Anthem In is an indie rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York in 2006. The b… Read Full Bio ↴Anthem In is an indie rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York in 2006. The band initially started as the solo recoding project of Allen Orr. In 2007 Allen reconnected with old friend and songwriter, Ashley Proffitt. Allen had a bunch of songs, Ashley had a Wurlitzer and one thing led to another.

Keith Vogelsong (The Blue Hour) had recently moved to New York to relocate the record label he runs, Goodnight Records. Five minutes after he got off the plane, Ashley nabbed him as Anthem In’s bassist. Drummer Paul Petitto was procured by theft from the band he was playing with at the time, Russian Vogue. Rob Miller had just moved to New York from Austin where he was writing his own solo material. Allen asked him to come on as lead guitarist, and Anthem In was complete.

Anthem In released it's debut self-titled album in June of 2008 on Quiet/Loud Records. The album entered the CMJ charts at #118 and continued to chart at stations across the country for 13 consecutive weeks. In April of 2008 the band filmed a video for the song "Down" with director Will Joines. The video debuted on both Fuse and MTV in the fall of 2008.

Recording was completed on "The Cloudbusting EP" in April of 2009 and features a cover of Kate Bush's 1985 hit "Cloudbusting". Four other original Anthem In songs are included on the EP and will be released on Quiet/Loud Records in July of 2009.

Universal
Anthem In Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Universal' by these artists:

1-04 I can rap on this beat foreva Getting all this money…
Anathema Above the clouds We flew to heaven Through the eye of the…
Bob da Rage Sense A tortura psicológica é deveras eminente Ataca-nos furtivam…
Borknagar Mountains higher than mind can fly Oceans deeper than sorrow…
C.I.A. What goes around comes back around again Pay attention You n…
Caroline Lavelle There's beauty in the dance of the cloud That is me…
Clouds Don't be afraid of the dark, don't fear what you…
D-Cult All All God's children They got heart They got swagger They …
D-Flame (feat. Guru (GangStarr)) [Hook: Guru & D-Flame] It's Uni…

Devin Townsend I know all that I know STEP INTO THE UNIVERSAL GROOVE And…
Dirty-Bix Я завалился меня раскумарило Столько не думал я в жизни…
Downset Universal a universal, bring it to all bring it to…
Federico Goes Universal La vida nunca para melodía sin fin resuena en la m…
Glen He's five foot two and he's six feet four He…
GOING STEADY Let¥s sing this song. Where do you go? Where do I…
Hypernova Time flies But so do aeroplanes I got high, I came down…
inmune Déjalo ya por más que lo neguemos todo es un cuento ficcione…
Insight (Mr. Lif) just as you order tight, amplified ribs served o…
John Reuben Put it out there ask for it adamantly passionate With a…
Kdb & St. Peter There's a Universal Song, it travel's through each and every…
L.A. Symphony Ima sang it from the heart Cause that's where everything sta…
L.A. Symphony feat. Murs I set myself loose To conquer the time I'm destinys child An…
La Habitación Roja Despiértate ya, son cerca de las siete, pronto amanecerá y …
Meteor Seven House music is world renown, it's a universal sound, that…
MoTrip Scheiß drauf Heb' die Hände hoch wenn du des hörst Universal…
Mr. Crow The angels sing when the waves crash, I'm just a…
Mr.Tree What wonder it is to be, my friend How beautiful life…
Nate & James See now I'm not the picky type, But I'm gonna…
Nate James See now I'm not the picky type, But I'm gonna…
Natura Siente dentro de tí, hermano Buscamos el sentir propio que n…
Nina Hynes It could have been any one of us You or me To…
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark It doesn't matter if you're black or white Or the god…
Paul Gilbert Everybody knows it's Universal Everybody knows it's plain t…
PE'Z Feat. Nate James See now I'm not the picky type, But I'm gonna…
Safetalk Stay another night to talk Underneath the static haze Transl…
Ságan Trátame como a un cristal Vuélvete estrella fugas Elévame ha…
Seigmen (I ask myself if there is A melancoly god up there Dissolv…
Slut We're universal and we're blessed We're grown up well I mus…
Small Faces There's such a lot of good ways to be bad And…
The Chukovskiy Логотип Universal закрыл от нас солнце, Как стенка в Берлине…
The Devil'z Rejects Universal, biochemical Arm, leg, leg, arm, head is my physic…
The Klein Four Unique, that's what you are to me And it's not too…
The Latin Project Terdiam. Lepaskan benakku karnamu Mencoba. Lupakan dirimu ma…
The Seihos I had a vision Late last night Blew off my mind Like dynamit…
The Shamen Universal, nat-nat-nat-nation Univer-vers-sal nat-nat-nat-na…
The Small Faces There's such a lot of good ways to be bad And…
Tömmermenn Kjenner de har taket på meg. Kjenner de har draget i…
Tree What wonder it is to be, my friend How beautiful life…
Wes Yea, Ok Keep Movin Grind Hustle version Remix We are born to…
YFriday By the blood of Jesus You took away the sin of…

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8034 I′ve lost my mind, yeah, I've lost control I′ve the lost…
Down How come everybody How come everybody gets down On the dance…

Hold On to Me Fly away with me Three thousand miles To a place that I Went…

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Prolok95

1y↑653

How to unite earth under one banner tutorial:

1. Boom boom at Black mesa

2. Funny creatures at earth

3. Show up with badass alien force

4. Drain the oceans to take resources

5. Make people into funny soldiers

6. Get destroyed by a nerd with glasses

7. No profit...

random person

33w

4 options

you never wake up, thanks to a xenian lifeform teleporting into your house

you never wake up, thanks to a combine supersoldier shooting you

you wake up in agonizing pain, thanks to a xenian headcrab teleporting in

you wake up alive, another day to prepare to leave to a different continent

WK-077 Espa

35w

@Singularity Nova *The Combine.

