The Future of War is the follow-up album to Delete Yourself by Atari Teenage Riot

Atari Teenage Riot

'Atari Teenage Riot' is a German digital hardcore group formed in Berlin in 1992. The name was taken from a Portuguese Joe song 'Teenage Riot' from the 'Teen-age Riot' album, with the word 'Atari' added as an Atari ST computer was used to create compositions...

. Faster and harder than their previous effort, the album sees ATR's only female member at the time Hanin Elias

Hanin Elias

Hanin Elias is a German industrial/techno artist. She was a member of Atari Teenage Riot and is now a solo artist....

 providing vocals for a larger share of the songs.

In May 2002, The Future of War was placed on the Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien

Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien

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 index in Germany, meaning that it may not be advertised or sold to minors. According to band member Alec Empire

Alec Empire

Alec Empire is a German musician who is best known as a founding member of the band Atari Teenage Riot. Also a prolific and distinguished solo artist, producer and DJ, he has released well over a hundred albums, EPs and singles and remixed over seventy tracks for various artists including Björk...

, Future of War was notable for its "left-rooted critique of the 'modern' high-tech-war, as we had seen it all some years previously during the Gulf War

Gulf War

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Track listing

All tracks written by Alec Empire, except where noted.

1. "Get Up While You Can" – 3:28
2. "Fuck All!" – 3:08
3. "Sick to Death" – 3:40
4. "P.R.E.S.S." – 4:19
5. "Deutschland (Has Gotta Die!)" (Empire/Hanin Elias) – 3:02
6. "Destroy 2000 Years of Culture
   Destroy 2000 Years of Culture
   -CD version:Limited to a pressing of 500 copies. There is an unlisted bonus track on this CD version which sounds like an instrumental version of "Paranoid".Pressings:* Digital Hardcore Recordings, catalog number: DHR MCD 15...
   
   " – 3:51
7. "Not Your Business
   Not Your Business E.P.
   Not Your Business E.P. is a release by Atari Teenage Riot featuring the song "Not Your Business".-Song:The song was also released on Kids Are United E.P., The Future of War and Burn, Berlin, Burn!. In addition, the radio version was released on Redefine the Enemy - Rarities and B-Side Compilation...
   
   " – 2:32
8. "You Can't Hold Us Back" – 4:00
9. "Heatwave" – 2:43
10. "Redefine the Enemy" – 3:58
11. "Death Star" – 5:23
12. "The Future of War" – 3:48
13. "She Sucks My Soul Away"* – 4:30
14. "Strike"* – 3:43
15. "Midijunkies - Berlin Mix"* – 6:20

* 2nd pressing onwards

Samples

• "Sick To Death" samples "Sick of You" by The Users, and "Decadent Jew" by The Nuns
  The Nuns
  The Nuns were a punk rock/new wave band in San Francisco in the late 1970s. The band has periodically reformed and played to the present day. The band formed in 1975, and were the among the first punk bands in California. In January 1978, together with The Avengers they opened for the Sex Pistols...
  
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• "Fuck All" samples "Pay to Cum" by Bad Brains
  Bad Brains
  Bad Brains is an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1977. They are widely regarded as among the pioneers of hardcore punk, though the band's members objected to this term to describe their music. They are also an adept reggae band, while later recordings featured elements of...
  
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• "Destroy 2000 Years of Culture" samples "Dead Skin Mask" by Slayer
  Slayer
  Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...
  
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• "Heatwave" samples "Supertouch" by Bad Brains
  Bad Brains
  Bad Brains is an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1977. They are widely regarded as among the pioneers of hardcore punk, though the band's members objected to this term to describe their music. They are also an adept reggae band, while later recordings featured elements of...
  
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• "Not Your Business" samples "Back to Bataan" by The Maids
  The Maids
  The Maids is a play by the French dramatist Jean Genet. It was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris in a production that opened on 17 April 1947, which Louis Jouvet directed...
  
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• "Deutschland Has Gotta Die!" samples "I'm In Love With Today" by The Users

External links

• Atari Teenage Riot at MySpace
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• Official Digital Hardcore Recordings site