"The low score is not for the band itself. Chain of Strength is one of my favorite late 80s hardcore bands. The low score is for this release. Revelation, for some odd reason, felt it necessary to HEAVILY remix the original tracks off the two 7inches. The mixing of the songs off of "what holds us apart" are not completely horrible, but the "true till death" tracks do sound really bad. Not only that, but some of the intros off of the "true till death" 7inch songs have been completely cut off.
Pretty much the only reason to buy this is to have their unreleased song "impact" which is quite good. Other than that, track down the original 7inches, or download them from somewhere. Just look for the names of the 7inches as the album names, instead of this garbage."
The one thing that still holds true?
Justin Mcmahon | So Cal, USA | 06/29/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"True till death? These guys weren't, but who is? It's a good thing that the music still holds up... otherwise this wouldn't even be in print. Get this if you like good, old fashioned, Southern California HxCx."
"So yea, what's there to say about Chain of Strength? They have integrity, conviction, honor and every other stereotypical hardcore thing to say about a band you respect. Putting aside traditional thinkings, The One Thing That Still Holds True is a great album that surpassed other youth crew acts at the time. Instead of focusing purely on circle pits and crowd calls, Chain mixes things up with slow breaks, and melodic passages..All i can say is listen to "Too Deep Until Now" and you will know why they were something special."