Álbum New Maps of Hell (Bad Religion)

Álbum: New Maps of Hell

Artista: Bad Religion

  • Sello Discográfico: Epitaph

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Dentro de la extensa discografía de Bad Religion, el álbum "New Maps of Hell" consolida el magnífico estado de forma que la banda había recuperado en su segunda etapa en Epitaph. Con este trabajo, el grupo entrega otra colección de punk rock melódico de alta velocidad, con la fórmula que ellos mismos perfeccionaron: canciones cortas, estribillos coreables y letras de una gran carga intelectual. Por consiguiente, el disco satisface plenamente las expectativas de sus seguidores más fieles. De hecho, la producción es potente y cristalina.

Además, las letras vuelven a centrarse en la crítica a la religión organizada y a la sociedad contemporánea, con un tono afilado y escéptico. De este modo, canciones como "Honest Goodbye" o "New Dark Ages" son puro Bad Religion. Por lo tanto, "New Maps of Hell" es un trabajo sólido y coherente que, sin necesidad de innovar, demuestra que la banda seguía siendo la referencia indiscutible del punk rock inteligente en el nuevo milenio.

Listado de Canciones

  1. 52 Seconds0:58

    Letra

    I know I'm part of something greater than myself Don't know the meaning of it but I hope that matters less I don't know anything when I'm factored out of scale I know I'm part of something greater than myself We're all engaging in a game of attrition Maybe god is just a chemical fiction I'm a monkey with a madding affliction With fact checking for a mental condition I know I'm part of something greater than myself Don't know the meaning of it but I hope that matters less I don't know anything when I'm factored out of scale I know I'm part of something greater than myself
  2. Heroes & Martyrs1:25
  3. Germs of Perfection1:27

    Letra

    Lacerate eviscerate and perforate and mutilate We all fall down, all fall down Deprecate repudiate ameliorate adjudicate The wisdom found, wisdom found Clip the wings of progress, turn the direction Enrich the fallow soil with germs of perfection Delegate facilitate investigate and obviate The black turns green, black turns green Separate evaluate and cultivate and propagate The master's dream, master's dream Sing the fears of history with renewed inflection View the lost agenda with a skeptic's intention Machine of life, oh can we make it run? We have the tools, but have only just begun Machine of life, oh can we make it run? The calculations of a greater sum Clip the wings of progress, turn the direction Enrich the fallow soil with germs of perfection Perfection!
  4. New Dark Ages2:47

    Letra

    Yeah can you hear the call in our rambling land susurrations, That can expand beyond all hope of light and plunge us into unrelenting night A pall on truth and reason, It feels like hunting season So avoid those lines of sight and we'll set this right Welcome to the new dark ages I hope you're living right These are the new dark ages And the world might end tonight Now come ye children one and all - let's heed Ezekiel's call, And bide until the word is good and ripe and get plucked clean out of sight The world will be erased our kin will be Immaculate ejaculate in space Before the kind of king's love, he'll snatch us From above, brothers help me sing it Welcome to the new dark ages I hope you're living right These are the new dark ages And the world might end tonight So how do you sleep There's nothing to keep This is deep Because we're animals - with golden rules Who... who can't be moved by rational views Welcome to the new dark ages I hope you're living right Welcome to the new dark ages And the world might end tonight
  5. Requiem for Dissent2:08

    Letra

    Oratory of hope and glory a whisper and a rhyme An effigy, a soldier out of time Citizen and patriot you can't be far behind The funeral is weighting heavy on your mind Requiem Bring the dissident from slumber Requiem Raise the rebel from its grave Requiem Sound the revolution's thunder A monumental blunder averted and betrayed Dig around the cemetery a record of the day Friends and neighbors in stages of decay But the saddest thing of all eludes discovery The stimulus for this somber ceremony Requiem Bring the dissident from slumber Requiem Raise the rebel from its grave Requiem Sound the revolution's thunder A monumental blunder averted and betrayed The sanctimonious minions how they grovel at the feet Authority is populist deceit Pity yet another casualty's demoralized decline Just a victim of irrational design Requiem! Requiem! Requiem Bring the dissident from slumber Requiem Raise the rebel from its grave Requiem Sound the revolution's thunder A monumental blunder averted and betrayed
  6. Before You Die2:34

