Gustav Holst - Mars, The Bringer of War 8/10
Perfect opener.
R.A. The Rugged Man - Uncommon Valor 9/10
Pure craziness. R.A. is one of the best forever.
Even more appropriate that he looks like Timothy Carey from Paths of Glory.
Blue Oyster Cult - Veteran of the Psychic Wars 8/10
Great song, possibly my favourite from this album even.
Elend - Sunwar the Dead 6.5/10
Interesting, not exactly blowing me away. I feel like this song will make much more sense in an album context.
José Feliciano - Masters of War 7/10
I'm fucking tired of this Dylan song, but at least whoever submitted this submitted a cover. Quite a cool one too.
Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel - I'll Meet You in Poland Baby 7.5/10
J.G. Thirlwell is a maniac.
The Cranberries - Zombie 2/10
This song fucking stinks. Jesus Christ the 1990's was the single worst era for non-metal vocalists. I'm actually a huge fan of Dolores O'Riordan, her solo career rules, but this shit is just embarrassing.
"Animal Instinct" shits all over this wailing mess.
Organized Konfusion - Prisoners of War 8/10
Old school Pharaoh Monch was such a beast! Prince Poetry rules too of course.
If you don't make it to Monch's second verse you're missing out.
Redgum - I Was Only 19 7/10
Classic Australian song, I never get tired of hearing it even though it is on the radio a lot. Probably suffers today due to the general distaste for patriotism and the demystification of military service.
Yes - Harold Land 8.5/10
This album seems to be really underrated or something. Fantastic tune about the idea that; just because you survive a war, it doesn't mean you actually make it home.
Pink Floyd - Goodbye Blue Sky 5/10
Okay song but really the greatness of this is in the animation and visuals, so it feels weird rating it highly. But this is a fucking mixtape after all and if I were blind I wouldn't give a shit would I?
Krzysztof Penderecki - Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima 7/10
And perfect closer, never heard this one before though unlike the first song on this list. I feel as if it captures the horror of Hiroshima's fate rather well too, especially that winding down around the middle, then some silence, then pure chaos.