Search - Strife :: In This Defiance

Amazing Hardcore

B. Fanciulli | United States | 06/26/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If I ever have a heart attack, it will likely be while listening to this album. This is what you get when you mix a hardcore punk band with modern metal production--extremely intense, heavy, angry hardcore. Having received a little help from members of Sepultura, Fear Factory and the Deftones, this album will appeal to the thrash and punk crowds alike. Strife's live performances following this release were just as amazing as the album. Their show in Denver was one of the best hardcore concerts I have seen or heard (and I've been to hundreds). I was amazed to see that the band was a bunch of lanky jockish kids. They reproduced the intensity found on this album perfectly while throwing their guitars around like Spinal Tap and with the singer often crouched down, pounding his fists on the stage while barking into the microphone.As can be expected with the best albums, the follow-up, "Angermeans," is terrible. Strife gave it their all for this one. A must for any hardcore and thrash collection."

Hardcore that rules

boredinneb! | omaha ne | 12/01/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"i am 28yrs old now but i have owned this cd since i was 15 and it still sound just as good or better now then most of the crap that is labeled hardcore these days. Victory records used to be a brutal label this is by far one of strife and victory records best releases. if victory still had strife, earth crisis , integrity and hatebreed it would be a good label.the nice thing about this record is i can crack open a beer and time travel back to my teens every time i listen to it"