The Universal Union thing is headcanon. The term is only ever used once, as a descriptor, and isn't put in caps because it's not a name.

"The universal union that smaller minds call the Combine" is equivalent to "The country that Americans call the USA." It doesn't mean anyone calls the USA "Country".

The term was used exactly once in the entirety of Canon media, without capital letters because it isn't a name, and the writers forgot they ever used that particular word choice because of how insignificant it was.

People then decided to insist it was a real thing and it spread even though it was never at all their name.

All comments from YouTube:

hilt 'en

1y↑4.2K

Glad to see that the penguins have successfully defended their homeland against the combine

JunkoEnoshimaFan9999

1y↑343

Please stop calling us Penguins 🙏

may contain nuts

1y↑503

smile and wave, boys

Humanist Mori

1y↑971

The Combine would be wise to never again attack such a fierce enemy.

Tomáš Prodal

1y↑238

@Humanist Mori Silly Combine. All know that every Penguin has ever since creation had a copy of The Art Of War hidden and strapped to them just under their wing. Man was not the first to write it.

Suryati Osman

1y↑171

I know that this is a joke but that could be an interesting plot point.
Antarctica could be a safe haven for the resistance since the combine never thought it would be hospitable for humans.

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MissingNumber

1y↑549

Nice to see that the Hawaiians successfully defended their islands against the Combine!

Charlotte Rich

46w↑40

Hawaii isn’t real

Dixionconderoga[NTMD]

43w↑28

And The Florida Keys
And Antarctica/Penguin Empire

odie16

40w↑7

isnt it technically..america?

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i-am- a_person

1y↑1.7K

The 7 hours war wasn’t won by military force it was won because every soldier heard this anthem and they all joined the combine

Ingsoc_Games

1y↑18

lol

Matthew Kurniawan

1y↑37

Its because there ia better anthem then any country

Dumb Idiot

1y↑4

I believe this

PLANT_9603

1y↑6

yes

Gaelic Spirit

1y↑13

This song is too mid for that to be true.

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someguywithnochannelname ☭

1y↑993

27 million soldiers on earth: fail to defend against the combine
2 guys part of a resistance group: manage to defeat combine

Petra

1y↑237

Remember that the Combine only left a fraction of theit military power on Earth, and instead decided forming new troops out of humans.

someguywithnochannelname ☭

1y↑64

@Petra a fraction is still alot when the combine military is very big

The Orange Oof

1y↑155

I remember a quote from Eli, he said something along the lines that if the Combine knew what was happening to Earth (Gordon’s rebellion) they’d send such a vast military force that it would be the Seven Minute War, even less in fact. At some point it would have been scripted in HL3 for Gordon to realise how pointless fighting the Combine at it’s full might would be, only being able to liberate Earth at most

Жанбеков Убадаллаулы

1y↑27

@The Orange Oof i remember some scene, when he was flying in Borealis around sphere of Dyson of combine. I don't remember it correctly, but in this moment he realised, that they're doomed

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Bahnum12

1y↑1.4K

the capital city for the Universal Union Earth Administration is canonically Sofia, Bulgaria
Edit: Why the fuck is this my most liked comment

Mittens

1y↑699

now i understand why humanity was enslaved. the combine landed in fucking bulgaria.

Bahnum12

1y↑331

@Mittens what happens when you land in the Balkans

Dire Ignis

1y↑244

Thank God they didn't land in Bu*harest or otherwise we'd all be dead

Bahnum12

1y↑54

@Dire Ignis the end of the world as we know it

rodstery

1y↑131

Thank god it's not Belgrade 🙏🙏🙏🙏

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th3litgods

1y↑848

If you want some real nightmare fuel, Earth definitely doesn't look like the borders in this video anymore. The Combine drained (if I remember correctly) 25 percent of Earth's water for their own resources. Even if humanity somehow magically kicks an interdeminsional empire of their planet, Earth is permanently scarred.

Thefatbob37

51w↑71

ya know I wonder what the combine wants with all that water.......

th3litgods

51w↑130

@Thefatbob37 Probably just draining our resources for their own planets

Walorian Federation

49w↑81

@Thefatbob37 terraformation of planets

subject

48w↑104

I did hear though that the combine literally destroyed north america, which explains why the game takes place in eastern europe.

