Bad Religion- The Empire Strikes First Vinyl LP

The Empire Strikes First is the thirteenth studio album by Bad Religion, released on June 8, 2004.

The album is heavily influenced by the then-current  Iraq War (most notably in the songs "Atheist Peace", "Let Them Eat War" and the title track) and also has some nods to Orwell's novel 1984 (the song title "Boot Stamping on a Human Face Forever" as well as the line "you deserve Two Minute Hate" in the title track are direct references to the book), the latter most likely inspired by the Patriot Act