Liberteer

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| alias = Citizen (2004-2011)

| origin = Santa Cruz, California, U.S.

| genre = Grindcore

| years_active = {{start date|2004}}–present

| label = Relapse

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| website = {{URL|liberteer.bandcamp.com}}

| current_members = *Matthew Widener

| past_members = *Derrick

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Liberteer is the grindcore project of Santa Cruz, California–based musician Matthew Widener, best known for his work for Exhumed, The County Medical Examiners and Cretin. The project started out as a band under the name Citizen and went through a name change with Widener's shifting political views.{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16299-better-to-die-on-your-feet-than-live-on-your-knees/ | title=Liberteer: Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees | publisher=Pitchfork | date=February 17, 2012 | accessdate=September 2, 2016 | author=Stosuy, Brandon}} It released its debut album, Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees in 2012 through Relapse Records.{{cite web | url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/01/06/exclusive-track-premiere-liberteers-i-am-spartacus/ | title=Exclusive Track Premiere: Liberteer's "I Am Spartacus" | publisher=MetalSucks | date=January 6, 2012 | accessdate=September 2, 2016}}

Liberteer's lyrics mainly deal with anarchism. Compositionally, its sound also features unconventional elements such as brass and banjo sections,{{cite web | url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/liberteer-better_to_die_on_your_feet_than_live_on_your_knees | title=Liberteer- Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees | work=Exclaim! | date=January 29, 2012 | accessdate=September 2, 2016 | author=Hume, Kiel}} as well as influences from classical music, which Widener studies and composes.{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/features/show-no-mercy/8777-build-no-system/ | title=Build No System | publisher=Pitchfork | date=February 23, 2012 | accessdate=September 2, 2016 | author=Stosuy, Brandon}}