Whitegear94

47w↑112

@subject It was actually shown in HL:Alyx, where you can look at a map where it shows that NA is completely inhospitable

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+ Crux +

29w↑23

One thing I like about this is that it almost sounds like an organic lifeform wailing in horror.

The Combine is basically one enormous super-organism with integrated species acting as its executive functions and a near omniscient AI (Overwatch) to regulate its autonomic functions. It calls rebellious/non-compliant components "malignant" and to be "amputated". All this means that the mere sight of Gordan Freeman inspires terror, as he is an entity too small to keep perfect track of, too fearless to intimidate, and has existed external to the Combine machine for his entire life up until now, and so is the only person who is not part of the collective of humanity seen and counted after the 7-hour war and thus is the only person who essentially isn't from the same world as everyone else. He is creative, intelligent, motivated, fearless, and is willing to sacrifice himself to kill the Combine, so is in a sense irrational in a way that the Combine doesn't know how to cure. He is, unlike the citizens, referred to as "individual".

As silly as it sounds, the Combine fear the One Free Man because as a super-organism, they can't comprehend him. The CPs might see him as a man in an orange suit, but the Combine views him as an incomprehensible terror that can dodge every means of coercion that worked on his fellow human, and can often-times fight the Combine on their soil, but always on HIS terms.

That is why the Combine can defeat a collective of billions but can't face one individual.

osasunaitor

28w↑1

I keep reading those "Lmao Combine are soooo powerful and Gordon is just a guy with a crowbar" comments everywhere but this, this is a very nice insight. Thank you for sharing these thoughts, they really put everything into perspective.

+ Crux +

28w↑1

@osasunaitor It's weird to think Gordan wouldn't have had nearly the success if he were fighting a modern earthly government.

Imagine the manhunt for Osama Bin Laden but he was an eldritch being that was always one step ahead because his thought-process, and even his existence was outside of our comprehension. Gordan is that to the Combine.

rodstery

1y↑236

I'm more of an Pro-Resistance guy myself, yet this once is simply a banger.

npc_citizen

1y↑15

The overwatch would like to know your location

rodstery

1y↑12

@npc_citizen The Remains of Olympic Sarajevo, good luck getting me bozos

🍂Kloud🍁

48w↑8

I would collaborate with the combine instead of the bad políticians we have

npc_citizen

46w↑4

@rodstery Dont worry, the civil protection will just wipe out the whole city.

logan jurcak

42w↑1

@rodsteryoh we don't have to be there there is fifteen headcrab shells launched in your area

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Jared

1y↑813

As a citizen of the Combine empire, I can confirm it just kinda sucks to live here. Not being feed any nutrition. Civil protection keeps busting down my door to just beat me up with stun baton’s. And being forced to moved to these random cities for some reason.

Jared

1y↑93

I have no idea if I’m in a everlasting dream. This all just suddenly happened after I took a 7 hour rest of sleep.

L1SR0S

1y↑55

@Jared While you were sleeping,alien oppressive empire invaded Earth and decided to make it hell

Kingdom of Geneva Mapping

1y↑10

did you pick up the can??

Jesse

1y↑24

Mfs who talk good about the combine when they get all their basic rights removed

Larry F

1y↑38

As a member of the Civilian Protection Unit at City 17, Its quite fun here, you get a lot of privileges that the civs dont have, and you get to beat aliens AND humans alike to your heart's content, like that time where i busted some guy's door and beat his ass for not picking up his fucking can, the only downside is that my squadron has been almost whiped out by a nerd with glasses and a weird suit that doesn't fit him yesterday, im the only survivor.

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Neuwey331

1y↑85

This anthem lets you feel the might and power of the Combine Empire, it's unimaginable power, it's seemingly endless vastness, and it's authority with no equal, one of the most powerful empires in all of fiction. This empire makes the Galactic Empire of Star Wars shit it's pants.

Jackson Graham

51w↑9

Until a guy with a crowbar shows up

x-02

50w↑8

With literally infinite weapon storage and no pouches and shit on his hazardous suit

VIBaJ

46w↑8

@x-02 humans have developed local teleportation (unlike the Combine), maybe the HEV suit uses portals to store Gordon's weapons

Datzee

32w↑3

the emperor of makind would like one word with you

82 85 78

1y↑107

imagine being part of the most powerful empire in the universe just to be beaten by a nerd holding a crowbar

The Survivor

50w↑4

Literally

Abdullah Nafras

37w↑8

Even worse if its a speed runner bunny hopping💀

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TheRussiaReal

50w↑598

Imagine you take a 7 Hr nap in USA and then you wake up in the universal Union 💀💀💀

minced

48w↑134

Bro you wouldn't even be in the same country anymore, you would prob wake up in Guatemala 💀

TheRussiaReal

48w↑25

@minced 💀

Mr McFish

45w↑95

"Passed out while drunk in Las Vegas, woke up in Berlin."

International Space Explorations | I.S.E.

39w↑13

Imagine you take a 7 Hr nap in Russia and then you wake up in the universal Union 💀💀💀

CyberManGaming

39w↑1

I 100% would have slept through it

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직 빠

1y↑500

"Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman. Rise and shine."