    Letra

    Porcelain and alabaster, decaying ever faster, Unaware of imminent disaster open up your eyes. As you ruminate the hopeless sands of time, Did you wander out your days lost and resigned? Or recreate the universals in your mind? Everybody is bastard: my world is like plaster Crumbling apart from pressure of the blaster, waiting for a sign And the momentary pleasures take their turn As a wistful boy runs out of things to learn, The episodes of yore are never to return. Scare up some hope, you're gonna need it just to cope, You are the decision, numbers don't lie When you bite the dust, was it for purpose or for trust? You'll never relive it, think before you die. Yeah, think! Think before you die. Deficit and depravation - in the wake of desperation Rewrite the morals, rectify the nation. Now may be your time! As you ruminate the hopeless sands of time, Do you wonder how your life has been defined? You know eternity can't ever change your mind. You know eternity can't ever change your mind So think! Think before you die! Yeah, think! Think before you die
  7. Honest Goodbye2:51

    Letra

    Now get up and give in I'll crack your knuckles again Supplicate and survive this transubstantiation And get so mean - I want to know what it means! (Did you laugh?) You know I did (Did you cry?) I couldn't get it right (Did you live?) Always on the edge (Did you lie?) Causing such a fright (Did you love?) Oh to be forgiven (Did you try?) But it wouldn't be right God it feels like an honest goodbye! That sick brass boy day dreamin' Cry baby convict demon Hands so clean - a sympathetic cold blooded killing machine How did you get so mean? - I want to know what it means! (Did you laugh?) You know I did (Did you cry?) I couldn't get it right (Did you live?) Always on the edge (Did you lie?) Causing such a fright (Did you love?) Oh to be forgiven (Did you try?) But it wouldn't be right God it feels like an honest goodbye!
  8. Dearly Beloved2:19

    Letra

    Here's a story of an honest man losing religion, Climbing the pulpit steps before an eager congregation, The while praying came a wicked inspiration, Brothers, sisters this is what he said: Dearly beloved, dearly beloved, dearly beloved, (Make no mistake, despite our traits, I've seldom seen evidence of genes) I can't relate to you, I can't relate to you! He was the kind of guy who'd always go right out of his way, But more before that crazy notion leapt right into his head, And stubbornly crept into every mad perception, I can't deny a funny feeling when he said: Dearly beloved, dearly beloved, dearly beloved, I can't relate to you, I can't relate to you! Dearest in memoriam - set phasers to stun And grab yourself a neighbors' skeleton to lean upon, Did you know him in life - one filled with regret, So soon we all forget - we ever met, Do you know my name - sing a light refrain For a man estranged - I won't deny that I'm inclined to isolate Dearly beloved, dearly beloved, dearly beloved, I can't relate to you, I can't relate to you! I can't relate to you, I can't relate to you, I can't relate to you!
  9. Grains of Wrath3:00

    Letra

    Back in '83 a man came to men and he told me "Son, our way of life is done" But I was only young With an eye to the fields speculators and yields rotten to the core, Monoculture whores entered the bidding wars from distant shores, I don't wanna be in the land known as destitute and free, With the grains of wrath blazing a path from sea to shining sea! Oh the sinuous trails of concrete and rails and exhausted roars, Population wars setting our future course, Is profit and greed the only conceit on a scale between Mere prosperity and inhumanity? It may well be but, I don't wanna be in the land known as destitute and free, With the grains of wrath blazing a path from sea to shining sea! I don't wanna be in the land known as destitute and free, With the grains of wrath blazing a path from sea to shining sea!
  10. Murder1:18

    Letra

    If you're discontent to know you world's a pile of shit, Listen to a riddle that'll tickle every bit of it, Ha ha ha! Ape shall not murder - Ape wasn't so sure Bad ape you made a mistake, Annihilation in a cannibal war! Well cultivation might have served you Might have raised you up unscathed If you had called that fucker by its name! Did you listen to the arbiter's beck and call? Did you find what you were looking for or not at all? Not al all! Ape shall not murder - Ape take the cure Bad ape you made a mistake, Annihilation in a cannibal war! Culture might have cured you And raised you up unscathed If you had called that fucker by its name! Say the name! Say the name! Say the name!
  11. Scrutiny2:36

