Rage Against the Machine’s seething poetry now sounds like prophecy

As the saying goes, history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. For Rage Against the Machine, the violence of history’s rhymes has fueled a fire that now burns anew. Thirty years after the band’s debut, more than 20 years since its last studio album and more than 10 years since the iconoclastic four-piece last joined forces, the rock band brought its urgent, sonic manifesto to Capital One Arena on Tuesday. In a concert landscape marked by cash-grab reunions and mirthless anniversary celebrations, Rage — as it did during its heyday — stood above the rest and proved to be as ferocious and felicitous as ever.

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