Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Reviews"...displays Tom Morello's virtuosic guitar talents, stomping on effects pedals and churning out resonant, body-slamming riffs that will leave you shuddering....Anger is a gift, and RATM effectively shapes the emotion into compact, blustery songs...", "This Was Arguably Their Finest Hour. Tight, Focused, Relentlessly Heavy...", 3 out of 4 - "...another justice driven steamroller....their conscientious use of talent and wrath for the forces of good is surely applaudable...", 4 stars out of 5 - "...BATTLE is to rap metal what Public Enemy's IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS...was to hip-hop; It brings the noise...", Ranked #47 in Spin's "50 Most Essential Punk Records"., Ranked #5 in Cmj's "Top 30 Editorial Picks for 1999.", 9 out of 10 - "...a record that perfectly articulates the rap-rock youth rally they themselves spearheaded....They've become a great band that cuts through irony at the same time it piles up contradictions...", "...This is music made to agitate, not seduce, and at that it succeeds triumphantly....RATM make a case that there are still some things worth fighting for." - Rating: A, "...a faster cleaner, and far more diverse than anything they ever recorded....Rage's music moves confidently forward....BATTLE won't disappoint...", 7 out of 10 - "...This record rocks...another album of ranting, churning, slamming heavy funk-metal....Wicked!....Keep raging, mad Yank commies, your planet needs you."