    Letra

    One - two - three - four - five - six - seven - eight! Days go marching by There and back I never wait for a confident reply Truth is stark and leaves its mark as limited constraints And the most difficult part is accepting what the future may bring It seems like a lifetime of scrutiny Wither the path, whether worth the fee A lifetime of scrutiny And it seems as though I can't be sure of anything anymore! One - two - three - four - five - six - seven - eight! Years go flying by No one seems to hesitate or cast an earnest eye Judgment comes in many forms but never scare or shy And the litany is long as the confidence is strong in their delight It seems like a lifetime of scrutiny Prejudicial waters wash over me A lifetime of scrutiny And the words just don't equate with sense or sanity anymore! One - two - three - four - five - six - seven - eight! The faces and the names Shattered hopes and stolen dreams and no one left to blame Is it possible to win this pointless mortal game? 'Cuz when death comes it's swift and my friend, We end up and the same It seems like a lifetime of scrutiny Wither the path and whether worth the fee A lifetime of scrutiny And it seems as though I can't be sure of anything anymore!
  12. Prodigal Son3:07
  13. The Grand Delusion2:10

    Letra

    If I could only get the tools, the stimuli and Molecules, frozen moments in time I could be the archetype, a credit to the Genotype, re-program your mind But the storybook sages fill their pages Hiding from the warming sun Limitless distractions give no pause to distort a Precious delusion Did you see the moralist retort and raise his fist "You can't make man a machine!" I can see the edifice crumbling in foggy mist, Razed by discovery But the storybook sages fill their pages Hiding from the warming sun Limitless distractions give no pause to distort a Precious delusion
  14. Lost Pilgrim2:28

    Letra

    Pilgrim, those are dry and bitter tears and lonely Eyes that look way beyond your years Pilgrim, did you drink the mercury? Your lips turned blue and you're struggling just to see, You were too far gone to carry on, now your life has stalled, As you march ahead yet go no place at all.. Pilgrim, when you left them all behind The loneliness destroyed your able mind, Pilgrim, see the writing on the door? It's taking you back to a place you were before And the next in line paces your stride waiting for your fall, With a hope that lies in a hidden master's call Pious eyes ignoring passers by Headlong to their grave Don't despair this world of toil and care. This pilgrim lost his way Pilgrim will you ever find your call? Is truth so pure that you're willing to risk it all? Pious eyes ignoring passers by Headlong to their grave Don't despair this world of toil and care. This pilgrim lost his way
  15. Submission Complete3:40

    Letra

    Dedication is the price you pay: the initiated are Coddled and caged Before you walk, as soon as you crawl Hope is pointless 'cuz you're stuck in the trawl Fuck the freshman lectures and brandishments They just betray impoverished accomplishments The puppet masters fear originality They tighten up the tethers and they shackle your feet Submission complete! Young recruits never have a chance, enticed to The drill, admonished to dance Early to rise and early to shine, life is long but the end is nigh Break the guilty trammels from yesteryear Remember how rejuvenation conquers all fears Lowly opportunists take commanding roles And hawk ultimatums so their weakness won't show The sad reflection of dead ambition You live for nothing Submission complete! Yeah, break the guilty trammels from yesteryear Remember how the taste of failure makes it all clear The lowly opportunists take commanding roles And hawk ultimatums so their weakness won't show The sad reflection of dead ambition You live for nothing Expectation, indoctrination Life's a damnation Submission complete! Dying on your feet Submission complete A total defeat
  16. Fields of Mars3:39

    Letra

    In the garden where he was cast out by the lord Flames an Omni-directional sword For he as ever failed to gather up the fruit And thus was banished with his loot He cantered aimlessly through endless permutations of night Seeking a purpose and the meaning of kin And when it finally came to him You could've mistook it for the meaning of sin The women wish him well Every time he cast off marching to hell Now if you've never seen a terrible sight Stroll the garden of earthly delight Maybe we can make it right - someday I'll see you high above the Fields of Mars He knelt down before the unholy mob - who cried "War is god!" Gleaming outwardly with great pride - and Prepared to die The women wish him well Every time he cast off marching to hell Now if you've never seen a terrible sight Stroll the garden of earthly delight Maybe we can make it right - someday I'll see you high above the Fields of Mars Who cannot fight anymore Will never love any less That kid inside of murder Must be committed To live a life of hostility Never asking what it means When mother nation Blood and religion Sanction killing upon the Fields of Mars High above the Fields of Mars