Band:	Liberteer
Album:	Better To Die On Your Feet Than Live On Your Knees
Style:	Grindcore
Release date:	January 31, 2012
A review by:	Doc G.

01. The Falcon Cannot Hear The Falconer
02. Build No System
03. Without Blazon (Is The Flag I Hold Up And Do Not Wag)
04. We Are Not Afraid Of Ruins
05. Class War Never Meant More Than It Does Now
06. Rise Like Lions After Slumber
07. That Which Is Not Given But Taken
08. Better To Die On Your Feet Than Live On Your Knees
09. Usurious Epitaph
10. Revolution's Wick Burning Quick
11. 99 To 1
12. Sweat For Blood
13. Barbarians At The Gate
14. When We Can't Dream Any Longer
15. It Is The Secret Curse Of Power That It Becomes Fatal
16. I Am Spartacus
17. Feast Of Industry

Dear every other grind album yet to come out in 2012; you can fuck right off.

Love, Doc

Ok, so picture this, right, you're sitting there, blasting some pretty solid grindcore; grooving, bouncing riffs just hooking you in, then as you're starting to ask yourself "Where is this going to go from here?" A fucking trumpet comes out of left field. Yes, folks, you read it right - a mutherfucking trumpet. Then it just twists into some banjo shit, like it's the goddamn Civil War or something, then busts back into some ragin' grind. Shit, now do I hear mandolin?!

Now, here you're thinking; Oh, fuck me, another gimmick? No, sir. Yes, Liberteer do add dashes of other instruments in there to spice things up, but they only add these parts in sparsely, to keep you guessing when they're going to pop up next. Indeed, they are something to keep you anxiously awaiting the next twist, but the in-between moments ain't bad either. In fact, they shouldn't even be considered "in-between"; the riffs are solid, and catchy enough on their own, built up into those pump-up sort of chanting anthems that this would be an excellent album without the added spice of...Well, all those other surprises. Hell, there's even a few uplifting, melodic leads which you don't see in grind too often.

You thought you didn't like grind? Well, shut your pie-hole and give this a listen. Better To Die On Your Feet Than Live On Your Knees embodies qualities which are the antitheses of grind, while simultaneously being grind. Don't understand? Listen to Liberteer for some enlightenment.