This Is My Battlefield

Product Description
This side project of Icon Of Coil frontman Andy LaPlegua combines power noise elements and dance fueled beats to create a distinct sound amidst the monotony of the electronic scene. This is the band's debut--fifteen loud and scathing tracks that pound ruthlessly from beginning to end. Incorporating a mix of industrial, noise, and trance elements, "This Is My Battlefield" provides a generous blend of genres and languages as it switches between German and English, in turn producing an addictive sound.

Tracks:

America the Beautiful
All Quiet on the Potomac Tonight
Ballad of the Green Berets
On Top of Old Smokey
Coyote Warrior
Semper Fidelis
Breeze from Alabama
Onward Christian Soldiers
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
Patriot
Sweet Betsy from Pike
Marines' Hymn
America Is
When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home
Happy the Soldier
American Trilogy
Home Sweet Home
Washington Post March
Enraptured I Gaze
Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
Yellow Rose of Texas
Over There
Simple Gifts
Liberty Bell
Star Spangled Banner

Tracks:

God Bless the USA
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Katy Cruel
I Vow to Thee My Country
King Cotton
Beautiful Dreamer
America
American Patrol
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Beauty
Mohican Dream
Red, White and Blue
Some Folks
Liberty Song
Pomp and Circumstance
Hail to the Chief
Bennington Rifles
Peace on the Battlefield
I've Been Working on the Railroad
Under the Double Eagle
Red River Valley
My Country 'Tis of Thee
Camptown Races
Wild Blue Yonder
Hands Across the Sea
Fanfare for the Common Man

Tracks:

Stars and Stripes Forever
Living in America
Home on the Range
Old Colony Times
Clementine
Invincible Eagle
Ring Ring de Banjo
Yankee Doodle
Largo from "The New World"
To a Wild Rose
Hail Columbia
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Gettysburg
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
Capitan
Prairie Daughter
Little Brown Jug
Marching Through Georgia
Entertainer
Steamboat Around the Bend
Revolutionary Tea
Cassions Keep Rollin' Along
Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
Amazing Grace
Grand Old Flag

Tracks:

God Bless America
National Emblem
Soldier, Soldier Won't You Marry Me
Anchors Away
Oh, Susannah
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Toast
Dixie
St. Louis Blues
Appalachian Spring
Bonnie Blue Flag
Old Hundreth
Swanee River
Battle Cry of Freedom
U. S Field Artillery
Sidewalks of New York
Chester
Auld Lang Syne
Kingdom Come
My Old Kentucky Home
Hail to the Spirit of Liberty
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Shenandoah
Abraham's Daughter
This Land Is Your Land

Customer Reviews:

not to great.......2007-04-04

We were disappointed with this CD, but for the price I guess we can't expect much. I didn't care for the new style presentation of the songs. I like a more traditional rendering.

Not so bad, 100 tunes for 4$.......2005-06-22

I red the comments of two other people who have bought this 4 CD BOX SET and it is not really so bad. I will even add that there are some excellent tunes. However, I must agree with the fact that few tunes seem to have been recorded 40 or 50 years ago, mainly when you hear the scratches of an old turntable but it is just 2 or 3 tunes. Furthermore, if you do not know American music, it is a good BOX SET to buy if you consider that you received 4 CD for 4$ including 100 tunes. On these 4 CD, I have heard some orchestration that I have never heard before and I consider that they are different but interesting. Any way, after hearing these 100 tunes, you will say to yourself that you like this tune, this other tune, this other tune and so on and you will be able to buy a more expensive CD with the tunes that you like. However, I have bought many CDs in the last few weeks and as you know, there are always some tunes that you like and some tunes that you do not like on every CD that you will buy. So, don't buy it at 25$ but at 4 or 5$ dollars, it is a very good choice for 100 tunes.

You get what you pay for........2004-07-04

You get what you pay for. The singers put their own spin on the singing of each song. If you didn't hear the words you would not recognize some of them. Even some of the music sounds like a bad recording of music played on a turntable. Definitely not worth the price.

