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My War
Punk · 1984 · 9 tracks

My War

Black Flag

A bifurcated assault of paranoid hardcore and agonizingly slow, Sabbath-inspired sludge. The record that broke the speed limits of punk and birthed sludge metal.

March 1984 · SST Records

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A relentless, confrontational descent into isolation and psychological friction.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
My War
3:46
02
Can’t Decide
5:22
03
Beat My Head Against the Wall
2:34
04
I Love You
3:27
05
Forever Time
2:31
06
The Swinging Man
3:04
07
Nothing Left Inside
6:34
08
Three Nights
6:13
09
Scream
6:51
Moments Worth Listening For
The jarring transition from the frantic punk of side A into the agonizingly slow, six-minute crawl of Nothing Left Inside.
Greg Ginn's atonal, screeching guitar solo on The Swinging Man that feels like it's physically unraveling.
The visceral, throat-shredding climax of Scream where Rollins completely abandons traditional structure for pure catharsis.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does My War sound next to the rest of Black Flag's catalogue?

Noise Textured+1.2σ

The production is pushed notably harder into noise textured than this artist usually allows.

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