Empire Strikes First, The - Bad Religion > Reviews

Advantages: Awesome recording with perfect blend of songs and flawless result
Disadvantages: Couple of tracks that are difficult to get used to

...vocals (highly evident in The Empire Strikes First) and an original approach to punk rock (the intervention of guitar performances or 'solos' proves that punk-rock doesn't just consist of power chords and similar riffs that everyone has heard before). The Empire Strikes First precedes the latest Bad Religion album, The Process Of Belief. Bad Religion took a step in the direction of harmonising and produced an album that really tested the extent ... Read review

Advantages: Return to form for Bad Religion
Disadvantages: One or two suspect moments

...some 24 years ago, ‘The Empire Strikes First’ is the umpteenth studio release from Greg and co., and just goes to prove that age is no restriction in this business. ‘TESF’ is another politically-charged raging punk rock beast from the forty-somethings, and in the opinion of some a return to the incredible form of 1993’s ‘Recipe for Hate’ and prior to that album. So here goes: Track 01 – Overture (1:09) Hmm… really not much to say about this, just ... Read review