"Not that I wish to imply you have been sleeping on the job. No one is more deserving of a rest. And all the effort in the world would have gone to waste until...well, let's just say your hour has come again."

"The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world."

"So, wake up, Mr. Freeman. Wake up and smell the ashes."

DTPS 2002

1y↑19

I didn’t see you get on.

Lehy

1y↑16

@DTPS 2002 Well, end of the line.

DTPS 2002

1y↑22

@Lehy Welcome. Welcome to City 17. You have chosen, or been chosen, to relocate to one of our finest remaining urban centers. I thought so much of City 17 that I elected to establish my administration here, in the Citadel so thoughtfully provided by our benefactors. I've been proud to call City 17 my home. And so, whether you are staying, or passing through to parts unknown, welcome to City 17. it's safer here.

DTPS 2002

1y↑14

@Chrispogger Don't drink the water. They put something in it to make you forget. I don't even remember how I got here.

Sidicle

1y↑11

@DTPS 2002
... they're always departing but they never arrive... and the ones that do arrive... they never leave... you never see them go they're always full... no one ever gets on but they're always... they're always departing but they never arrive...

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•Endo_Bendo_2011•

1y↑61

gordon doesn’t need to hear all this, he’s a highly trained professional

Aqeslefypotoslafi

35w↑1

true

Gamer Pigeon

45w↑46

I have watched lots of fictional geopolitical horror recently, both nothing compares to The Combine...

It really is the worst ending for humanity...

Рико

44w↑2

why the end?) I'm sure the Resistance will defeat these bastards! покажет где раки зимуют...)

Gamer Pigeon

44w↑5

@Рико Yes they will... Even if the last thing they have seen is the rocket of humanity being launched becoming a guiding star.

Qu empire

35w↑1

I’ve seen worse

Marcel Telang

33w

@Qu empire Given your name and profile picture I am aware of that

Qu empire

33w

@Marcel Telang We could make the Combine our bitch if we wanted to.

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عمر باشا-Omar Paşa

1y↑731

This music is perfect for saying that something wrong going on around

scout dude

1y↑56

perfect for an organization that conquered earth in 7 hours

Mohmmed Fathl

1y↑6

ما شاء الله انت هنا 🙂

عمر باشا-Omar Paşa

1y↑3

@Mohmmed Fathl من الطبيعي اني أتابع زملائي في المحتوى 😁

Loopy

1y↑2

@Mohmmed Fathl ما توقعت في عرب يلعبون هالف-لايف

Ali Al-Iraqi | 𒀀𒇷 𒀀𒊏𒄀 | 𒆠𒂗𒄀

1y↑2

عمر ؟

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Lemmy

1y↑243

If i heard this anthem irl, i'm joining the combine instantly
this shit badass

biggoodsteak john

1y↑13

so you want to lose your memory

biggoodsteak john

1y↑7

@Lemmy you have a point tho, i agree

se dice hispano america

1y↑3

Damn best anthem ever.

chuck'sfeeduck&seeduck

1y↑30

What "Non Mechanical Reproduction Simulation" does to a mf

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Angela Goode

1y↑254

Glad to see Santa defensed his land against the combine

Mystery stain On the rug

1y↑21

Bro thats the north pole not the south🤦🏻

Angela Goode

1y↑3

@Mystery stain On the rug r e a l m o m e n t

Angela Goode

1y↑2

@Mystery stain On the rug i do know that btw

Angela Goode

1y↑2

@Mystery stain On the rug are you on my rug

mistjor

1y↑7

@Angela GoodeSchizo💀

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TheGreenTaco999

1y↑152

"combine" is a derogatory noun used to describe the physical appearance of the Universal Union's forces, as they have a policy of "combining" any species they invade into their own forces resulting in a visually mixed legion, while also "combining" any such species biology with machinery resulting in a mixed body of those in the mixed legion.
The Universal Union in a commination of machines, biology, and different species from different dimensions, making their very being complex, and so simple brains simply know them vaguely as "the combine".
this message brought to you by your local Universal Union supporter

Daniel Morgoone

1y↑24

The universal union isn't their actual name, it's just how Breen described them. The combine is the closest thing we have to an actual name seeing as they used its abbreviation on a lot of different items.

TheGreenTaco999

1y↑7

@TK-1138 I see you're a man of the benefactors as well.

TheGreenTaco999

1y↑10

@Daniel Morgoone Dr. Breen's speech on collaboration "And only the universal union that small minds call 'The Combine' can carry us there."

Sneed 2600

@TK-1138oreso refers to them as a universal union … implying others exist (but not for long)

Rocketjumpingspy

1y↑4

@TK-1138he says ‘and only this universal union…’ implying it’s an adjective more than the actual name. Not to mention everything the combine own is stamped with a ‘CMB’. “Universal Union” is a random line thrown into one breen speech, but Combine is used literally everywhere, even by the combine

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Krieger

1y↑244

G-Man: Awakens Freeman to save the world again
Freeman : Oh shit , here we go again

Seven

52w↑5

Combine: defeat the earth in 8 hours

Freeman : destroyed the connection of the combine to the earth in 3 days ..

valles

51w↑1

@Seven it's 7 hours not 8

Mr. Eyeball

28w

@Seven how did you mess that up?

