For Blood and Empire

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For Blood and Empire
Studio album by Anti-Flag
Released	March 21, 2006
Recorded	2005
Genre	Punk rock
Length	38:58
Label	RCA
Producer	Anti-Flag, David Schiffman
Professional reviews
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Anti-Flag chronology
The Terror State (2003) For Blood and Empire (2006) A Benefit for Victims of Violent Crime (EP) (2007)

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 1 Track listing 1.1 Variations 2 Personnel 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "I'd Tell You But..." – 2:10
2. "The Press Corpse" – 3:21
3. "Emigre" – 2:59*
4. "The Project for a New American Century" – 3:17
5. "Hymn for the Dead" – 3:39
6. "This Is the End (for You My Friend)" – 3:11
7. "1 Trillion Dollar$" – 2:30**
8. "State Funeral" – 2:01
9. "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" – 2:43
10. "War Sucks, Let's Party!" – 2:18
11. "The W.T.O. Kills Farmers" – 3:32
12. "Cities Burn" – 3:03
13. "Depleted Uranium Is a War Crime" – 4:07

[edit] Variations

• Some Australian and European releases add "Corporate Rock" – 1:53 as track 14.
• The Japanese release adds "The New Millennium Generation" - 3:08 as track 14. (Also available as a free mp3 download from Military Free Zone.)
• The vinyl release adds "Marc Defiant" – 1:03 as track 14.
• "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.

[edit] Personnel

• Justin Sane- Guitar & Lead Vocals
• Chris Head- Guitar & Vocals
• Chris #2- Bass & Lead Vocals
• Pat Thetic- Drums & Vocals

[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

• Essays from the CD booklet

v • d • e Anti-Flag Justin Sane • Pat Thetic • Chris Head • Chris #2 Former Members Andy Flag • Lucy Fester • Jamie Cock Studio albums Die for the Government (1996) • Their System Doesn't Work for You (1998) • A New Kind of Army (1999) • Underground Network (2001) • Mobilize (2002) • The Terror State (2003) • For Blood and Empire (2006) A Benefit for Victims of Violent Crime (2007) • The Bright Lights of America (2008) Live/split albums North America Sucks!! (1996) • Live at the Fireside Bowl (2000) • BYO Split Series, Vol. 4 (2002) DVDs Death of a Nation Singles "Turncoat" • "Death of a Nation" • "Post-War Breakout" • "The Press Corpse" • "1 Trillion Dollar$" • "This Is the End (For You My Friend)" • "War Sucks, Let's Party!" • "The Bright Lights of America" Related articles New Red Archives • Go Kart Records • A-F Records • Fat Wreck Chords • RCA Records • Punk rock • Fat Mike • Vans Warped Tour