Filter rides the edge between metal and rock. This hard edge alternative rock group was, and for some still is the anthem for a disgruntled generation of youth who are not going to lay down and take the status quo lightly. Their theme is vaguely reminiscent of Warrior Soul and follows the same archetype of the entire musical spiritual revolution. Their lyrics are sometimes plain and obvious, but not always. One of their songs, from the album Title of Record, called Take a Picture uses a tricky homophone to conceal the true context of the entire song. The lyrics go: "Awake on my Airplane" The word airplane refers to air – plane. The only plane of existence with air that we have access to, is the physical universe, on earth.

Some riddles are more tricky than others. Once you begin to catch on, you begin to notice more and more. The bands name Filter refers to this entire process we are experiencing here on our own Air – Plane of existence. Not everyone completes this process, and some are lost. This planet is a filter of souls. You can tell, by the lyrics of Welcome to The Fold that this writer is disgusted by certain elements of society. Some bands, draw in a certain tough edged crowd that likes to abuse everyone, alcohol, drugs and even the earth, and then yells at them for being so blind and stupid. Like fools led out of the village by the pied piper, they dance and sing along with their own funerary tune, never the wiser until its too late.

Short Bus

Tracklist

Hey Man Nice Shot 5:14
Dose 3:54
Under 4:18
Spent 4:38
Take Another 4:23
Stuck In Here 3:35
It's Over 3:37
Gerbil 3:21
White Like That 4:18
Consider This 4:18
So Cool 4:27

 

Title of Record

Tracklist

Sand 0:36
Welcome To The Fold 7:40
Captain Bligh 5:12
It's Gonna Kill Me 5:04
The Best Things 4:26
Take a Picture 6:03
Skinny 5:43
I Will Lead You 3:23
Cancer 6:39
I'm Not The Only One 5:49
Miss Blue 18:36
Untitled 1:12

 

The Amalgumut

Tracklist

You Walk Away 4:36
American Cliché 3:37
Where Do We Go From Here 5:35
Columind 3:36
The Missing 4:47
The Only Way (Is The Wrong Way) 5:13
My Long Walk To Jail 4:07
So I Quit 3:24
God Damn Me 4:15
It Can Never Be The Same 4:32
World Today 5:50
The 4th 8:05

 

Anthems For The Damned

Tracklist

Soldiers Of Misfortune 4:25
What's Next 3:34
The Wake 3:56
Cold (Anthem For The Damned) 3:45
Hatred Is Contagious 4:25
Lie After Lie 3:45
Kill The Day 3:31
The Take 3:16
I Keep Flowers Around 4:26
In Dreams 3:51
Only You 4:40
Can Stop This 5:55

 

Remixes For The Damned

Tracklist Hide Credits

1 What's Next (The Art Of Lying To Yourself)

 

 

 

Remix, Programmed By, Mixed By – Clayton WorbeckWritten-ByJohn 5, Richard Patrick

4:44
2 The Take (Rumsfeld Torture Party)

 

 

 

Remix, Programmed By, Mixed By – Clayton WorbeckWritten-ByJohn 5, Richard Patrick

5:03
3 I Keep Flowers Around (Love's Labour's Lost)

 

 

 

Programmed By, Mixed By – Clayton Worbeck

3:37
4 What's Next (Blood And Sand)

 

 

 

Arranged By – John Spiker (3)

3:27
5 Soldiers Of Misfortune (Justin Eyerly)

 

 

 

Cello – Andrew AnagnostProgrammed By [Additionnal] – Ben WiseRemix, Guitar, Recorded By, Mixed By – Mitch Marlow

4:54
6 In Dreams (Chase The White Rabbit Into Pakistan)

 

 

 

Arranged By, Programmed By [Guitar, Bass, Drums And Keyboard], Producer, Mixed By – Carlos VillalobosArranged By, Vocals – Richard PatrickWritten-by [Helped Out] – Wes Borland

4:56
7 Kill The Day (Drunken Forgive Mes)

 

 

 

Remix, Programmed By – Rae DiLeo

3:40
8 Cold (Desert Sky)

 

 

 

Arranged By [Version Created By], Programmed By, Recorded By, Mixed By – Luke Walker (3)

4:27
9 Soldiers Of Misfortune (10 Hits Of X In Baghdad)

 

 

 

Programmed By – Rae DiLeo

6:09
10 The Take (Declanator)

 

 

 

Programmed By – John O'Brien

4:20
11 Kill The Day (Gonzo In The Club)

 

 

 

Recorded By, Mixed By – Ben Wise

6:00
12 Soldiers Of Misfortune (Turning Blood Into Oil)

 

 

 

Programmed By – Tim Anderson (5)Remix – Richard Patrick, Timmy The Terror

5:19
13 Kill The Day (Wired Sunset)

 

 

 

Recorded By, Mixed By – Ben Wise

3:39
14 Only You (Stripped)

 

 

 

Mixed By – Micah LaughlinRecorded By – Ryan Williams

3:48
15 Lie After Lie (Stripped)

 

 

 

Recorded By, Mixed By – Ryan Williams

3:31

 

The Trouble With Angels

Tracklist

The Inevitable Relapse 3:30
Drug Boy 3:48
Absentee Father 3:59
No Love 4:21
No Re-Entry 5:40
Down With Me 3:53
Catch A Falling Knife 4:03
The Trouble With Angels 3:53
Clouds 3:34
Fades Like A Photograph (Dead Angel) 4:25

 

The Sun Comes Out Tonight

Tracklist

We Hate It When You Get What You Want 3:48
What Do You Say 3:48
Surprise 4:20
Watch The Sun Come Out Tonight 4:05
It's Got To Be Right Now 3:19
This Finger's For You 3:53
Self Inflicted 3:19
First You Break It 3:36
Burn It 4:22
Take That Knife Out Of My Back 3:42
It's My Time 3:26
It's Just You 4:11