If your a RATM fan and want all there back catalogue then save this one until last. Its by far there worst album and nothing through out jumps out at you for you to say this is good, if you have there first album and want the rest jump straight to Renegades or The Battle Of Los Angeles for your next purchase.
This was the first Rage album i bought and i love it! This album combines evrything good about rage solid rythem sections angry vocals and inventive guitar styles! When listening to this album you can never put it into one catagory! all in all a great album well worth buying!
After RATM's awesome debut it's easy to see how you could be disappointed with Evil Empire. The self-titled effort contained mind-blowing riff after riff, never dropping the standard, classics such as 'know your enemy' and 'killing in the name' creating it an unforgettable album.
Evil Empire starts in an equally great manner with 'people of the sun' beggining with Morello's guitar hooking itself round one of my favourite bass lines of all. Zach de la rocha chanting "its coming back around again, this is for the people of the sun!" in the 1st great song of the album.
With a slight dip in quality with 'vietnow' aside 'Bulls on Parade' and 'revolver' follow brilliantly packed with some of Morello's best riffs to date and some unforgetable choruses.
but its after 'revolver' that the album starts to go downhill for most. 'snakecharmer' is ok, but a filler song at most. the songs to follow sound like a group of teenagers running out of things to do. some may call it 'experimental.' it is...no doubt... but its irritating and leaves you longing for morellos riffs to pummel you all over again.
'without a face' and 'year of tha boomeerang' leave the album on high, bringing ratm back to the great old ways bass lines grooving themselves around morello's truly special talent.
on the whole a very good album, a recommended purchase. that assuming you've endulged in what came before.