and Empire
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| Studio album by Anti-Flag | ||
| Released | March 21, 2006 | |
| Recorded | 2005 | |
| Genre | Punk Rock | |
| Length | 38:58 | |
| Label | RCA Records | |
| Producer(s) | Anti-Flag, David Schiffman | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Anti-Flag chronology | ||
| The Terror State (2003) |
For Blood and Empire (2006) |
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For Blood and Empire is the seventh studio album by Anti-Flag. It was released on March 21, 2006. It is also their first release on RCA Records.
The booklet which comes with the CD contains a short essay for all but two songs (State Funeral and Cities Burn) which give more in-depth on the inspirations for the songs, subjects such as the Downing Street Memo and Monsanto Corporation, as well as information on one of Anti-Flag's side projects, Military Free Zone. The CD also comes with two stencils, one is the "Gunstar", a star formed with broken M-16s (as seen on the cover of Mobilize), and the other of the phrase "What are we going to do about the U.S.A.?"
The song "Emigre" (which on the promotional version was originally titled "Exodus") features an adaptation of Martin Niemoller's poem First they came.
"This is the End (For You My Friend)" is featured in two EA Sports video games, Madden NFL 07 and NHL 07
"The Press Corpse" is featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "I'd Tell You But..." – 2:10
- "The Press Corpse" – 3:21
- "Emigre" – 2:59*
- " The Project For a New American Century" – 3:17
- "Hymn For the Dead" – 3:39
- "This Is the End (For You My Friend)" – 3:11
- "1 Trillion Dollar$" – 2:30**
- "State Funeral" – 2:01
- "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" – 2:43
- "War Sucks, Let's Party!" – 2:18
- "The W.T.O. Kills Farmers" – 3:32
- "Cities Burn" – 3:03
- " Depleted Uranium is a War Crime" – 4:07
14 "Corporate Rock" – 1:53 (Only appears on the Australian release of For Blood and Empire)
14 "Marc Defiant" – 1:03 (Demo of song only appears on albums vinyl release)
14 "New Millenium" - 3:08 (Only appears on the Japan release of For Blood and Empire)
- "Emigre" was originally called "Exodus" on the promo version of the album.
- "1 Trillion Dollar$" was originally called "One Trillion Dollars" on the promo version of the album. Furthermore the lyrics were changed from "fuck the world, kill them all" to "fuck the world, fuck em all"
[edit] Personnel
- Justin Sane- Guitar & Lead Vocals
- Chris Head- Guitar & Vocals
- Chris #2- Bass & Lead Vocals
- Pat Thetic- Drums & Vocals
[edit] Trivia
- The band says the phrase "whoa" over 100 times on this album
[edit] See also
- Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (the book for which the song was named)
- Lee Kyung Hae (Track 11 relates to his suicide at an anti-WTO protest)
[edit] External links
| Anti-Flag |
| Justin Sane | Chris #2 | Pat Thetic | Chris Head |
| Lucy Fester | Andy Flag | Jamie Cock |
| Discography |
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| Die for the Government | Their System Doesn't Work for You | A New Kind of Army | Underground Network | Mobilize | The Terror State | For Blood and Empire |
| Videography |
| Death of a Nation | Turncoat |
| Singles |
| "Turncoat" | "Death of a Nation" | "Post-War Breakout" | "The Press Corpse" | "1 Trillion Dollar$" | "This is the End" | "War Sucks, Let's Party!" |
| Label(s) |
| New Red Archives | Go Kart Records | A-F Records | Fat Wreck Chords | RCA |
