Scott's Metal Track of the Day - Ashes in the Fall by Rage Against The Machine

Today's Metal Track is Ashes in the Fall by Rage Against The Machine. This is off of their 1999 album The Battle of Los Angeles which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 charts. This song is not as popular as many of their other tracks, including ones on this album, but it has always been one of my favorites from the band.

The song is about people who are oppressed by fascist leaders and their various institutions. It talks about the empty promises that are made by those leaders and how they try to convince the people that they are living in a great place. "This is the new sound, just like that old sound." One image portrayed in the song is people starving while they look through the window at meat that is left to rot.