Seven

28w

@Mr. Eyeball idk man im autistic

DАNИL_951

1y↑58

Идея топ когда по играм и выдуманным странам делают идеологию👍 спасибо автору

Андрей Кичигин

1y↑2

А ЧТО ЕСЛИ ЭТА МУЗЫКА ПОД ГИМН АЛЬЯНСА

DАNИL_951

1y↑1

@Андрей Кичигин и что всё равно же идея топ

denello angelo

45w↑15

As a true patriot of Universal Union i am so proud of my country!

WK-077 Espa

35w↑1

*Combine

korona wirus

33w

💀

Barney Calhoun

28w

theyre both the same@WK-077 Espa

WK-077 Espa

28w

@Barney Calhoun Universal Union is not, and never has been, their name

untitled gaming channel

48w↑21

im obsessed with how this sounds like the imperial march but also sounds unique enough to be distinguishable as its own thing

Calvin

1y↑29

I never played half life but did a man thats talented with a crowbar defeated the whole world?

WK-077 Espa

35w↑3

Basically the aliens took over with a powerful force. But they only came to the Earth to take all our resources and they only left enough of their forces behind to drain the planet. Gordon only survives because a tiny fraction of the aliens are all that stayed behind.

Esteban Animation

30w↑1

long story short: no, he's trying to get rid of a multidimensional empire and so far he destroyed the connection between the combine overworld and earth

𒁃𒁏𒁫𒁍

1y↑26

It's incredible how the only way we can stay united in peace is under an alien's regime.

Jonathan Castillo

45w↑13

Peace but with constant unrest, destruction of our beautiful planet, and forcing us to become mindless soldiers. I much rather live in the world we are in right now.

korona wirus

33w↑1

@Jonathan Castillo what??? everyone would like to live in the world we are aleardy on

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Manhack

52w↑22

"A good citizen does not pirate such a banger" - the consul

I.B.L

48w↑2

I think the consul himself is the ruler of the empire

YouraverageSectorialCommander

42w

Nah

YouraverageSectorialCommander

42w↑1

He’s just a kinda of a puppet of the combine, yet the combine respect him in such a matter that they treat him like their just royal guards.

YouraverageSectorialCommander

42w

Wait that goes for Breen too

the man with the crowbar

1y↑76

we making it outta city 24 with this one 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯

Samuel Sampaio

1y↑7

Um achually is coty 17 🤓

x-02

50w↑5

Um actually there is different cities maintained by the Combine.

deomodderr

41w↑1

@Samuel Sampaio coty hahahhhhhhhhhhhhh

Dominus Publius

41w↑1

@Samuel SampaioC O T Y

cheems

1y↑356

0:29 that one metrocop looking into our soul

Aditya

1y↑75

You didn’t pick up the can.

Marc Ali Gonato

1y↑22

"worse mistake of my life"
-a random citizen

Larry F

1y↑33

"Why am i the one behind australia ?"

Nico Vespruzzi

1y↑14

@Larry F 'Because your brain is upside down'

Larry F

1y↑8

@Nico Vespruzzi Gets struck by a crowbar

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Roter Baron

1y↑46

The continuation of the human species rests in the hands of the Universal Union, it is up to us to maintain the bonds that hold us together, do your part in taking our species to the stars

WK-077 Espa

35w

*Combine

Roter Baron

35w

@WK-077 Espa it is universal union in this line

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Syka Blyat

1y↑12

Звучит вторично, но очень атмосферно.

Emerso Duarte

1y↑21

Who will win?

The entire world
A guy with a silly suit and a crowbar

Xavi Mendikov

1y↑6

A guy with a silly suit and a crowbar will win

Minecraft Gabut YT

1y↑2

@Xavi Mendikov even Combine admit they lose again A guy with silly suit and Crowbar lol😂😂

KakaFard

1y↑21

i like how the combine didn't take small islands

Jackson Graham

51w↑10

They just dsstroyed them

MAXIDrout

38w↑2

@Jackson Graham what, no. Certainly not, its just the map of this video not showing much of the world, they wouldn't waste their ammunition just to destroy couple of islands, and hell it could be useful for bases as well.

Prolok95

1y↑653

Foundation Gamer

1y↑28

What if we get the scientist to drink the water, then while under its effects turn him into a specialised synth?

That's profit

Marc Ali Gonato

1y↑2

Jazda Jazda

1y↑2

wheres "Lose your memory"

Jag0to

You have 1 hour for each item. In total, you must complete them in 7 hours.

bootleg ninja

u forgot the iron man suit with nerd glasses

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Maximiliano Monzon

1y↑10

If half life 2 became a movie in public cinemas it would be one of the best sci fi

John Hido Once Again 🇵🇸

1y↑10

Combine: Finally we destroyed the UN in 7 hours
Gordon Freeman: Hi-
Combine: WE’RE DOOMED!

Aleksandar Milović

37w↑3

1984 may seem worse, but a reminder that you’re dealing with an INTER-DIMENSIONAL faction instead of an earthly one.

