3 November 2024

Metallic rap-crossover-rock generator RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE released their
third LP THE BATTLES OF LOS ANGELES 25 years ago today, on 2 November 1999.

A volcanic powerhouse, a ferocious protest manifesto, an injustice attacking monster,
a non-stop verbal and sonic explosion that went straight to No 1 on the US Albums Chart. Both Time and Rolling Stone Magazine named it the best album of 1999.

Rolling Stone wrote: “Rage Against the Machine are pushing an agenda as strong
as any religion’s, and its argument hinges on a specific rhetorical style. ‘The Battle of
Los Angeles’ offers no change lyrically from Rage’s two previous albums: There are no
love songs, just abused altar boys; no cries of alienation, just calls to arms for peasant
Mexican rebels… the band’s notoriously feuding members have come together to produce
a sound that’s not quite louder than a bomb but that’s definitely as loud as Led Zeppelin II.”
Full review here. Score: 4/5

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