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
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1 |
What's Next (The Art Of Lying To Yourself)
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4:44 |
2 |
The Take (Rumsfeld Torture Party)
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5:03 |
3 |
I Keep Flowers Around (Love's Labour's Lost)
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3:37 |
4 |
What's Next (Blood And Sand)
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3:27 |
5 |
Soldiers Of Misfortune (Justin Eyerly)
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4:54 |
6 |
In Dreams (Chase The White Rabbit Into Pakistan)
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4:56 |
7 |
Kill The Day (Drunken Forgive Mes)
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3:40 |
8 |
Cold (Desert Sky)
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4:27 |
9 |
Soldiers Of Misfortune (10 Hits Of X In Baghdad)
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6:09 |
10 |
The Take (Declanator)
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4:20 |
11 |
Kill The Day (Gonzo In The Club)
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6:00 |
12 |
Soldiers Of Misfortune (Turning Blood Into Oil)
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5:19 |
13 |
Kill The Day (Wired Sunset)
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3:39 |
14 |
Only You (Stripped)
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3:48 |
15 |
Lie After Lie (Stripped)
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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 |