Now I know why there were no song samples to listen to ..........2004-07-04

I wish this review had been here when I was thinking of purchasing it. I guess you get what you pay for. If you are thinking of buying this, you are better off recording your own CDs (or at least buying one that you can listen to a sampling of the songs). This album includes songs that were mere recordings of the songs playing on an old record player. It's almost so unbelievable that it is funny.

Average customer rating:

violently bad
Not half bad...
Music for a certian crowd
If you can deal with awful lyrics, pick this up!
This is my battlefield

This Is My Battlefield
Panzer Ag
Manufacturer: Metropolis Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Sex, Drogen & Industrial
The Failure Epiphany
Devour, Rise and Take Flight
Back From The Dead
Everybody Hates You Limited

ASIN: B0002ZYE96
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

Introduction of the Damned
Fifth God
Battlefield
Chemical Breed
When Death Embrace Me
Bereit
Totale Lutherrschaft
Sick Is The One Who Adores Me
Panzer
Tides That Kill (Panzer AG vs Symbonit)
God Eats God
It Is All In Your Head
Behind A Gasmask
Pure Tension
Drunke I Taarer

Album Description

This side project of Icon Of Coil frontman Andy LaPlegua combines power noise elements and dance fueled beats to create a distinct sound amidst the monotony of the electronic scene. This is the band's debut--fifteen loud and scathing tracks that pound ruthlessly from beginning to end. Incorporating a mix of industrial, noise, and trance elements, "This Is My Battlefield" provides a generous blend of genres and languages as it switches between German and English, in turn producing an addictive sound.

Customer Reviews:

violently bad.......2006-06-16

I beg you to buy this album and convince me of one quality track. You might even be able to find it in the $.99 bin, and if you can't it should be. The lyrics are the worst that I have ever heard on electronicy music(if you can even call "This is my battlefield" electronic). If you like to piss of your older brothers or your mother with violently banging bass and noise coming from your stereo.. buy this album. If your attempting to expand your electronic horizons try IAMX. They are also german and put Panzer ag's ..Battlefield to absolute shame.

Not half bad..........2006-05-12

Not half good either. I'm writing this after doing my review for the second [and much better] Panzer AG album "Your World is Burning". Mainly because I needed to reflect a bit and wash over some of the thoughts I have on this debut release. This album starts off with a bit of a bang with "Filth God", some great kicking drums and a fast pace, with some deep drum kicks and some silly Lyrics about "What does God want from him". You've heard this type of stuff before. You can throw a rock at about any aggro EBM band and you'll get pretty much the same song with the forsaken cry of disdain and loathing about this thing we call God and life. "Battlefield" feels like it should have been the first track. Some fantastic choir sounds giving it that epic and tragic feel, like witnessing a great war over enemy territory with exploding mortar shells, gunfire, squeeling tank treads, and cries for victory while sending you catchy aural noise attacks at your senses fixed with a memorable basslines. A great track.

Overall the album plays a tennis match over good and "not so great" songs through about 60mins of play time. The "not so great" songs are usually the obvious filler tracks just to make the album longer. My personal favorite track on the album is "Behind a Gasmask". Mainly because it stands out above everything else you'll hear. It's the only song in the album that actually strays away from the typical formula and becomes more of an industrial metal track. The same noise and bass effects are still there, but add some guitar work and glitchy vocal effects and you'll get what I'm saying. Definatly the best track in the album. Again the lyrics are not that deep or inspiring, but their fun and catchy. And it'll really get stuck in your head [I know it got in mine].

So basically the album teeters between the same aggro EBM you've all heard before [since it kinda sounds a lot like CombiChrist in most ways], and some really interesting laid out songs that will get your attention. I know I could have laid out a track listing on the good and "not so great" tracks more specifically, but I would rather you check it out for yourself. And basically because I just don't feel like it :). This album is a good start on Panzer AG, however I believe the second outing is the better album of the 2.

