This Cd totally rocks, but if your a big fan of Anti-Flag, is may just disappoint you a bit. This Cd mixes more pop and clean cut sound into thier music. The lyrics are outstanding, but everyone is political, good? Maybe, but sometimes its nice to hear a funny/ect song. If your into really well done music, this is for you, but if you like it raw, its mostly not. Older Anti-Flag was better for that type of thing. I personally do love tihs Cd though, even with its strands of pop sound, the its awesome, and JustinSanes/Chris #2s voices are extrordinary! I would highly recomend this Cd!

1. Turncoat 8/10

i cant stand to give any song less than a 7!! thier all great!

I'm not gonna really do a review on this cd. I have read alot of negative reviews on how Anti-Flag are typical punk without having a clue and their facts are all wrong. I'm willing to bet that the name Anti-Flag has thrown alot of people off and 99% of the negative reviews are coming from people who haven't even listend to this cd, met these guys, read their lyrics etc. They aren't your typical punk rock band. Most bands today are about complaining and sitting on their butts waiting for the problem to be solved by someone else. Recently members of A-F joined the father and sister of Columbine victim Daniel Mauser at aprotest ralley against the NRA. Member of Anti-Flag also came down to DC to get involved with the Pro-Choice ralley. Anti-Flag isn't all talk, no action. They are out there with everyone else protesting and standing up for their beliefs rather than sitting at home on their butts complaining about how something or someone sucks and not doing anything about it. I've also read that someone people are saying they are forcing their message down people's throats. How so? If your a fan of the band you most likely agree with alot of what they are saying in their music so nothing is really forced onto you. It's not like all the pro-war people saying your Anti-American if you don't agree with Bush or agree with this war and then rush out to Wal-Mart to buy up a American flag t-shirt to try and prove how patriotic they are. Yes this is still a free country (but for how much longer). Anti-Flag are alllowed to speak their minds but if Bush and his people had it their way people like Anti-Flag would be silenced. If you agree with Anti-Flag then listen. They aren't forcing you to. They aren't going on t.v. and forcing their music and message upon you like most musicians. If you don't agree, don't listen and if you wanna judge why not learn some facts before you bash them. After all, you say they don't know their facts so why not learn something about them and their background before saying they are like everyone else and missinformed?

...I think that The Terror State (combined with Underground Network) make Anti-Flag the best Political Punk band of all time (yes, even ahead of the Dead Kennedys, who I still think is an awesome band). This CD really took awhile to grow on me. I purchased this one about a month before I saw Anti-Flag live, and while I didn't play it that much (I was still really into "A New Kind of Army" and "Underground Network"), but after I saw A-F live, I found myself playing this more in the two days that followed than in that one month I had it before I saw them!

There's not a single dull spot on this CD that I managed to find, but that's just my opinion. And in the spirit of Underground Network, Anti-Flag uses the CD cover/booklet to clarifiy their lyrics. Not only does Anti-Flag bash Bu$h by saying "TURNCOAT! KILLER! LIAR! THIEF!", but the CD cover/booklet also clarifys why the American President is all four of these.

The Terror State isn't totally about the war. Songs like "You can Kill the Protester, but You can't Kill the Protest" is an excellent sort of tribute song to those who died for their beliefs (the booklet gives examples ranging from the 1914 "Ludlow Massacare" to the 2003 killing of Iraqi demonstrators in Fallaujah). Post-war Breakout is a cover of a song originally done by Woody Guthrie, and while cover songs are almost never as good as the originals, I've always enjoyed hearing Punk bands cover songs. And Rank-n-File is a great tribute to non-conformists everywhere (even though the song says "this song is for those countless souls, who died in vain for someone else's gain"), and left me with tears of joy!

Comparing this to all of Anti-Flag's other work, I'd rate this one as being equal with Underground Network... For some reason, I can't say it's better, but by no means is it not as good as! Ever since this CD grew on me, I wanted to hear more and more music by Anti-Flag (as "Die for the Government" and "Their System Doesn't Work for You" just didn't hit the spot), and I can only hope that Anti-Flag's next CD (whenever it's released) will be equally solid. It will be a difficult standard for Anti-Flag to uphold, but if they do it, then I think more people will agree with me when I say that Anti-Flag is the best Political Punk band of all time.

A note to the person who says "Anti-Flag" is still only 19: Members of Anti-Flag claimed that they're a whole bunch of different ages. If it's true that either Justin Sane or Pat Thetic are only 19 years old, it would be wise to look at the cover of "Die For the Government," which was released in 1996, and would have made them 11 years old at the time. And they *DO NOT* look like they're 11 on the cover, and not even Andy Flag (who left the group before A New Kind of Army)!

I love all the messages they really get through in this album and it is a very good recording,i love it. they really kno what theyre talking about and can present it through a style of music that is great.

I dont usually like punk because it doesnt usually have a melody, but the songs on this album has wonderful melody as well as great vocals and bass.

The message the songs send out alone makes the album worth buying.