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    Posted: 08 Dec 2014 at 8:35pm
Well, as you might have seen, being a metalhead that you probably are, a thing that metal artists like to do it point out flaws in our system of government and as a society itself.

What are some of your guys' favorite metal/non-metal songs that talk about social issues?

I'll start with a Staind song that I can't stop listening to lately LOL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEfU4ss98ZA
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Basically half of Megadeth's songs
Tool - Vicarious
Metallica - Disposable Heroes
Korn - Politics
Slayer - Skeletons of Society
Helstar - Harsh Reality, When We Only Bleed, and Fall of Dominion


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How about "Cop Killer" by Body Count? Seems relevant in the US at the moment
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^ I haven't heard that song, but just by the name it already sounds relevant.
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Originally posted by Unitron Unitron wrote:

There are plenty I can think of.

I'll just name a few:

Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet, Anesthetize, and The Sound of Muzak

Tool - Vicarious

Dream Theater - The Great Debate

Metallica - Disposable Heroes 

Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name

Korn - Politics

Slayer - Skeletons of Society

Arch Enemy - War Eternal

Helstar - Harsh Reality, When We Only Bleed, and Fall of Dominion

Megadeth - United Abominations, Washington is Next, Peace Sells, and quite a few other Megadeth songs.

There are tons more that I love, but these are some of them. Tongue

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Anthrax - Keep It in the Family
"Before you see the light you must die!!!!!!!!!!" - Slayer

"Today is born the seventh one, born of woman, the seventh son" - Steve Harris
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anything by rage against the machine, really

also this
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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

anything by rage against the machine, really



I was actually thinking about this the other day, did RATM make any songs that weren't political or social commentary? LOL 
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Originally posted by Unitron Unitron wrote:

Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

anything by rage against the machine, really



I was actually thinking about this the other day, did RATM make any songs that weren't political or social commentary? LOL 

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Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

How about "Cop Killer" by Body Count? Seems relevant in the US at the moment
Oh yes, Body Count may seem like a gimmick band to some, but they´ve made quite a few social commentary tracks throughout their career...and "Evil Dick" isn´t one of them LOL.
 
...even a track like "KKK Bitch", which is a quite humourous and sexually explicit track, oozes social commetary.
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Would Sacred Reich's"Who's to Blame?" count, although it's more of a commentary on family dynamics. I don't know why I mention that one, when SR have so many other politico-social commentary songs, such as:

Death Squad
Ignorance
No Believers
Administrative Decisions
Surf Nicaragua
One Nation
The American Way
Crimes Against Humanity
State of Emergency
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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

anything by rage against the machine, really

Their name does state so, so yes that does make sense.
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I really like David Bowie - Cygnet Committee
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Anything by Cattle Decapitation.

Like this for instance, yo:



Also some STUFF BY BABYMETAL

I'm serious, it's a feminist song.
http://shrineofllyria.blogspot.com/
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