Bad Religion New Maps Of Hell CD

This release has been hailed as the band's best album in years, 'rocking with both metallic fury and blistering punk energy, but with enough melodic hooks and chorus harmonies to engage the faint of heart' - Revolver. This deluxe package features seven new acoustic songs, including three never before heard tracks, a full 23-song live DVD from House Of Blues Las Vegas, foldout posters, and an expanded 20-page lyric book. The Bad Religion catalog has scanned over 3 million RTD and the band is constantly being rediscovered by a new generation of fans, most recently through their extensive appearances in games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

Ever since they burst out of the early 1980s SoCal hardcore scene, Bad Religion has always been the smartest punk band on the block. Some 25 years down the line, the men who punk rock to grad school (literally--singer Greg Graffin has a Ph.D.) are as unrelenting as ever. In a post-9/11 America, there's more need than ever for Bad Religion, as the churning riffs and turbulent rhythms of NEW MAPS OF HELL propel polysyllabic, brainy lyrics that capture the tenor of the times. Sometimes directly addressing the turmoil of a war-torn world, sometimes evoking a more existential dilemma, Graffin, founding guitarist/co-writer Brett Gurewitz, and the rest of the sonic marauders march with righteous fury into the fray of humanity's follies, rocking intensely all the while.

Bad Religion: Greg Graffin (vocals); Greg Hetson, Brett Gurewitz, Brian Baker (guitar); Jay Bentley (bass instrument); Brooks Wackerman (drums).

Spin (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The songs are more frantic and noisy than the band's recent work....The targets haven't changed much, and Bad Religion still hit them hard."
Kerrang (Magazine) (pp.46-47) - "The songs here are sharp and the production is state of the art, harnessing the energies of a group that still plays as if it's living its last hour on earth."