Floppa

39w↑5

Imagine if your went asleep in the US just to wake up to realize that you are now in the combine

T O X I N

39w

knowing what happened to the us you would probably wake up in the afterlife

The Pakistani Nationalist

33w↑2

Technically,you won't even wake up to begin with.

random person

33w

Evil_Emperor

1y↑10

LONG LIVE THE UNIVERSAL UNION! 🤝

WK-077 Espa

35w

*Combine

Лямбда Чувак

42w↑4

Penguins and polar bears were able to resist the onslaught of combines!
Respect!

yag821

50w↑17

Combine: You're weak.
Antarctica: I'm you.

Nicholas kita

44w↑7

I like how they just completely ignored Antarctica, those penguins must have been fierce

An Axolotl

1y↑35

"COME PLAY OUR MASS PRODUCED TRIPLE A TITLES! LOOK AT THESE COOL GRAPHICS"
"I LOVE HALF LIFE I LOVE HALF LIFE"

VIBaJ

45w

"Mass produced"
tf you talking about?

Onyx

1y↑22

Ain't no way I'm standing up for a minute and twenty-three seconds when this plays at school.

MAXIDrout

38w↑3

They don't provide education service 💀

Onyx

38w↑1

@MAXIDrout Ik lol

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josef martin

1y↑7

I despise the combine for their unspeakable atrocities they do on mankind,but by god I love their discipline and order so much

SuperMarioMachinima

1y↑35

Wow, that's cool. If there is a Half-life movie that will be the combine theme of the film.

i-am- a_person

1y↑4

This is the theme of the combine in the first place

Meme_God

34w↑4

My favourite part about the Lore is how the US was just wiped off the map because they were too rebellious. Most realistic alien takeover scenario to be honest.

Captain Titus

31w↑1

That's not the real reason. Xen invasions happened at America and because of the Xen epidemic and the disasters that 7 hours war brought there was no legitimate way to bring order to the north america. So the combine just labeled as inhabitable and just ruled from europe.

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George

37w↑2

I’m pretty sure that the anthem was not made for the Combine itself but instead for the human race, to create a sense of patriotism among humans for being part of the Combine. Which would help with further assimilation.

Комиссар шиз

1y↑6

Хочется это с окна многоэтажного здания на колонке врубить)))

Flame

1y↑2

Го

NoNameTaken117

1y↑5

When the Combine theme plays, you know they are going to combine you

FruitPuncher889

32w↑2

Glad to see the Combine recognize themselves as the bad guys with the anthem

Stocked Balloon

1y↑17

Who would win?

An empire so strong that it has colonies around the universe with overwhelming military force and technologies. Also they conquered and colonized a whole planet on 7 hours.
VERSUS
A nerd with a crowbar and funny orange suit. (He has connections with some multiverse creatures [G-Man and his employers] but probably not a friend)

npc_citizen

48w↑3

You forgot the plot armor

PaxRomana

37w↑1

The answer may surprise you!

Софија-крафт

30w

Not just the universe
The multiverse

Z4M4A

44w↑3

that's really a nightmare just imagine everyone thought it was China fighting us but seven hours later you just hear that and then realize your entire home planet was captured and overthrown by the combine, you'd also feel the air holding onto you feeling like some invisible force was just holding you like a hug, as you see soldiers on the ground dead 4 billion humans dead and the anthem kept playing as its the combines victory, you see robotic machines and that's it, you just sit to think why over and over.

Timothy Bailey

43w

oh yeah but thing is the black mesa event already happened, which already killed like 2 billion. The portal storms and stuff. And then this? 6 billion dead all together. Less than 1 billion humans left alive 250 million+ converted into combine workers

Timothy Bailey

43w

750 million normals

JustStuck

34w

@Timothy Bailey So that's 1600's population

the prosoldier96 channel

31w↑4

WE MAKING IT OUT BLACK MESA EAST WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Snoop Doge

1y↑170

Don’t drink the water.

TheMrFredGold

1y↑46

They put in something to make you forget

Letterson

1y↑7

Tangi Virus Reference?

Bean _ Earthly

1y↑11

@Letterson Half Life 2 reference

Hello

1y↑15

@TheMrFredGold I don't even remember how I got here

Unrelevant

1y↑2

@Letterson What?

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Rdj

48w↑5

This time even switzerland didn't managed to be neutral

M K

1y↑4

Ah yes I love the combine, it’s totally not because they have my family. All hail the combine

cymik gaming

1y↑47

this could be stopped by a physicist with a crowbar

BasestToilet14

1y↑4

He carries more than a crowbar.

Private_Jin🇺🇸

1y↑7

@BasestToilet14 He carries his metal balls.

BasestToilet14

1y↑5

@Private_Jin🇺🇸 balls, balls, sentient electric mine balls that chases you around until they touch you, balls

biggoodsteak john

51w↑2

@BasestToilet14 or those alien balls he squishes to call some aliens with his balls

I.B.L

48w↑3

What makes me laugh is that what Freeman faced is not even a quarter of the combined forces, and they are not even the main forces of this empire.

