For Blood and Empire

For Blood and Empire is the sixth studio album by American punk band Anti-Flag. It was released on March 21, 2006. It is also their first release on RCA Records, which caused the band to receive criticism from many due to their initially anti-corporate message.[1]

For Blood and Empire
Studio album by
Anti-Flag
ReleasedMarch 21, 2006
RecordedMay 2005
GenrePunk rock
Length38:58
LabelRCA
ProducerAnti-Flag, David Schiffman
Anti-Flag chronology
Death of a Nation
(2004)		 For Blood and Empire
(2006)		 A Benefit for Victims of Violent Crime
(2007)
Singles from For Blood and Empire
  1. "This Is the End (For You My Friend)"
    Released: August 8, 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk.net(80%) link
Allmusic link
Punknews.org link
Punktastic.com link
Kerrang!

The booklet, which comes with the CD, contains a short essay for all but two songs (State Funeral and Cities Burn) which gives more in-depth perspective on the inspirations for the song subjects such as the Downing Street Memo and Monsanto Company 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 album art was done by Mike Ski of The A.K.A.s.

The song "Emigre" (which on the promotional version was originally titled "Exodus") features an adaptation of Martin Niemöller'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 games Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam and Shaun White Snowboarding.

As of April 3, 2008, the album has sold 97,000 copies [2]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
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

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.
  • The iTunes version of the album includes "No Paradise" – 3:17 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.

Personnel
  • Justin Sane - guitar, lead vocals on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13
  • Chris Head - guitar, backing vocals
  • Chris #2 - bass guitar, lead vocals on tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12
  • Pat Thetic - drums, backing vocals

See also

References
  1. "Anti-Flag Profile". About.com.
  2. "Anti-Flag: Frequently Asked Questions". Post-gazette.com. 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
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