Battle Hymns (The Suicide Machines album)

Battle Hymns is the second album by the Detroit, Michigan punk rock band The Suicide Machines, released in 1998 by Hollywood Records. It was the band's last album with drummer Derek Grant, who left the group the following year. The album's musical direction continued the band's style of ska punk but moved in more of a hardcore direction, with most songs lasting under two minutes in and consisting of fast, aggressive musicianship and vocals. A music video was filmed for the single "Give" and the song was featured in the Disney Channel motion picture Brink! The album peaked at #127 on the Billboard 200.

Battle Hymns
Studio album by The Suicide Machines
Released	April 7, 1998
Studio	A&M Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Ska punk Punk rock Hardcore punk Melodic hardcore
Length	31:38
Label	Hollywood
Producer	Julian Raymond, The Suicide Machines
The Suicide Machines chronology
Destruction by Definition (1996) Battle Hymns (1998) The Suicide Machines (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All songs written by The Suicide Machines

1. "Someone" – 1:34
2. "Hating Hate" – 1:04
3. "Give" – 2:19
4. "Hope" – 1:26
5. "Black & White World" – 1:52
6. "Numbers" – 0:53
7. "High Society" – 1:57
8. "Pins and Needles" – 0:50
9. "Confused" – 2:07
10. "DDT" – 1:05
11. "Punck" – 0:04
12. "Step One" – 1:12
13. "In the End" – 2:04
14. "Face Another Day" – 1:47
15. "What You Say" – 1:00
16. "Speak No Evil" – 1:52
17. "Empty Room" – 2:12
18. "Independence Parade" – 1:52
19. "Sympathy" – 1:48
20. "Strike" – 1:17
21. "Sides" – 1:18
22. "Jah" – 0:05

Personnel

• Jason Navarro – vocals
• Dan Lukacinsky – guitar, backing vocals
• Royce Nunley – bass, backing vocals
• Derek Grant – drums

'Additional

• Julian Raymond – producer
• The Suicide Machines – producers
• Phil Kaffel – engineer
• John Srebalus – assistant engineer
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
• Mike Dy – mixing
• Mastered by Bryan Gardener – mastering
• Design by Shepard Fairey – design
• Enny Joo – design
• Dave Snow – design, creative director
• Sandra Navarro – photography
• Dave Snow

References

1. Battle Hymns at AllMusic