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VillagerMan2006

31w↑4

Despite the Combine having Earth,

-Platoons of Overwatch Soldiers try to invade Antarctica only to be sniped by Pingu.
-Australia was unharmed by the Xen Portal Storms, the Xen Wildlife aren't shit for the Aussies, already having dealt with the unforgiving earth wildlife, All attempts to build cities there fail due to Emus and Houndeyes.
-Native Tribes pummel at any alien, Xen and Combine that dares enter the former states of Oklahoma and Texas.
-Combine Soldiers try to enter Aperture, never to be seen again.

And they lose to a nerd in a HEV suit with a crowbar

아돌푸틴 히루틀러

1y↑17

GLORY FOR COMBINE UNIVERSAL UNION!

zxcтояка

1y↑4

GLORY TO THE PENGUINS!

C Pte

1y↑1

stalkers exist

victor radoslavov

45w

same

Fritz

1y↑11

The world when the combines land : oh no what will we do?

Nuclear bombs : waits 7 hours not to be used

Sir Aroun

52w↑3

hard to nuke an enemy that everywhere all at once

Destroyer 16

51w

Nukes mean nothing to the combine

epical Worlds

45w↑1

They probably did use nukes. just look at North america in Hl:alyx's Globe the whole continent was whipped off by Portal storms and most likely nukes. Hence why Half life 2 takes place in Finland, they don't have any nukes and the nukes used by its neighbour country Russia probably wouldn't even think about aiming it there

The REAL scarlet king • 67y ago

39w↑1

Combine: oh look tennis balls

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Харон

1y↑6

Alliance approves that video!
Good work citizen!

Nikolai The Wretched

46w↑1

This is menacing and powerful. I would join their cause if I saw this on my box tv in city 17.

Maximillian X

1y↑5

The Combine:

When Himmler, Taboritsky, Pol Pot and Posadas are the only people who can save you.

Александр Русский

31w

Язов.

jerboa-19

31w↑6

quite ironic that the middle of the logo is at the exact place humans first appeared

Unknown Overwatch Soldier

31w↑2

GLORY TO THE COMBINE

OBEY THE BENEFACTORS

Gmod Grunt

1y↑5

takes over the world in 7 hours but can't defeat the funny crowbar man.

npc_citizen

1y↑2

All civil protection units, code: cope, seethe, mald

List

1y↑7

Glad to see that Sealand Defended their Oil rig its a micro Nation

Update: The British have recently conquered it 😭😭😭

The REAL scarlet king • 67y ago

39w

Molossia is independent

The REAL scarlet king • 67y ago

39w

As well

Gawkaton

31w↑1

I’m very glad that the North Sentinelese have fended off the combine.

Son of Mars

1y↑11

Resist Brothers and Sisters! We shall not bow to these tyrants

ThioacetoneSniffer

37w↑2

Glad to see that Hawaii defended their homeland

GordonRamsey34

1y↑40

So, wake up. Mr. Freeman, wake up, and smell the ashes.

Garecian Republic Mapping

1y↑234

Virgin divided earth VS. Chad unified earth

scout dude

1y↑88

virgin human democracy vs chad alien autocracy

dementia44

1y↑48

@scout dude virgin aliens vs Chad ultraxenophobic empire

A 1

1y↑38

Chad Wannabe Alien empire vs solo Actual Chad MIT scientist

dementia44

1y↑3

@KaiserRedGamer even fucking better

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Max Deqtyarev

49w↑6

Ah yes Penguins with grenades.... Fearsome foes

TYLEN4IK

1y↑8

As Combine I can confirm that this video is 100% true

ExtraChannel YT

31w

this makes me want to join military

Pinetoken

34w

You can kinda hear the notes taking inspiration from the stormtrooper's anthem from Star Wars.

Sevda Erçek

45w

Long live the combination!

dyatlov

1y↑10

Has anyone been able to find out more about the political structure/workings of the Combine? The super humans, globalism on the earth, and seeming lack of a class system in City 17 makes me think it's some kind of Stalinism/far left ideology on steroids. But the fact that it's referred to as an "Empire" kind of screws with that. Would love to see some insight on how the combine works from the inside.

BasedPeter

1y↑7

I'm pretty sure the actual name they use for themselves is the Universal Union, so I think something along the lines of an extreme oligarchy maybe, judging by the select few aliens (such as the advisors) who are granted special status above others.

dum_ tard

1y↑1

I would think its kinda like communsim

Gordon Freeman

1y↑1

It's similar to Ingsoc from 1984 as well as One State from Yevgeney Zamyatin's We

Ваше Доверие

1y↑13

It's less of a state/political structure, and more of an interdimensional superorganism/something analogous to ant hive. It even refers to its forces (and forces of its enemies) using medical terms (Combine Overwatch ordering Civil Protection to 'cauterize' rebels and Freeman as though they are a wound/infection, referring to breaking up civilian commotion as 'clamping', referring to Freeman as 'possible civil infection' when they detect a miscount in one of the blocks during the beginning of the game and so on).

Also keep in mind that Earth is a special case due to humans finding out local teleportation technology and as such - the planet wasn't properly 'processed' and civilian populace at large was left suppressed, but alive, in order to prompt cooperation from human scientists. Entire human species are effectively held hostage in order to force Black Mesa scientists to give up their secrets.

