BAD RELIGION ‘EMPIRE STRIKES FIRST’ LP NWOBHM The ghosts of Steer and

The ghosts of Steer and Schuldiner echo in twisted half-remembered inference while the calculated

B2 Hurricane

weaving in prog

B7 I Don't Belong Here

BAD RELIGION ‘EMPIRE STRIKES FIRST’ LP NWOBHM The ghosts of Steer andLABEL: EPITAPH VINYL RELEASE DATE: 6 8 2004 ALBUM RELEASE DATE: 6 8 2004 VARIANT: BLACK VINYL LP The Empire Strikes First is the thirteenth studio album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on June 8, 2004. The album is heavily influenced by the then current Iraq War and also has some nods to George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty Four, the latter most likely inspired by the Patriot Act. TRACKLIST 1 Overture 2 Sinister Rouge 3 Social