I gave this 3 stars because it has some really good and decent tracks, but it also has more of the same that we've all heard before, in that it never really gains any new territory in the industrial music area. Thanks for reading my review and I hoped I gave you some insight for this album :).

Music for a certian crowd.......2005-09-21

I was originally a fan of Icon of Coil, and later Combichrist before i bought this album. I knew that IoC and Combi were pretty different in their sound, so I didn't know what to expect from "this is my battle field". The thing I liked about IoC was it's metaphorical lyrics (some say the lyrics are crap, but it really depends on how much thinking you want to put into them). But the thing i loved about Combichrist (the "everybody hates you" album) was the extreme abrasiveness of the base and beats, hence the sub-genre "Power Noise".

In Panzer AG you get more of the abrasive militaristic rhythms, in fact, more so than combichrist. My favorite song is "this is my battle field" the best song on the album in my opinion. it starts out with stupid movie sound bites (which i don't mind like some do), but then it hits you like and exlposive shell when andy yells, "THIS IS MY WARRRRR!!!" and under the exposive "this is my war" is a womans choir doing epic sounding "ahhhh's". If the song is playing with MAX volume, you'll definitely feel a powerful emotion (almost orgasmic for me).

"Beriet" is another good one for me, there's some cool sounds in that one, and some interesting beat pounds in the middle of the song.

Some of my friends (who arn't much fans of electronica industrial in the first place) think that PANZER AG is way too abrasive on the ears. While that might hold some truth, it's music to mine. It's definitely intense stuff, and it definitely gets me blood pumping.

If you can deal with awful lyrics, pick this up!.......2005-02-17

First things first. If you put alot of emphasis on lyrics then don't buy this cd. The lyrics featured on this cd are some of the worst I've ever heard in the EBM / Industrial genre, which should definitely give you an idea of how bad they are. But, when I listen to electronic music, lyrics aren't really what I'm looking for, it's the music that they're put to, and I must say, the music is superb. This cd is what I've been waiting for for a long time in this genre. It's brutal, distorted, militant, and at times, even beautiful. Imagine :wumpscut:'s earlier material utilizing (exceedingly) better production and equipment. Some highlights from this cd are "Filth God" (which has some splendid vocals if you can block out the lyrics), "Bereit", and "It Is All In Your Head". Oh, and I can't forget one last detail... The first page in the booklet is a really neat short story / poem that puts across some really great imagery (even though it seems to have nothing to do with the music at all)and makes me think that Andy is indeed a good writer, just not in the department of song lyrics.

This is my battlefield.......2004-12-21

I am a big Icon of Coil fan. I didn't know until recently that IoC frontman Andy LaPlegua had a side project called Panzer Ag until last week. I listened to a sample of the album and liked what I heard. I picked up the cd a couple of weekends ago. I have to say that Panzer Ag's music is a far cry from Icon of Coil. The music is more abrasive and not as catchy as IoC's music, nevertheless it is a good album. I had to listen to "This is My Battlefield" a few times to allow the music to sink in. The music reminded me of Funker Vogt at times. Andy's vocals are more rough around the edges yet he maintains his familiar monotonous sound that is heard in IoC's music. The lyrics are a mix of German and english, with a healthy dose of irony and satire. The standout tracks for me is "When Death Embrace Me" (the catchiest song on the album), "Bereit", and "Tides That Kill". I especially love "When Death Embrace Me". It almost sounds like a song that IoC would do. I loved the female vocals on "Bereit". The one song I really didn't care for was the repetitiveness of "Panzer". That song is the weakest track on the cd for me. The other song I wasn't crazy about is the last song "Drunke I Tarrer". It was long and repetitive with no vocals. The album was a bit too long for my taste and I could have done without a couple of songs but overall I feel taht "This is My Battlefield" is a pretty solid industrial album from Panzer Ag. I look forward to hearing more music from them in the future.