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Stati Uniti D'America. Molti lodano questo paese e pensano che sia perfetto, soprattutto gli Americani che, come noto, hanno un grande spirito patriota. Ma il paese non è perfetto, anzi. Da tempo diversi personaggi denunciano problemi evidenti, ma non sembrano essere ascoltati.
Molti gruppi musicali soprattutto nella scena Punk e Hardcore fanno musica che critica pesantemente il paese, musica spontanea all'insegna della libera espressione. Gli Anti-Flag sono tra questi gruppi e tra i più recenti difatti producono dischi solo dal 1996.
"The Terror State" esce nel 2003, ed è considerato da molti il loro album migliore. Il disco è molto equilibrato tra brani di ispirazione hardcore punk e altri più semplici, ma che non sfigurano affatto. La prima traccia "Turncoat" è più melodica e semplice rispetto ad altri brani dell'album ma è comunque un pezzo di facile ascolto che entra subito in testa. "Civil servants fall in line for you /Too brainwashed to see the truth/You use anyone you can! "Post-War Breakout" alla traccia numero 3 è forse la più particolare e meditata del disco dove figurano un ottima linea di basso. Subito dopo, l'interessante intro di "Sold As Freedom"ci spinge a un lato più incisivo dell'album ma con "Power to the Peaceful", traccia numero 5 si ritorna ad una maggiore facilità d'ascolto. Alla traccia numero sette si torna ad una ritmica più incisiva con "You Can Kill The Protester But You Can't Kill The Protest" con ottimi riff di matrice Hardcore Punk. Ritmiche piuttosto aggressive si sentono ancora in "Wake Up!". Woke up from your American dreams /To be surrounded /Surrounded in flames!. Alla posizione numero tredici si trova un brano tra i più famosi della band "Death Of A Nation", il brano più aggressivo dell'album, di breve durata che fa saltare in mente il primo Hardcore Punk. Con "Operation Iraqi Liberation(O.I.L)" le acque si calmano un po' ma il pezzo è comunque tra i migliori del disco. L'ultima traccia "Fuck The Flag" dalla durata di 54 secondi porta subito alla mente gruppi come Minor Threat e Black Flag tanto è aspra e diretta.
Alla fine, i molti che considerano questo CD il migliore della discografia degli Anti-Flag hanno ragione, è il più equilibrato, il più diretto, il migliore insomma.
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01 Turncoat (02:10)
TURNCOAT! KILLER! LIAR! THIEF!
Criminal with protection of the law!
Go!
States lies dressed up as evening news
We're tired of lies we want the truth
Brodcast by corpses courting you
We're tired of lies we want the truth
Most people they will never know
We're tired of lies we want the truth
With your or against you?
Then I am against you because you're a...
TURNCOAT! KILLER! LIAR! THIEF!
Criminal with protection of the law
TURNCOAT! KILLER! LIAR! THIEF!
Criminal with protection of the law
In your corner
Makes me wanna
Douse myself in gasoline!
Civil servants fall in line for you
Too brainwashed to see the truth
You use anyone you can!
TURNCOAT! KILLER! LIAR! THIEF!
Criminal with protection of the law
TURNCOAT! KILLER! LIAR! THIEF!
Criminal with protection of the
KILLER!
LIAR!
A TURNCOAT! and a THIEF!
Criminal with protection of the law!
The law!
Criminal with protection of the law.
05 Power to the Peaceful (02:57)
Sons and daughters of a dream
The urge to struggle for an ideal
To stay and fight
Oppose war fever
Refuse to kill or be killed
There's voices calling in the wind
Power to the Peaceful
Power to the peaceful
Whoa-oh!
Let's Go!
Oh yeah!
Alright!
With a readiness for war
They come down hard in dissent of all forms
Blood and militarism has swept the country by storm
There's voices calling in the wind
Power to the Peaceful
Power to the Peaceful
Whoa-oh!
Power to the Peaceful
Power to the Peaceful
Whoa-oh!
This is not a war
of the urging people
This is not a war
of economic independance
It's a war for conquest
It's a war for military power
It's a war for money
The road to universal slaughter
Sons and daughters of a dream
The urge to struggle for an ideal
To stay and fight
Oppose war fever
Refuse to kill or be killed
There's voices calling in the wind
Power to the Peaceful
You know it's Power to the Peaceful
Alright, check this out
There's repression and intolerance
On any deviation from the norm
In all factions of your life
At this time of entry
Into war say Hey-Hey
Do you know what they sing. Say Hey! - Hey!
Yeah you know what they sing. Say Hey! - Hey!
Do you know what they sing? Say Hey! - Hey! - Hey!
Power to the Peaceful
Power to the Peaceful
Whoa-oh!
Power to the Peaceful
Power to the Peaceful
Whoa-oh!
Alright!
Whoa-oh! Whoa-oh! Whoa-oh!
Yeah!
