Spite of Opposition is a band that puts the "hard" in "hardcore." This album can be a great release for the headbanger in us, with loud guitars, and pounding bass and drum lines. After a while, though, you find that headbanging wears you out. Thankfully, this album includes a lyric sheet, because the vocals here are swallowed by lead singer Mike Lodet. The lyrics here are all well-written, well thought-out, and Scripturally based. It's a shame they get buried beneath a wall of sound on this recording. The song "Revelation" is an homage musically to the early days of speed metal - it sounds a lot like the Metallica song "One."
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HM Magazine #87Reviewed by Jason DoddSpite of Opposition is the foundational hardcore act of Clenchedfist Records, and this album features labelmaster Rudy Capps on drums -- pounding away punkified metal beats with proficiency and style -- as well as throaty vocals, well-timed breakdowns, syncopated guitar work, and powerful spoken word bits. Songs four and six stand out with brutal character and amazing, pummeling bridges.Similar sounding releases
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