BAD RELIGION ‘EMPIRE STRIKES FIRST’ LP SuicideSilence The songs on Diamond Eyes

The songs on Diamond Eyes — from the riotous “Royal” to the atmospheric “Beauty School” — build a world unto themselves

This vinyl figure stands approximately 3

making the band one of the few to achieve this with two albums in the same year

manic vocals and impossible beats into a visceral hardcore/thrash/noise mash-up

BAD RELIGION ‘EMPIRE STRIKES FIRST’ LP SuicideSilence The songs on Diamond EyesLABEL: 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