06 Mind the G.A.T.T. (03:14)
A brand new history
Slyly and quickly
Sparkles in your eyes
Hope you're not missing
The flash points/sign posts
Etching the future
From here
Ancient ancestors transmitting via pool formed from rainfall
Where my reflection stares back at me and says
As the sun sets bright over ancient earth and disappears from view
The spirit of the world will rise up from the dis again
Our voices sing in union
Lifeless, soulless, secret abyss
Plotting the worlds doom
Production and consumption wakes the sleeping world to sing again
Our voices sing in union
From African coasts to Australian mainland
Watch your brother's back, watch your sister's back
From the American plains to the sea of Japan
Watch your brother's back, watch your sister's back
In your own backyard, or far off foreign lands
We find our adversaries woven of the same thread
As evil hacks and rips at every corner of the world
The peoples voice will sing as one voice
Our voices sing in union
To implement a Paul Hawken-Esque model for the world
The people voice will sing as one voice
Our voices sing in union
The Arabian sea to the coast of Chile
Watch your brother's back, watch your sister's back
The plateau of Tibet to the Bay of Biscay
Watch your brother's back, watch your sister's back
In your own backyard, or far off foreign lands
We find our adversaries woven of the same thread
Rethink... Fucking dig in!
Don't sit by and take it!
They built it we can break it!
We're not gonna stand for any G.A. double T's!!!
Don't sit by and take it!
They built it we can break it!
We're not gonna stand for any G.A. double T's!!!
Don't sit by and take it!
They built it we can break it!
We're not gonna stand for any G.A. double T's!!!
Don't sit by and take it!
They built it we can break it!
We're not gonna stand for any G.A. double T's!!!
09 Wake Up! (02:35)
If I had a lighter in hands
With some oily rags
Is that what it'd take
To wake you from your sleep?
Woke up from your American dreams
To be surrounded
Surrounded in flames!
You got to SCREAM
TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
AND I WON'T STOP SCREAMING
UNTIL MINE IS HEARD!
Wake Up!
Wake Up!
To the world around you
Wake Up!
Wake Up!
To the world around you
Wake Up!
Wake Up!
To the world around you
Wake Up!
Wake Up!
YEAH!
And if we blocked the streets
Everyday
Face down on the pavement
As we lay
You're angered
That you're five minutes late.
What happens next time
When we will stop you all day?
Yeah, next time
When we will stop you all day?
You got to SCREAM
TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!
AND I WON'T STOP SCREAMING
UNTIL MINE IS HEARD!
Wake Up!
Wake Up!
To the world around you
Wake Up!
Wake Up!
To the world around you
Wake Up!
Wake Up!
To the world around you
Wake Up!
Wake Up!
To the world around you
And it's the same song, sung
Sung at the top of our lungs
SCREAMING FOR FREEDOM
PLEADING FOR LIBERTY
SCREAMING FOR FREEDOM
PLEADING FOR LIBERTY
SCREAMING FOR FREEDOM
PLEADING FOR LIBERTY
FREEDOM!
11 Death of a Nation (01:55)
WHEN ALL YOU NEED!!...
Was a little motivation!
They pointed fingers and yelled...
DEAD GENERATION!!
When all you need was a little care
All you got was an old white hair blank stare!
Have you ever needed an ounce of love
And all you got was a whole lot of fucked!!
So say your prayers
It's the death of a nation
Say your prayers
For the dead generation
Condescending broad generalizations
Get real old real fast
YEAHH!!
Just because most hippies and their parents have sold out!!
Does not mean that you (Yeah, you!)
Your children (Your children!)
And their kids won't last!!
So say your prayers
It's the death of a nation
Say your prayers
For the dead generation
Say your prayers
It's the death of a nation
Say your prayers
For the dead generation
Agressivness is godliness
Combativness is holiness
Destructiveness is faithfullness!! YEAHH!!
Deadliness is devoutness!!!
Praying to a god that they created!!
And know damn well does not exist!!
We find them on their knees...
12 Operation Iraqi Liberation (O.I.L.) (02:21)
This is a tale of liberation, this dedication song
Broadcast it from all stations
This tribute, this salute
Cold hard facts one can't refute
Number one liberators in the world
Can kill better than ice is cold!
To save you we may have to kill you
For freedom you may have to die
Number one at liberation - liberating life from bodies
Helping spirits fly
Freedom from... life
This is a tale of liberation, this dedication song
Broadcast it from all stations
This tribute, this salute
Cold hard facts one can't refute
Number one liberators in the world
Can kill better than ice is cold!
To save you we may have to KILL YOU!
For freedom you may have to die - yeah!
Number one at liberation - liberating life from bodies
Helping spirits fly...
The government lies
The masses die
The military lies
AND WE ALL DIE!
Broadcast it from all stations - This is our liberation song
Broadcast it from all stations - This is our liberation song
Broadcast it from all stations - This is our liberation song
Broadcast it from all stations - This is our liberation song
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