Tipping the Scales by NIV is a killer pumped disk. I advise you like your hardcore HARD before buying this one. It is mad hard! I love it. Yelling, growling, insanity for the Lord is all this album is!! Very tight disk. Technical yet unorganized chaos?!? I don't know exactly where I stand with this disk because I am not too into the style, but I will say this disk is quite amazing. It really rocks and makes me go nuts when I listen to it, except in the car because I gotta be sane in the car. But this disk is really glorifying to God even though YOU WILL need the lyric sheet because this disk is a crazy freakin CD and is really hard to understand, but it is worth listening to. NIV is one of the greats in Christian hardcore and is on a rampage! Even though one of their guitar players went to Project 86 they still sound good. I like it but I don't love it. In the end I give it a 7. I liked it, but I think it is a little too extreme for me.
7/10
Other coverage for this album
HM Magazine #90Reviewed by John SantAt one point, No Innocent Victim was considered one of the driving forces of the underground hardcore scene. The album Strength was a seminal achievement, instantly securing their place in the Christian hardcore scene. Their second album, No Compromise, while having one of the crappiest mixes imaginable, was full of heart and direct with its message. It only added to the band's popularity. Fast…The Phantom Tollbooth 2001Reviewed by Brian A. SmithWhen interviewed by The Phantom Tollbooth years ago, Rich Mullins said the secret to Christian music was "If you can't be good, be loud." NIV is a hardcore band that follows the formula of hardcore: Play loud guitars and drums, play it fast, and shout and growl your lyrics over that soundtrack. Lead vocalist Jason Moody says that the group "took a lot of time and wanted every word to be the right…Dead Zine 2001Reviewed by GrindboyNIV definitely puts the HARD in hardcore. This latest release from the much heralded SoCal band is pretty much similar to their last, which is prototypical BRUTAL hXc, low and heavy. There are a couple standout tracks, which is nice. "Mr. Philosophy" is a great fast one, "Deadweight" (my personal fave) is a HUGE groovin' slow one, and the title track rocks somewhere in between. There are some…Similar sounding releases
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