For Blood and Empire covers all the hard angst you'd want from any punk band while being danceable and teaching stuff to the blind masses.

"One Trillion Dollars" is my favorite song on the CD. It really showcases lead singer Justin Sane's heartwrenching voice. The tone he sings it in combined with the lyrics themselves are really heartbreaking, but the truth hurts as they say. This CD helps us process the awful truth about the current state of our government, understand it better, and maybe even feel like doing something about it. Right after we've finished getting beat up in the circle pit.

"The Press Corpse" and "I'd tell you but..." are close seconds. I'm willing to forgive Anti-Flag's ever more closely edging pop into their punk because every song is so packed full of facts, pleas, and energy.

Long live "For Blood and Empire". I hope this record can inspire the kids to make changes.

A bit more mainstream of a sound, but still nothing close to the pop-punk crap that's on the radio and the video channels (fall out boy, etc.). This is pure punk at it's best. These guys are on their way to make a name for themselves without selling out. Their message remians the same and clearer than ever. Buy this album. 10% goes to a good cause.

I have been an Anti-Flag fan for about 5 years and I have always thought that the political messages in their songs sounded a bit pretentious and contrived. However I thought that they were great political anthems so to speak. The music on their previous albums is what drew me in to their work. I thought that the raw punk sound and angry vocals were what made them. On For Blood and Empire Anti-Flag has greatly improved on their lyrical abilities. The songs have more meaning and also have more rallying points around them. The music on the other hand isn't as raw or energetic as albums such as Underground Network or A New Kind of Army. I do like the music and feel that they are going towards a wider audience with a better message than they had before. I have come to the conclusion that big record labels don't even spend time looking at the lyrical content they just look for a "mainstream" sound to the music. If they did spend analyzing the lyrics they wouldn't let this album ship to retailers. All in all I really like this CD and strongly encourage any Anti-Flag fan, any punk rock fan, or anyone who is interested in protest music to buy this album.

If you want to just tear stuff up and dance around and mosh like a crazy person, there are some good songs on here for that. I can't stop listening to this CD actually. Yes, Ant-Flag sold out, so what? The music hasn't changed a bit. They are still political and controversial as always. I don't understand why people think Terror State and This CD are "poppier" Justin Sane has always had a whiny voice, but it goes well with the music. Anyways, im not huge on all their political beliefs although i agree with most of what they say. Anyways, the First song and "Hymn for the Dead" are my favorites. this CD pumps you up, its great punk music.

I'm not sure why everyone thinks that Anti-Flag 'sold out' while they are still playing quality music with a powerful message. I'd give this album a 4.5...but that's not an option so I'll give it a 4, 'cause it's not exactly 'perfect' in my opinion. 'For Blood and Empire' is a really solid album with a lot of variety, something many 'punk' bands can sometimes forget about. And since they're Anti-Flag, you can expect to get an idea of what's going on in the world today (if you couldn't tell by the song titles). But instead of jumping on the band wagon and saying "Oh Bush sucks cuz my daddy said so", the band writes about issues in a way that's real and thought provoking. My top 5 would be: I'd Tell You But... (a very original approach, the song is through the eyes of civilian in war I think), Hymn for the Dead (very catchy), This is the End (For You My Friend) (one of the stronger songs lyrically), 1 Trillion Dollar$ (this one is really sad!), Depleted Uranium is a War Crime (same here), and Project for a New American Century (encouraging you to 'stand up for democracy'. thank god, a punk band that doesn't run around preaching anarchy).