Earlier in May of this year, the band Filter released their fourth album – “Anthems for the Damned”. I believe it to be quite a solid release. The content focuses largely on issues surrounding the state of the world today, with a strong anti-war message (as depicted by the first single, Soldiers of Misfortune). There are a number of hard hitting tracks (eg. In Dreams, The Take, and the powerful What’s Next) mixed in with some softer more emotional tunes (eg. Lie After Lie, Only You) and their more typical industrial pop songs (eg. Kill the Day) similar to Take A Picture, from their “Title of Record” release. Below I’ve included the video for Soldiers of Misfortune.
Fun facts about Filter:
Fun fact number one – their bassist will no longer be with them as he is part of the US army reserve, and is shipping off to serve in Iraq
Fun fact number two – frontman Richard Patrick is brother to Robert Patrick, the actor that played the role of the T-1000 in Terminator 2, among many other movie and tv roles
Fun fact number three – Richard Patrick was a touring guitarist for Nine Inch Nails in their early career
I Haven’t had a chance to listen to the album yet, but I like the Soldiers of Misfortune song.