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    HM Magazine #78/Society's Finest
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    Society's Finest

    Private Conflicts and Suicides

    (1999)

    Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt

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    Label Fury 161 RecordsHM Magazine #78July/August 1999
    black metalhardcoremetalcorepost-hardcore

    Oh yeah! These guys lay down an intense, brutal hardcore sound that'll rip yer ears off! And, in case anyone was wondering, the five guys here all proclaim Jesus loudly as Lord. There's only five songs here, but they totally rip! The vocals are almost unblack metal, which seems to toughen the riffs here.

    Other coverage for this album

    The Phantom Tollbooth 1999Reviewed by Joe RockstrohIf you are looking for some new metalcore, then this is your band. Everything about this band screams Professional: the blue lighted liner notes, the tight musicianship, and the excellent production by Barry Poynter. Oh, and the songs are good too. With a sound similar to Zao's Where Blood... album, Society's Finest's hybrid of metal/hardcore brings in the screamed, shouted vocals, the hardcore…Dead Zine 1999Reviewed by FletchI am so glad I did not decide to not order this cd based upon Society's Finest previous efforts. If you have their split with My Spacecoaster or the Blessed Be This Killing compilation, you have heard Society's Finest before. However, if you had played their old stuff for me and then played this cd, I would not have believed they were the same band. I would have to say that this cd has shown me…

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