Breen refers to it as Universal 'Union', but whether by 'Union' they mean merging of states or merging of organisms is unknown.

Personally, I think of Combine as a very enormous ant supercolony, but it may just be a multi-dimensional oligarchic state with millions, if not billions, of layers of administrators that govern layers below them (Basically an almost ever-expanding fractal, something along the lines of: 'city administrator >> planet administrator >> solar system administrator >> local star cluster administrator >> galaxy administrator >> galaxy cluster administrator >> ... >> universal administrator >> ... >> multi-universal administrator >> ... and' so on, until you reach the actual head of the whole thing (if the 'head' of Combine even exists).

6YB0

They kinda think of themselves as one organism. Not really communist or capitalist or anywhere else, they're kinda just like their own thing.

Attack on Chitin

28w

this is good but the idea that the combine would have an anthem is hilarious

Шрекер

1y↑9

Как похорошел Новосибирск!

Brickistic

37w

Patriotic and proud!

ciadenier420

49w↑2

Now this is what gets us benching 405 in the Citadel

tutorial: brush him

36w↑2

Remember when Marc Laidlaw said that he was baffled by the amount of people who were calling the Combine "universal union"?

WK-077 Espa

35w↑1

Yes, because it's not their name.

random person

33w↑1

Sounds professonal tho@WK-077 Espa

WK-077 Espa

33w↑1

@random person "Universal Union sounds super professional"

random person

33w

@WK-077 Espa Didnt directly say that it sounds super professional, it just sounds professional, answer why that is a bad thing

WK-077 Espa

33w↑1

@random person Because it doesn't sound professional. It sounds like "baby's first fascist empire"

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Amigo!

51w↑2

I woke up on friday morning when a Metrocop that was high somehow busted down my door while blasting this. Later that day a metrocop hunted me down just to beat me up. Only in City 17!

Diesel plays

44w↑2

Imagine you take a 7 Hr nap in the uk and wake up in Berlin

random person

33w

or probably dead

Jaime

1y↑2

this sounds more of a march rather than an anthem.

Sized

33w↑1

WE ARE GETTING OUT OF CITY 17 WITH THIS ONE 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥🗣 🔥🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

TheMrFredGold

1y↑6

Sounds epic

Esteban Animation

30w↑1

i have a theory, the gman used the resonance cascade to lure the combine to earth becouse the only species able to ceace comunications between the combine overworld and their universe is humanity, it doesn't really matter if what's left of the combine is crushed or if the resistance fails miserably, but the fact that earth broke free of the grip of the combine empire probably started a chaos in the combine overworld, maybe that information got to other planets under combine rule, and meaby that ignited other revolutions across the empire, making the combine fall or at least making them a lot weaker

BoxedUpSalad

29w↑1

Good to see the penguin space programme worked after all.

ola ola

41w

me and unit alpha 3 getting all the sterilization points with this one 🔥🔥🔥🔥

H5601

1y↑6

Discord mods suddenly realizing that they can now search up “their content” and the internet manager will think it’s Civil Protection images

Quincy, The Hyden one.

49w

My favorite part 0:24 but the whole soundtrack is My Favorite Part.

An Italian Charlatan

1y↑15

Please do the triumvirate anthem of tno :'(

noeshaj

1y↑1

i didnt expect a tno fan here

Singularity Nova

47w

The Universal Union is one of the most unique civilizations in sci-fi. For once, it actually rules over a huge portion of the Universe. It also has to deal with the enormous stretching of resources presented by its sheer size, and localizes everything to do so. It is simply a union of similar-style dystopic military dictatorships aligned together by the indomitable power of its Overworld.

VIBaJ

46w↑1

not just "the universe", but many universes/dimensions

WK-077 Espa

35w

*Combine

Singularity Nova

35w

@WK-077 Espa Its official name is the Universal Union in the lore.

WK-077 Espa

35w

Singularity Nova

35w

@WK-077 Espa When is the nation officially called the Combine, as its proper political name?

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Thomas Fredrik

1y↑2

Glad to see that Antarctica survived

Dixionconderoga[NTMD]

45w

Sounds great

Cry

35w↑2

I always find it funny when people compare their fav Sci-Fi empires to the Combine. They cap out at being galactic empires. The Combine is inter-dimensional, good luck defeating that

WK-077 Espa

35w↑1

The Combine-Flood war would be intense. At the Flood's peak, I mean.

The REAL scarlet king • 67y ago

27w

@WK-077 Espa
I'm paying good money to play a game with that premise

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Letterson

1y↑12

"Rise And Shine Mr Freeman,Rise And Shine"

Male_07

1y↑5

I still wanna know what the combine would do with Greenland like wtf

biggoodsteak john

1y↑4

and those north canadian islands + northern russian islands like what the fuck are they gonna use them for

Gordon Freeman

1y↑4

Arbeit Communications is up there as well as the Borealis

mistjor

1y↑1

@Gordon FreemanI heard Mossman is up there too, hope nothing bad happens to her.

npc_citizen

48w↑1

@mistjor foreshadowing

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